What did you do to your Marina today?

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by balmy » Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:34 pm

I drove the Special today for the first time. Drives lovely. Like a below 20k miles car should :)
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by vermillion » Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:08 pm

A car that good and you take it out now and get road salt all over it :eh:

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by balmy » Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:50 pm

vermillion wrote:A car that good and you take it out now and get road salt all over it :eh:

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Was taking it to its new dry storage. After it passed its first MOT in 5 years ;)
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by The General » Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:11 pm

sold it !!! :-D :-D

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by Uncle Frank » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:27 am

:-? Thought you sold him months ago Raymond?
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by The General » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:09 pm

i sold him last july and saved one from being scrapped on thursday so went away yesterday. 8-)

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by Uncle Frank » Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:18 pm

Ahh..i see Ray ;) , nice to see you are still out there mate, all the best for the new year! 8-)
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by Kiwi Ute » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:07 am

Well I haven't actually DONE it yet - but I've a brand new speedo cable to put in my ute! :mr green:

My ham-fisted-ness wrecked the one in the ute, I couldn't find another one in NZ - but Chris (MarinaCoupe) organised one and posted it out to me! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

It's great how the 'Brotherhood of Marinas' operates huh!
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by Kilroy » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:45 am

Indeed it is.!

I get the feeling that there are not too many of us.

In fact - on a world-wide scale, we are possibly the most unique group on the planet.

Well done all..!!

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by Kiwi Ute » Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:38 am

Well, fitted new speedo-cable - and it works! :thumbup: (Of course!)

But pulled away the door-opening rubber seal when scarmbling in and out - and it is unwilling to go back into place! :cry:

Pianted rust-kill in the back of the grille surround. (Took it off on a whim 'just to see what's behind it')
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by ado28 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:02 pm

Been really busy with work plus the weather has been pretty pants lately but this morning I gave Reynard a quick check over. Topped up his oil, topped up the dash pot, put more paste on the hole in the exhaust (again) adjusted the handbrake cable, oiled the door locks and hinges and checked the tyre pressures.
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by ClaytonSpeed » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:36 pm

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by MarinaCoupe » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:50 pm

Hi Ben

Pleased to see that she starts well, is that the petrol pump(s) clattering - real loud on the soundtrack.

Good to see that you've fitted the grooved Audi 80 disks with the 4 pots, any problems bolting it all together?




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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by lordronnze » Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:05 pm

Stuck some nice heavy duty bonnet pins on the Marina, put the badge back on too :-D, put some petroleum jelly on the battery terminals, checked all my fluids, stuck on some nice heavy duty 10mm thick HT leads, and put in my last bit of Dry Fuel. Too cold and windy to do anything else :cry: bring on the summer :!: :lol:


Ben your motor looks and sounds out of this world! What an achievement! :o
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by JubileeNut » Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:11 pm

Went out in it for an hour :thumbup:
Got back as the sun went down.
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