What did you do to your Marina today?

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by MarinaCoupe » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:04 pm

Great day to be out working on the car, good weather just about everywhere, so where was I, in the bl**dy NEC! Don't get me wrong Crufts is a big experience but I'd rather have been working on the Pickup.

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by ClaytonSpeed » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:05 pm

MarinaCoupe wrote:Great day to be out working on the car, good weather just about everywhere, so where was I, in the bl**dy NEC! Don't get me wrong Crufts is a big experience but I'd rather have been working on the Pickup.
You need to start playing with the coupe again!
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by ClaytonSpeed » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:06 pm

I made some more headway on the V8. N/S turret now trimmed up and inner arch primed ready for welding.
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by MarinaCoupe » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:09 pm

True, so true.

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by minispeedstar » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:12 pm

Took mine up the test hill at Brooklands today ;)

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by MarinaCoupe » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:15 pm

Nice one Gary. Do they time you or is it just the challenge of getting to the top?

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by JubileeNut » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:20 pm

Cool :thumbup:
I think my back axle will drop off doing that :shifty:
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by minispeedstar » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:27 pm

No they don't time as it makes it complicated for licensing etc. but apparently was the quickest today at Austin Morris day :)
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by JubileeNut » Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:43 pm

I forgot that was on! Good weather for it to.
I could have popped up but been fixing things today and Lucas is not well so just enjoyed the nice sun shine :thumbup:
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by MARINAMADBAZ » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:19 pm

Repaired both bottom front door bottoms on green 2.0 ital,hacked the bubbly paint off to reveal lots of rust and holes,ground rust out filled rub down and prime a painted,most of it under the swage line so been able to blend it in.
pictures to follow
weathers been great today for working on motors ;)
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by locost_bryan » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:15 pm

Spent the last few days re-arranging the garage to make room for Ozzy. While it's a standard 6mx6m "Versatile"-type tin double garage it only has a single tilt-a-door, and a previous owner added a partition wall to make half of it a "rumpus room". Now that I've got the junk repositioned into a narrower space on the outside wall, I can set about removing the dividing wall. The "junk" will gradually make it's way onto TradeMe (NZ's eBay). :D

Time to get Ozyy "home" for the winter... :thumbup:
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by Marinanut » Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:55 pm

Just replaced the indicator/wiper stalks on the Ital thanks to being a clumsy pillock last year and they work!!! Yippppee!
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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by balmy » Fri Mar 14, 2014 10:41 pm

I took mine to work. Rep'ing '70's style.
Company car was in for work so I took the TC :)

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by MarinaCoupe » Fri Mar 14, 2014 10:50 pm

Did you sell more cos it's a TC.

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Re: What did you do to your Marina today?

Post by JoshWard » Fri Mar 14, 2014 10:53 pm

Had a productive day on the coupe today along with a mini East Anglian branch meet up. Ian Spooner's Ital went for MOT and a new exhaust clamp was fitted to his DL saloon
Apologies for the blurry picture, my phone camera isn't much good in daylight let alone dark evening light :lol:
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