What did you do to your Marina today?

JoshWard · Post by **JoshWard** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:11 pm

Was hoping to dig Ducky out this weekend and see about freeing the clutch off (I assume it's stuck, haven't actually checked yet but it usually is

) but sadly there's an unmovable VYL in the way so instead I put a few more patches into REW the Blaze coupe as well as finding a few more holes, turning out to be a bit of a heap underneath!

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:13 pm

What's up with VYL?

Chris
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JoshWard · Post by **JoshWard** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:25 pm

Needs a starter motor or possibly just a solenoid (absolutely nothing when key turned), Gary wants it 'as is' though and I'm not particularly looking for jobs to do on cars at the moment

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:34 pm

I picked up a starter recently and advertised it here, proceeds to club funds, no good to you?

PM me.

Chris
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JoshWard · Post by **JoshWard** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:39 pm

I did mention you had one to Gary a couple of times, I wont be spending any money on the car unless Gary decides he isn't going to have it.

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:44 pm

Fair enough.

Chris
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MARINAMAN480 · Post by **MARINAMAN480** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:19 pm

Set about fitting these today along with the axle i took of 4 months ago

JoshWard · Post by **JoshWard** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:59 am

Sold it, goodbye NTW.

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:31 am

Sad

or Happy

Josh? Who has it now?

Chris
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JoshWard · Post by **JoshWard** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:37 am

Not sure to be honest

It was certainly a very good car and looked lovely as it pulled away

On the other hand it has free'd up some cash to either buy another early one or maybe be sensible and use the money for something else (guess which is Helen's preferred option). It's gone to a called Joe down in Hemel Hempstead who is on this forum and a little bit younger than me, he's also got a Ford Anglia, the Marina is going to be his new daily

Post by **MarinaCoupe** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:49 am

I think the sensible bloke option is to spend the money doing up another one of the fleet. You can tell Helen that you've not using the money to buy another one.

Chris
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JoshWard · Post by **JoshWard** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:55 am

That's certainly the other option, I have fallen in love with a couple of cars that are for sale though

The main problem is not money but time for doing the other ones up, so yeah perhaps not a wise idea to get yet another one....

Uncle Frank · Post by **Uncle Frank** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:26 pm

Always hard to let them go Josh, but probably for the best mate, use some of it on the others and keep the fleet a bit smaller, it is hard to keep so many up together, and a lot less hassle

JoshWard · Post by **JoshWard** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:59 pm

Yes although it does seem a tad weird having only seven cars on the driveway

Time is the main problem for me, it's taking me months to get anywhere at the moment so I'm definitely not going to be buying any more big projects, at least not until I have finished a couple of the others. I've got most of the bits to do Ducky, the Racing Green coupe and get the Blaze coupe MOT'd but having the time to weld etc is a different matter, fingers crossed now the better weather is here I can make a bit more progress

I am half tempted to sell the Wild Moss saloon as well but the problem is it's a project and nobody wants those, and I would never forgive myself if I sold it and it ended up on the banger track!

stu1980 · Post by **stu1980** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 7:26 pm

today wasnt a good day serviced car ajust tappets fit spotlight brackets all going well then went to take the orange stripes of as never been keen on them since i got car , have a nice set of black ones that i bought of a member on here,when removing with heat gun some paint peeled of (the reason id left them so long ) only done one side the now ,hope to get new ones to cover the now or ill be painting both sides very soon

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