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Euro Marinas

Post by ClaytonSpeed » Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:58 am

Could any of our mainland Europe friends / members give me any photos of differences that got shipped with the EU cars?

This will be mine very soon and I would like to write some articles about euro cars.

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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by jiversteve » Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:45 pm

Can't say I have seen a single Marina in Spain, but I am primarily on the med, east coast.
Will be doing some travelling westwards this year, perhaps to Portugal.
Where was the Marina assembly factory there, it might be a region to start with.
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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by Gee tc » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:07 pm

Apparently the French received a blonde dolly bird on the bonnet. . . .

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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by ClaytonSpeed » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:15 pm

I think all Marinas in Europe (aside from Malta) were built in Cowley. They would have been shipped through Belgium at the Seneffe distribution plant. There were P.D.I'd here and made more euro friendly. http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/around- ... n-seneffe/
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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by balmy » Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:22 pm

There's one on the Greek island of Kefakonia. Seen with my own eyes :)

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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by ClaytonSpeed » Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:04 pm

Thanks .. Looks unloved !
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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by stoterstangen 90 » Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:39 pm

My Dutch 1800 TC is from Cowley.

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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by MarinaCoupe » Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:17 pm

Is that a stone under the wheel instead of a handbrake.


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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by stoterstangen 90 » Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:22 pm

MarinaCoupe wrote:Is that a stone under the wheel instead of a handbrake.


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And it has opening quarterlights and mk3 mirrors

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Post by jiversteve » Sun Feb 14, 2016 8:21 am

So where did I get the idea that some Marinas were assembled in Portugal?
The UK had consistently good relations with them and were hated by the Franco regime in Spain.
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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by locost_bryan » Sun Feb 14, 2016 9:13 am

jiversteve wrote:So where did I get the idea that some Marinas were assembled in Portugal?
The UK had consistently good relations with them and were hated by the Franco regime in Spain.
Wiki claims diesel Marina were assembled by BL Portugal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Ital

Even has it's own Facebook page with photos https://m.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a ... 496&type=3
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Re: Euro Marinas

Post by ClaytonSpeed » Sun Feb 14, 2016 9:14 am

jiversteve wrote:So where did I get the idea that some Marinas were assembled in Portugal?
The UK had consistently good relations with them and were hated by the Franco regime in Spain.
Yes, my apologies. Both the Marina and Ital were assembled in Portugal, both labelled "Marina". They would have been assembled their in CKD form like Maltese cars.
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