Fast Marina Magazine

Sounds like a shame Sean, has "the boss" spoken?, they do that from time to time :roll: , buy her a new car and she`ll be fine , then just whittle the fleet down to a few decent ones that do`nt look too bad

8) what half of the atlantean is yours sean...the top deck or the bottom deck.
i have a 1999 mazda premacy sport and the 71 marina. i also have a gyrr and cleek...........who knows what that is then???/

The Atlantean will be safe, My share is the lower deck cause my mate cant hold a spanner. For once Jim it's not the wife! just bad business dealings on my part I guess

I will give you a shot of her once I get the new cylinder heads fitted Larry, I bet it will bring back some memories for you, Maybe even try and get hold of a Lodekka for you too as these would have been the motors in your garage I guess being a Central man!

I can clearly remember many a journey on a Bristol Lodekka, we had them on the Island for years as they were the only double deckers that would go under some of our old railway bridges!, we used to ride to school on them, i particularly remember they had like a trough you walked along on the lower deck to reach your seat, which was raised on each side on a step up sort of arrangement. We still have a few over in the old bus museum....good old days eh

Aye, I can imagine what it was like in those days Frank but the Lodekkas were before my time (driving wise) but I remember riding on them (just) when I was child. 13’9 was the height on them but it was the Atlanteans I drove when I passed my test, bloody heavy motors they were but they were fun driving through the streets of Edinburgh with a full load and having to stand up to get the motor round a tight corner! (No power steering)

8)i drove lodekkas for years als pd2 and pd3 leylands.also ex london rts leyland atlanteans,daimler fleetlines and leopards.would love another shot at a lodekka though.i passed my psv in a lodekka.........happy days

Sounds like you would love our old bus museum Sean, they have loads of 50`s 60`s and 70`s buses in there, we had a few atlanteans, if i remember right they cut the roofs off most of them to convert them to open toppers for the summer seasons, very popular with the old "grockles"..( iow term for visitors)

Well guys I've kept the faith and my current car is a 1993 Rover 214 GSi.
My dad brought it new with 13 miles on the clock (I went for a test drive with him when it had just 9...), it now has 160,000.

Not bad for a car with a 'crap' engine.
It just goes to reinforce my view that BL/AR/Rover products are fantastic pieces of kit.


If they are looked after!

my fleet,
56 ford 100e
62 ford 100e
71 1.8 marina tc saloon
72 1.3 marina deluxe coupe
72 1.3 marina super saloon
72 1.3 marina super coupe, daily awaiting engine and decent paintjob at the mo
72 1.8 marina tc coupe current daily
73 1.8 mgb
74 1.3 marina deluxe coupe
74 1.3 marina 7cwt van
75 3.0 scimitar se6a
76 3.0 scimitar se6a
82 1.3 7cwt marina camper
82 1.8 mk1 fiesta
mgb based kit car which has donated its b for the tc coupe

My family have the following:

2005 Renault Megane (cr*p)
1962 BSA Bantam D7 (i'm restoring it at the moment)
1975 Norton Commando (being worked on)

and there's a Dolomite in storage in Essex which should be mine one day, the other notable vehicle is my great uncle's 1942 Willys Jeep

EL Presidente IOW wrote:Sounds like you would love our old bus museum Sean, they have loads of 50`s 60`s and 70`s buses in there, we had a few atlanteans, if i remember right they cut the roofs off most of them to convert them to open toppers for the summer seasons, very popular with the old "grockles"..( iow term for visitors)

Yeah sounds good Frank, Edinburgh converted a lot of their Atlanteans into open toppers and it was all done in house which is a rarity these days and their finish to detail was spot on.

I used to be involved with a museum up here but the politics of it all was crap so I ended up pulling my bus out along with a few other guys. They put their buses in other museums (which some regret) but I found a private yard to house mine in so now my bus is in total private ownership. I still have really good friends and contacts in some of the museums which is handy for parts and advice!

Current cars are:

1994 306 Roland Garros (daily driver)

1973 1.8SDL Marina Coupe

1972 1.8TC Marina Saloon (Co Owned with Rexxtherunt)

1972 1850 Triumph Dolomite

have owned quite a few more but thats a different story. Cant fault the 306 really, annoying niggles on it due to sh*te french electrics but otherwise cheap and cheerful !

8) one thing you wont need an open top bus for hibs winning the cup they havent won the cup since adam was a boy. heard mourinho is going to hibs cos he wants a break from football

Fantastic, what a collection!

What I find most amazing about it is this, a number of us own other vehicles which were built by rival manufacturer's.

I have found with so many of the other clubs I have been involved with over the years, that some member's are totally involved with one model and will not entertain any other car!