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Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:10 pm
by locost_bryan
beniboyz wrote:Kilroy wrote:Photo of a rally-prepared 1800 coupe that now resides in NZ.
Somewhere...
Thanks dude. Was this GC2's sister car?
No. afaik GC1 succumbed to rust, but GC2 is supposed to be original (with papers and log book).
Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:15 am
by ClaytonSpeed
Excellent.
Now from what I can deduce the rally cars all had extra gauges in the speaker panel but it also looks as tho they changed the rev counter to a black type possibly MG or Mini? Can anyone shed light on the details of the dashboard?
Ben
Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:33 pm
by ClaytonSpeed
The Marina V8 Rally car from the UK stage of the 1974 UDT World Cup Rally.
Brilliant!
Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:21 pm
by locost_bryan
Nice to see all that iron hanging off the front didn't create terminal understeer.
Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:11 am
by ClaytonSpeed
Yes it certainly looks a weight!
Here is another shot of the Foden car for your enjoyment:
Enjoy.
BTW if anyone has any other photos of this car I'd love to see them. =)
Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:30 pm
by locost_bryan
Is that a hand cranked wiper above the windscreen? :shock:
The Rally Cars
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:12 pm
by ClaytonSpeed
I think it could be.. I do know it had wheel straps on the roof so could be part of that.
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The Rally Cars
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:28 pm
by ClaytonSpeed
If you look on this shot you can see the mounting point for what is a hand op wiper! And the wheel mounts on the roof,
The extra fluid bottle would assume it had a washer jet too.
Ben
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Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:40 pm
by Chicken Hawk
Does anyone know or can tell what radiator is fitted to this car?? :shock: I can see the top brackets have been modified
The Rally Cars
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:49 pm
by MarinaCoupe
I think that it might be a 1.3 radiator, the pins are wider apart. You can get Marina rads with double top pins so they will fit both types cars.
Chris
www.marinacoupe.co.uk
Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:53 pm
by locost_bryan
MarinaCoupe wrote:I think that it might be a 1.3 radiator, the pins are wider apart. You can get Marina rads with double top pins so they will fit both types cars.
Possibly an Australian radiator, like in this 1750 TC Coupe?
The Rally Cars
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:23 am
by MarinaCoupe
That looks just like a 1.8 rad mounts and radiator inlet in the same place.
Chris
www.marinacoupe.co.uk
Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:30 am
by locost_bryan
Brief stories on the Jim Richards rally Marina
here 
and
here , and on the Leyland team in the 1972 Heatway Rally
here.
Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:38 am
by dazza2623
Hi all,hope all is well.
The V8 Marina with the Aussie grill is South African.
You can read more about it in David Hardcastle's History of the Rover V8
It is a great read
Re: The Rally Cars
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:26 pm
by locost_bryan
beniboyz wrote:Yes it certainly looks a weight!
Here is another shot of the Foden car for your enjoyment:
marinav874udtrally.jpg
Enjoy.
BTW if anyone has any other photos of this car I'd love to see them. =)
Youtube video "World Cup Rally 1974 - Claudio Mueller"
here. Looks like "home movie" footage, no sound, following a Brasilian VW team. Nearly an hour long, haven't watched it all the way through (or on a decent sized screen), but think the Foden Marina is in some of the pre-start footage.
