Rescued Ital in latest Practical Classics mag

[balmy]

SLOW ITAL is a certain yellow hl which is a body shell at the moment,
Thats why its a bit slow.

Evening Mr Prosser! Nice to see you on here sir.

[MarinaCoupe]

Hello Gil

Is she on the road yet?

[charlie safari]

I once met a man who was a chauffeur all his life driving Jags and Bentleys etc and he said in a straight line the best car he ever drove was a Morris Ital 1.3 Automatic!

Of course the XJ6 is a better car, I just don't think it's great for a classic car magazine to be making unfair comparisons and then broadcasting them to the world, as I suspect some people wouldn't be able to see it was just a joke and then start to think 'Itals are crap' etc. They should be trying to change peoples' perceptions of the car not reinforcing negative stereotypes.

Since I own a 74 Jag and a 75 Tc (among others) there's just no comparison, but lets not forget the Marina was less than 1/4 of the price of the Jag and if I had to drive one every day in traffic and town, the Marina is the car I'd jump in.

However if had an unlimited petrol supply and a parking space at work, that may change

P.s both of them fail to proceede at about the same number of times per year, ah BL quality control

[PHUQ]

My late XJ40 only ever played up once... of course, that once was the day it was supposed to be used to escort a couple from their wedding reception and off to their honeymoon

Ended up using a friend's 1850HL Dolomite to take them away, before swapping for my girlfriend's Vauxhall Corsa for the run to Gatwick. Not quite the same

[charlie safari]

My late XJ40 only ever played up once... of course, that once was the day it was supposed to be used to escort a couple from their wedding reception and off to their honeymoon

Ended up using a friend's 1850HL Dolomite to take them away, before swapping for my girlfriend's Vauxhall Corsa for the run to Gatwick. Not quite the same

Not Quite
Just used mine for a Wedding, had a minor wobbly and threw all its cooling water out, but once refilled managed the rest of the days duties admirably, or should that be unbeliveably?
Looked outstanding tho, all its chrome polished and white is a really good colour on a series 2.

[PHUQ]

Now that's a proper wedding car it has to be said

The actual wedding cars for this one were a 1930's Austin for her (and to take them away)- and a Starsky & Hutch liveried Gran Torino for him

[charlie safari]

Very nice
I'm terrified of using 1930's cars for weddings, they always sound like they are going to brake down to me, but they look sooooo good its almost worth it, almost.

I used a 1972 Holden Sandman Panel Van for my best mates wedding (he's a surfer!), and managed to run it out of petrol on the way to the church, made for a great photo tho

[locost_bryan]

I used a 1972 Holden Sandman Panel Van for my best mates wedding (he's a surfer!), and managed to run it out of petrol on the way to the church, made for a great photo tho

petrol issues!.jpg

That's not a real Sandman , it's got side windows (and no graphics ). Not ideal for a surfie's shaggin' wagon, all the world can see what you're up to!

But if it had a 350 that smoked the bags, I no complain.

[Pont.skins]

WOW!! The second pic looks just like Whitley Bay.........maybe..............perhaps..............

[locost_bryan]

WOW!! The second pic looks just like Whitley Bay.........maybe..............perhaps..............

Bet there would be a lot more "white pointers" at Whitley Bay.

[Pont.skins]

The only "Finns" we see at Whitley Bay tend to be on a ferry en route to North Shields

[charlie safari]

That's not a real Sandman , it's got side windows (and no graphics ). Not ideal for a surfie's shaggin' wagon, all the world can see what you're up to!

But if it had a 350 that smoked the bags, I no complain.

Too true about the windows and graphics, but she was a real 350 4 speed sandman, windows added and graphics removed by the previous owner, who also stuck on the awful paintjob

It did indeed smoke the bags and go like hell, used a hell of a lot of petrol tho

Hey have you seen Kilroys Marina for sale????