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Hi all, I'm Thomas and have a 1978 1.3 Special in the south east. "Mary" the morris has been in the family for around 15 years now but has been stood outside and inside for around 5 years due to running problems and not having the time. My brother and I inherited it from our late grandfather 3 years ago and both work on classic cars so luckily have had the interest to fix it and keep it in the family. A few pictures...
Going to go through the whole car to get it safe and roadworthy again
Thankfully its solid and not a horror story underneath

Welcome Thomas, looks like a great, tidy car! Looking forward to your updates on her . We're all very friendly and helpful on here as you'll soon find out so any questions just fire away

Welcome to the forum You came to the right place Nice looking car, always liked the mk2 Special.

A rare car is a 1.3 Special. Nice one.

Welcome Thomas, good car - what are your plans for her?

Thanks for the replies, i should probably start a thread in the members section? I share it with my brother and our plans are to get it on the road, tinker and enjoy! We own quite a few other cars which weve modified but we plan to keep this original but dont mind the odd oem+ part and i guess also subject to what bits are available for these. Taking it to local car shows, country fairs and the odd weekend run will most likely be the use but i wouldnt mind using it as the daily commute haha

Morning Thomas, nice mk 2 & love the garage, see you at some of the shows.
Gil.

Welcome to the forum. There are a few of us in the south east. I thought I’d seen this before, it was at the Helingly Festival of Transport,been through the photos and this was it in 2014,I was parked next but one!

Ahh yes, thank you, we attend hellingly and both laughton shows every year. The marina was brought to most of them before running issues came along.

Hi Thomas, were about in the South East are you?
I am in Worthing West Sussex.
Not many Marinas down this way so a rare sight here.

Another one's just popped up on eBay!

JubileeNut wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:30 pm Hi Thomas, were about in the South East are you?
I am in Worthing West Sussex.
Not many Marinas down this way so a rare sight here.

Hi, im located near Battle/Hastings area.

Cool Brown vinyl roof looks really complements the sandglow doesn't it. Prefer the mk1 trims to the mk2 version as well.

Are so you are near to Glen rather than me then.
Regards,
Paul.

I'm in Hastings,so not far at all.