marina 6 have arrived

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:33 am

:mrgreen:
here beeing loaded up on my transit

guess the weekend will see some driving/testing
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

ado28 · Post by **ado28** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:42 am

Well done Jan- Ivor, she is certainly a nice looking beast. DonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t you think that the Grilles on the Australian models like rather Datson like?

Sean

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:29 am

yes the grille looks very 70s Datsun

Although the outer edge of the grille is plastic , the complete unit is actually much heavier than the "european" ones. This is because the black middle bit is made of heavy /thick gauge metal. As you might have guessed i have changed the lights for LHD already

Uncle Frank · Post by **Uncle Frank** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:05 pm

Me too !!, that must be some pretty potent stuff!!

martinmarina · Post by **martinmarina** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:42 pm

nice looking motor Jan ,

post some more pics m8 when you get her home please

JIM73 · Post by **JIM73** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:50 pm

reminds me of a very young Adam !!!LOL

JIM73 · Post by **JIM73** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:51 pm

Any shots of the engine bay Jan ? 8)

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:08 pm

he he - whish it was my hair, but the pic is of my son

(i've told him to get a hair-cut but - well i seldom listened to MY parents so i guess it runs in the family

)
here is a "sort of" engine bay pic - its actually a pic of changing the lights ro lHD.

Took it to the official import check today and it failed because they couldn't find something we in norway call maximum weight. i.e. what the car is constructed to take before it brakes down (incl. people/luggage/etc) We found the curb-weight in some litterature that i brought with me. but that wasn't enough. Neither could they use the maximum weight from the papers on my TC as that was only a 1.8

well i have to do some serious reading, and if i can't find it anywere the only way is to send an application to use the marina TC - specification on the maximum load weight.
Last pic is of the car at the import control, the tester was actually a quite nice fella - guess he was just doing his job...

Ausmarina · Post by **Ausmarina** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:44 am

Jan Ivar, straight from my book..... The maximum vehicle loading is 396kg (875 lbs), equivalent to 5 persons plus luggage weighing 56kgs (125 lbs)
If you have the original blue owners instruction manual, it is on page 19.

That's the same for Aussie 4's or 6's. So just add your rego weight of 970kg for Deluxe auto coupe or 995kg for Super auto coupe (I can't remmember which one you have) and that should do it.

I can copy some of this and email it if you need it.

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:34 pm

Thanks for the tip !!!!
I do have a blue and one green book that came with the car.
I will have a look in those when i get home (i'm at work now - sneaking some time on the net

)

marinast · Post by **marinast** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:22 pm

That car looks a peach Jan Ivar, please tell me it's only seeing dry/summer use as that will rot quicker than you can say it come the salty and icy roads.
One other thing, check the thermostat as I guess it is running a hot climate type.

norway_triumph · Post by **norway_triumph** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:29 am

Ausmarina wrote: If you have the original blue owners instruction manual, it is on page 19.

Spot on !! Thanks . i've ordered a retest (earliest available is one month from now) But i guess i just use it on temp-plates while waiting

Marinast: The changing of the thermostat is on my to-do list as it barely moves past C old when used ...
Come winter its headed for the barn until the summer-sun waken it up again