Just bought a Marina!

[Philip]

Hi, I have just joined your forum.
I have just won an ebay auction for a Marina. I haven't even seen it, hope it turns out to be ok, I hope to collect it some time next week. I hope to be a regular on your site.
Cheers, Phil.

[The General]

Hi philip, welcome to the forum and hope you enjoy yourself on here.

[Philip]

Thanks General.

[andrewwita]

welcome philip. welcome to the club , and good luck with your marina

reagrds
Andy

[Philip]

Thanks, do you have any opinions on it? This is the link....
260552768828

Ebay number.

[andrewwita]

well it looks decent enough. depends also on what the last owenrs did to the front wing , is it going to be full of filler , as in one of the pics you can see where they have painted over the stripe.

it also says mot expires soon - so when you take it for an mot , see what they say

good luck

[Philip]

Are panels easily obtainable? I did wonder whether the wings would be filler but thought if I can just bolt on some new wings its no big deal. Its MOT'd until April sometime but hasn't been driven for 9 months. With only 40K on the clock, assuming its not 140K and going by his description I'm hoping its not too bad. I am a mechanic and am restoring a Rover 95 at the moment so this will be to do afterwards.

[andrewwita]

wings do come up now and then and vary in price - £50 second hand up to £100+ for a new one and there welded on , but the club does sell repair sections. if your going to drive it looking at the dvla site the car is currently untaxed. is the car local to you?

i did manage to find a rear wing for £65 a year ago .

is this your first marina - i am still quite new to them and am enjoying them a lot - am getting my new one a week tomorrow and got to drive it back from glasgow to london - should be lots of fun

[Philip]

The fronts welded as well?
Oh dear. That is a shame. Yes I am new to Marinas, I plan on insuring it then hopefully my certificate will arrive before I go to get it and then I can tax it once down there. I have always fancied a Marina because of the shape and they are British!

[andrewwita]

hopefully this should put a pic on here for you

TA on the number plate is a devon registration so the milage might be right

[andrewwita]

Yeah the front wings are welded on too - they are fun to drive

i have since joining the club had 3 marinas and 1 ital and that is in just under 2 years , so not bad going.

[Philip]

Thanks for the pic, you managed to get it bigger than I could, it actually looks quite tidy. Is it likely to be very rotton? I guess it can't be that bad if it has been MOT'd in the last year. What are they like on fuel?

Is Martin Green on this forum?

[andrewwita]

well with out actually seeing the car - could not say about how solid it is - mot wise all depends on the garage it went to . as for martin green - i don;t know him , but others on here might

[balmy]

I see the car is in Devon. Are you local to the area?

Congrats and good luck with your new motor.

[JoshWard]

Welcome

Looks to be alright, it has been on eBay a few times with different sellers, let's hope this time it finds a more permanent new home