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Marina spotted!

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 6:32 pm
by JoshWard
Had a bit of a surprise this afternoon on my way back to the office. Was waiting to pull onto the A12 when a Damask MK2 1.3 Special saloon ARC 923T went flying past! Sadly I got stuck behind a tractor so wasn't able to catch it up. Looked well used complete with black tape on the door bottoms! Same owner since 2010 apparently. Didn't get a look at the driver, was it you??

Think it's the first time I have ever seen a Marina on the road 'out in the wild'.

Re: Marina spotted!

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 7:22 pm
by Barmy
Rare them 1.3 Specials :-)


Sent from my Flux Capacitor Mk 2

Re: Marina spotted!

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 7:23 pm
by david painter
Is T reg not a bit late for Demask Red seem to remember it being an early Seventies Colour
Dave

Re: Marina spotted!

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:01 pm
by Pont.skins
More likely Carmine Red.

Re: Marina spotted!

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:50 pm
by JoshWard
Damask came out at launch and lasted until 1977. Was quite faded and the sun was shining across so didn't get a very good look, could well have been Carmine, especially as the car was registered in late 78.

Edit: Found a pic of it in my library. Definitely looks to be Carmine :)

Re: Marina spotted!

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:13 pm
by david painter
Thinking about it Carmine would be my guess
Dave

Re: Marina spotted!

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 12:32 am
by balmy
Image

Knew I'd taken a photo of it somewhere.