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I have a 73 Marina 4 dr behind my pole barn, the body is pretty much shot. I havent seen another Marina since the middle 80s (in the highschool parking lot) is there any left ?
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Is there ant Marinas left in the US ?
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Aargh - Too many flashbacks after seeing that.
Even the colour is the same...
Even the colour is the same...
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Bit light back there, were they? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
I recall a treacherous ride in one in fresh snow. S'posed to be "delivering" the bloody thing to the new owner. Scared the crap outta me. The air cleaner was always an enigma too... single SU surrounded by a "donut" lookin' filter housing... we got the "smog" cars. Hateful.
I recall a treacherous ride in one in fresh snow. S'posed to be "delivering" the bloody thing to the new owner. Scared the crap outta me. The air cleaner was always an enigma too... single SU surrounded by a "donut" lookin' filter housing... we got the "smog" cars. Hateful.
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Ah, they weren't all that bad. I had four or five of them for company cars, and they did just fine. Always took the two door, and never had to deal with snow in New Orleans.
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I changed the clutch on mine. I didn't realise you had to drop the back of the engine. Took 12 hours of fiddling. That and the rot put me off the most.
It wasn't the worst car I ever had, but it wasn't much fun in the wet. It would out drag a 1600 Escort in its day - but the Escort in question was likely knackered.
The privilege of worst car - amid strong competition - was held jointly by a Talbot Samba (unibody, so rusty when it went round corners the front and rear wheels moved relative to one another - visibly) and a Triumph Dolomite that had inner fenders made from old Heinz bean cans (sans labels). Actually the Herald should probably make the list somewhere (condition), also the Allegro, the 72 Vauxhall Victor, and the Morris Minor for sure. If ever a car was the antithesis of a dragster that was it...
It wasn't the worst car I ever had, but it wasn't much fun in the wet. It would out drag a 1600 Escort in its day - but the Escort in question was likely knackered.
The privilege of worst car - amid strong competition - was held jointly by a Talbot Samba (unibody, so rusty when it went round corners the front and rear wheels moved relative to one another - visibly) and a Triumph Dolomite that had inner fenders made from old Heinz bean cans (sans labels). Actually the Herald should probably make the list somewhere (condition), also the Allegro, the 72 Vauxhall Victor, and the Morris Minor for sure. If ever a car was the antithesis of a dragster that was it...
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I changed the clutch on mine. I didn't realise you had to drop the back of the engine. Took 12 hours of fiddling. That and the rot put me off the most.
It wasn't the worst car I ever had, but it wasn't much fun in the wet. It would out drag a 1600 Escort in its day - but the Escort in question was likely knackered.
The privilege of worst car - amid strong competition - was held jointly by a Talbot Samba (unibody, so rusty when it went round corners the front and rear wheels moved relative to one another - visibly) and a Triumph Dolomite that had inner fenders made from old Heinz bean cans (sans labels). Actually the Herald should probably make the list somewhere (condition), also the Allegro, the 72 Vauxhall Victor, and the Morris Minor for sure. If ever a car was the antithesis of a dragster that was it...
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Alan, you have had a collection of cars that, curiously, I never experienced. My LBCs started with a 105E Anglia (nice little car), then a Mini 850 Deluxe and, in no particular order, a Mk3 Cortina 2000 GL, Hillman Avenger 1500 (bloomin' 'orrible, has to be the worst car I ever owned) a Rover 3500S, an early MG Metro, a 1500 Spitfire and a Jaguar Series 2 XJ 5.3 which was probably the best car I owned, really! Never had a Dolomite, but I always rather liked those, nor any Vauxhalls either, don't know why..........
I changed the clutch on mine. I didn't realise you had to drop the back of the engine. Took 12 hours of fiddling. That and the rot put me off the most.
It wasn't the worst car I ever had, but it wasn't much fun in the wet. It would out drag a 1600 Escort in its day - but the Escort in question was likely knackered.
The privilege of worst car - amid strong competition - was held jointly by a Talbot Samba (unibody, so rusty when it went round corners the front and rear wheels moved relative to one another - visibly) and a Triumph Dolomite that had inner fenders made from old Heinz bean cans (sans labels). Actually the Herald should probably make the list somewhere (condition), also the Allegro, the 72 Vauxhall Victor, and the Morris Minor for sure. If ever a car was the antithesis of a dragster that was it...
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Alan, you have had a collection of cars that, curiously, I never experienced. My LBCs started with a 105E Anglia (nice little car), then a Mini 850 Deluxe and, in no particular order, a Mk3 Cortina 2000 GL, Hillman Avenger 1500 (bloomin' 'orrible, has to be the worst car I ever owned) a Rover 3500S, an early MG Metro, a 1500 Spitfire and a Jaguar Series 2 XJ 5.3 which was probably the best car I owned, really! Never had a Dolomite, but I always rather liked those, nor any Vauxhalls either, don't know why..........
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I second the notion about the Herald, my first car and the start of this unhealty affliction of collecting LBCs. The gear shift lever would unexpectedly drop into the transmission when it passed over neutral when shifting from first to second.
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Id like to find one with a good body, the previous owner rebuilt the engine (with some mods) before he left it out to rot
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I'd like to find anything with a good body at this point in the journey. All I'm finding are the old wrinkly ones...of course I'm referring to old autos!
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Introduced to knock the Cortina off its perch, this and its successor the Ital were horrid!
BTW, the Morris Minor wasn't nearly as bad. They were much better built, went on for ever, didn't rot at the sight of a damp patch. Their only real problem was thay didn't have enough power to get out of their own way!
BTW, the Morris Minor wasn't nearly as bad. They were much better built, went on for ever, didn't rot at the sight of a damp patch. Their only real problem was thay didn't have enough power to get out of their own way!
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They might be the worst, but this one has a rebuilt 1800 engine with some mods, kinda like to put it to use. Id drop it in a MGB if I could find one for a decent price in good condition.