(04-06-2020, 12:13 PM)Kit Kat Chunky Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2020, 11:55 AM)baggiebloke Wrote: [ -> ]Never understood why the radio was angled away from the driver in Marinas.
Luckily, Leyland came up trumps with its successor.
The Ital was a fine automobile.
You are taking the piss.............
The Marina was a Morris Minor re-shelled, and the Ital was a Marina re-shelled.
What cars were good 50 years ago is not comparable with cars today.
The Marina was a step up from a moggie 1000 and pretty reliable compared to most other models at the time.
Marina's were also brilliant on the track, being light on the back made them easy to power slide.
Good fun in the snow, very controllable IMO.
You couldn't describe them as pretty or desirable but for the "lads" they were ideal.
(04-06-2020, 12:36 PM)Remi_Moses Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2020, 12:13 PM)Kit Kat Chunky Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2020, 11:55 AM)baggiebloke Wrote: [ -> ]Never understood why the radio was angled away from the driver in Marinas.
Luckily, Leyland came up trumps with its successor.
The Ital was a fine automobile.
You are taking the piss.............
The Marina was a Morris Minor re-shelled, and the Ital was a Marina re-shelled.
What cars were good 50 years ago is not comparable with cars today.
The Marina was a step up from a moggie 1000 and pretty reliable compared to most other models at the time.
Marina's were also brilliant on the track, being light on the back made them easy to power slide.
Good fun in the snow, very controllable IMO.
You couldn't describe them as pretty or desirable but for the "lads" they were ideal.
A real pussy magnet.
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The Marina 1.8TC was a nippy motor back in the day. My other memory of them was seeing Marinas roadside a lot with one front wheel pointing the opposite way to the other when the trunnion used to fail from neglect
That was the same with Minors. Grease the trunions every 500 miles was the advice. Few did...
(04-06-2020, 02:15 PM)Arti Wrote: [ -> ]That was the same with Minors. Grease the trunions every 500 miles was the advice. Few did...
A similar problem with old Eastern Bloc motors. They were cheap so people didn`t maintain them. Our Terry had 4 Skoda Estelles over a 10 year period, £1,999 on the road, with a tool set, fuses, bulbs etc. Went anywhere even when it was minus 10 or whatever, still a great car IMO. Eventually changed to an Austin Princess, awful, - something wrong every week. My brother is a genius with motors, has restored old Austin A55 / A 60`s etc. The only car I ever saw defeat him was an Austin Princess, saw him chuck a spanner at it and call it the biggest heap of crap ever etc.
(04-06-2020, 02:15 PM)Arti Wrote: [ -> ]That was the same with Minors. Grease the trunions every 500 miles was the advice. Few did...
A similar problem with old Eastern Bloc cars. Cheap, so people didn`t maintain them. Our Terry had 4 Skoda Estelles over about 12 years. Went anywhere , even in snow, minus 10 etc. Still great cars IMO. Eventually changed to an Austin Princess, absolute rubbish. Something wrong every week.
My brother is a genius with motors, has restored old Austin A55 / A60`s etc. A Princess was the only car I ever saw defeat him, chucked a spanner at it, said it was the biggest heap of crap ever etc.
(04-06-2020, 02:59 PM)Ministry Of Silly Signings Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2020, 02:15 PM)Arti Wrote: [ -> ]That was the same with Minors. Grease the trunions every 500 miles was the advice. Few did...
A similar problem with old Eastern Bloc cars. Cheap, so people didn`t maintain them. Our Terry had 4 Skoda Estelles over about 12 years. Went anywhere , even in snow, minus 10 etc. Still great cars IMO. Eventually changed to an Austin Princess, absolute rubbish. Something wrong every week.
My brother is a genius with motors, has restored old Austin A55 / A60`s etc. A Princess was the only car I ever saw defeat him, chucked a spanner at it, said it was the biggest heap of crap ever etc.
Sorry, posted it twice.
Luckily, BL came along with the Ambassador.
Absolute gem of a motor, the Ambassador.
(04-06-2020, 04:02 PM)baggiebloke Wrote: [ -> ]Luckily, BL came along with the Ambassador.
Absolute gem of a motor, the Ambassador.
As was the Ital
Metro on a B reg. Cracking little car, except in the wet when turning, bastard things always go straight!
(04-06-2020, 12:48 PM)Kit Kat Chunky Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2020, 12:36 PM)Remi_Moses Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2020, 12:13 PM)Kit Kat Chunky Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2020, 11:55 AM)baggiebloke Wrote: [ -> ]Never understood why the radio was angled away from the driver in Marinas.
Luckily, Leyland came up trumps with its successor.
The Ital was a fine automobile.
You are taking the piss.............
The Marina was a Morris Minor re-shelled, and the Ital was a Marina re-shelled.
What cars were good 50 years ago is not comparable with cars today.
The Marina was a step up from a moggie 1000 and pretty reliable compared to most other models at the time.
Marina's were also brilliant on the track, being light on the back made them easy to power slide.
Good fun in the snow, very controllable IMO.
You couldn't describe them as pretty or desirable but for the "lads" they were ideal.
A real pussy magnet.
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