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Snipes Rank: Lancia Gamma

Snipes

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For me, it's all about the interior. Cream on cream is very bland IMO too. 

garbaldy Rank: Lancia Gamma

garbaldy

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I'd like a marina coupe with an mx5 engine on it.

 

make a change from a piano I suppose.

 

can they actually be made to handle ?

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I am getting a faint whiff of fish paste from that Marinakoop advert.  The car is priced well below other recent ads for coupes in good condition, the offer to deliver free anywhere in the UK seems odd, and the registration does not show up on the DVLA site.  

 

EDIT:  That last bit is wrong, and hence crossed out. I initially read the reg as DRB 204K, but it is more likely ORB 204K, and that comes up OK.  I am probably being unduly cynical.

oman5 Rank: Renault 16

oman5

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make a change from a piano I suppose.

 

can they actually be made to handle ?

Part of the problem is a mismatch of Spring rates between front and rear. Stiffer rear shocks would help, also fitting telescopics up front instead of the crappy lever arm jobbies they came with. Wider wheels/tyres, maybe lower the suspension a bit (front end is torsion bar so easy enough, just move em round a couple of splines) with lowering blocks on the back maybe. The camber angle of the front wheels never seemed right to me on these either, the understeer was always much more pronounced than on the competition. It's a waste of time playing with the bigger engined versions, the extra engine weight just has too much negative effect on the front end.

BL special tuning used Marina 1.3 coupes in competition for that very reason. You can do a hell of a lot with an A series too, the only limit is your wallet. Overbore, bigger carb, bigger valves, port/polish,supercharge/turbocharge, 5 speed conversion etc etc

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sheffcortinacentre Rank: Isuzu Florian

sheffcortinacentre

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Nothing can make a marina into a decent car, take it from people who where there at the time, they where & allways will be shit.

Badly made from poor components,ill handling, unreliable rot prone whatever car you consider to be shit these were worse on all levels.

Their the epitome of a bad car they couldn't even get simple things right

 

2 Dr doors to small to allow access to the rear seats.

A wiper system that has a driver blind spot in either lhd or rhd (even though the shell's all came with provision for correct orientation ),

Front suspension components to weak for the purpose (over the whole production run).

Gbox again to weak for power output gearshift housing breakage (again never rectified).

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Guest Breadvan72

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That bolt on estate bit is stunningly, awesomely, uber hyper mega super cack and therefore is WINNZ.

 

Long car is loooooooooong.  Not so much a barn find as an actual barn.

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fiatdaft Rank: Renault 16

fiatdaft

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Can't remember how to properly link,

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Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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STUNO Rank: Renault 16

STUNO

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The most expensive Sierra ever sold.

And it may actually be worth the GBP 371,391.00  (NZ$645000.00) To someone somewhere.

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/ford/auction-1133854846.htm

 

And to top that off, the most unsold Sierra ever. This may have been posted on here six or seven years ago. Maybe he's asking a tad too much, or are they just not collectable to normal folk...

 

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http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/ford/auction-1247654899.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

the judge Rank: Citroen Ami

the judge

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20170201_1720421.jpg 20170201_1720421.jpgCouple of slightly unusual Foci. First up this excellent listing; having looked into it the car had very low mileage until it's last MOT in 2015, and is one of the 'factory fit' LPG models. I daresay the gas stuff might be worth breaking it for if it's terminally knackered some other way?

 

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/122327397210?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

WLTM next doors xr3 please

oldcars Rank: Lancia Gamma

oldcars

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Says "first to see will buy", i think he is lion.........................

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Vin Rank: Renault 16

Vin

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/austin-maestro-/322406508504?hash=item4b10ece7d8:g:7zwAAOSwNnRYjjM0

 

this looks to be an impressively tidy mark 1 maestro, shame about the poundland wheel trims, but they could be pulled off and burned with fire.

 

the rest of the car though looks very nice,

 

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I wondered what became of this. I used to see it regularly trundling round Brigg with a flat capped old fossil at the wheel. I hadn't seen it for 2 or 3 years so assumed it had met it's maker...

 

Local Lincolnshire reg and a Brigg dealership on the plates (Glacier Motors were a BL dealer). It's not strayed far in it's life, until now.

 

Nice to see it still around. :-)

richardthestag Rank: Renault 16

richardthestag

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Nothing can make a marina into a decent car, take it from people who where there at the time, they where & allways will be shit.

Badly made from poor components,ill handling, unreliable rot prone whatever car you consider to be shit these were worse on all levels.

Their the epitome of a bad car they couldn't even get simple things right

 

2 Dr doors to small to allow access to the rear seats.

A wiper system that has a driver blind spot in either lhd or rhd (even though the shell's all came with provision for correct orientation ),

Front suspension components to weak for the purpose (over the whole production run).

Gbox again to weak for power output gearshift housing breakage (again never rectified).

 

I think someone needs a hug :D

 

All of the above makes it just perfect

GrumpyCat Rank: BL Wedge

GrumpyCat

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Advert states 2,500 miles...MOT check says 49,817.

 

Advert states 1.6...Totalcarcheck says 998cc.

 

Advert states £20k...Everyone says fuck off mate.

Guest Breadvan72

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I love Marinas, but even I admit they are friggin awful to drive.

 

 

Yeah, but you can DRIVEZ THEM INN TEH SEA!

 

 

 

 

 

PS: This being HTV, that ad was on yesterday.

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Guest Breadvan72

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Like any normal person, I spunk my dentures through my actual chappie when I see a Rancho, but a 75 makes me fall into a deep swoon of mehitude.

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Stixy Rank: Citroen Ami

Stixy

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Nothing can make a marina into a decent car, take it from people who where there at the time, they where & allways will be shit.

Badly made from poor components,ill handling, unreliable rot prone whatever car you consider to be shit these were worse on all levels.

Their the epitome of a bad car they couldn't even get simple things right

 

2 Dr doors to small to allow access to the rear seats.

A wiper system that has a driver blind spot in either lhd or rhd (even though the shell's all came with provision for correct orientation ),

Front suspension components to weak for the purpose (over the whole production run).

Gbox again to weak for power output gearshift housing breakage (again never rectified).

 

Nasty creaky plastics 

 

Made worse with O series engines  that burnt out valves and filled distributor caps with oil amongst other things 

 

   

 

Scary thing is now people are stuffing 2.0  Zetec engines in them  .

 

 

Each to there own though  

cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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I'm not sure that is legit? £5k would be quite cheap. There was a £5k 2.8 Capri on last week when the ad appeared to be taken down, by ebay I assume, within a couple of days.

With ford prices I just don't know anymore . The advert doesn't seem immediately dodgy.

kbonney88 Rank: Toyota Starlet

kbonney88

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I can't believe they have done that to the Jag and the Mini.. they look awful... :(

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