Oz Marina 2003

Tabetha and her marina

Lefthand side of the Marina
My Marina - a year ago, I wrote off my car (a Ford Meteor). I have always loved English cars, so I went looking for something a bit different to replace it with.
I ended up buying a 1953 Morris Oxford - in beautiful condition, but needing some minor repairs. The minor repairs turned into a cracked chassis rail requiring *major* work, leaving me still without transport.
The man who was repairing the Oxford for me had a 1974 Marina for sale - his father used to own it, but he took it off him, as he was getting a bit too old to drive, and had had his licence revoked.
It was running, it had no rust, so we figured for $500 we couldn't go wrong. After the first drive, I was hooked. It is a surprisingly powerful small car, and (mostly) handles well.
Interior of the car
Apart from a disreputable looking paint job, and its current need for a re-ring, I'm really happy with it. It has been a great day-to-day car, and seems to take a lot of punishment (took me a while to figure out the radiator filler assembly...)
Stats
  • 1974 Leyland Marina Super Deluxe
  • 2623cc 6 cylinder OHC engine, 3-speed floor shift
  • Colour - Exterior : white (what's left of it) Interior : brown
  • Condition - looks worse than it is
  • Top speed - Unknown. Cruises quite happily at 140 km/h (not that I would ever do anything like that )

Some info on Head bolt tensioning.
  • Head settings for Marina 6 are: Cam carrier 27nm or 20 of those english things.
  • Cylinder Head: 81.5nm or 60 of the other lbs things.

Hope this is informative enough - if there's anything else you want to know, drop me a line.
Cheers, Tabetha

'Bertie'







Bertie and his New clothes

Tabitha has had to change the body due to problems. So Bertie has gone from 4 doors to 2 doors. Tabetha has given Bertie a great red shade with metal flake.








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Sept, 2006
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