ajac8 wrote:

DrF wrote:

Well, I never thought I would say this but I am quite frankly ashamed to be British right now!!!

Words fail me..........


The state of this country, i used to be proud to be British, cant say the same right now!!

Anybody remember this??

I think everyone is trying NOT to think about it. But that turned this into a great tread, didn't it?

From the Morris Marina Club ....



For a car that was once sold in its millions, the Marina and Ital was classed as “The rarest car in Britain” by The Sun newspaper. 🤔🙀 As a club we want to PRESERVE the cars by helping owners find the right parts for their projects, get the correct information to restore them and promote the Marina and Ital as a usable classic car for every generation.

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promote the Marina and Ital as a usable classic car for every generation.

I remember always being told that British Leyland were the inventors of the seat belt.

It's original purpose being to hold the sides of the car in place.

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"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Whilst on about vintage cars .. What about this ... Bought when petrol was 30 pence a gallon 🤔

Expecting to fetch about £10k 🙀🙀 ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/roa...-sale.html ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

I'm kind of surprised that's all its worth - I guess not the rarest or most desirable, but even so.....

It's basically kept up with inflation - £686 in 1968 is just over £10k now.

JOKER wrote:

My mates old man had one of these a Ford Corsair remember as a kid we thought it was some sort of car from Thunderbirds 😄😄😄 must have been because of the front of it ...

In the 70s I regularly drove a Victor FE. It was one of the unmarked surveillance cars we had.

It was good practice for boat handling.  John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold

wooow... how the world changes, in just a week.
we were celebrating/condemming, the public's decision, on the importance, and effects of the 'brexit'

and just a week later, with a finacial recovery, nearly complete, and a few big guns, taking the bullet....we are talking about our old cars....

todays headlines, are tomorrows fish and chip wrappers.

-what's the story for next week chaps?


the new England managers' wife's new shoes??

Back off topic hopefully correct thread this time

I went to look at a Morris Marina Coupe that was for sale with a mate many moons ago. The guy wanted £50 for it, including road tax, which was superfluous at the time.

My mate asked how much he wanted for it without the road tax, the guy said £20, to which my mate said:
'It ain't worth 20 quid mate, we'll give you a tenner for it!'

The guy said ok, so we scrabbled around in our pockets and came up with £10 between us & drove away in our new pride & joy, which my mate used to drive the daily 10 mile trip to work for over two years until it finally gave up the ghost.

Great British Leyland engineering