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[Sir Tigger KC]

Seven grand for a Marina ??!! And I always thought of you as a sensible fella.

Likewise Albs, but then you went and bought a C90! 

[Varche]

Here's the car in question! 

Shame about the colour, but I guess I could live with it.    Looks OK though?   

Crikey just seen it is a Marina. Havent they got one in a museum somewhere you couldgo and look at ? You could get a real car for £6k. I take back my suggestion of going up by Ryanair.

[Kevin Wood]

I was in Northwich on Sunday too.

So, having travelled there, how would you get it back?
You couldn't pack enough lower trunnions on the train to drive it back, after all.

[BazaJT]

A mate of mine had a 1.8 saloon in the mid '70s.From memory for its time it went quite well and wasn't really that bad to drive,still preferred my Avenger though[shame that wasn't one of the Tiger versions].

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Seven grand for a Marina ??!! And I always thought of you as a sensible fella.

Likewise Albs, but then you went and bought a C90! 

Fair comment.  ...…………...didn't pay 7 grand for it though. 

[2boxerdogs]

I had a V reg (1980) 1.7 Marina estate in Arctic White wasn't a bad vehicle at all , and also a 1.8 TC jubilee which I thought was the business at the time.😂

[Kevin Wood]

I had a V reg (1980) 1.7 Marina estate in Arctic White wasn't a bad vehicle at all , and also a 1.8 TC jubilee which I thought was the business at the time.😂

I had a 1.7 Ital estate. I think the 1.7 engine was actually OK. Quite smooth, reasonably powerful, didn't need a lot of maintenance and made the 1.8 lump look very agricultural. The rest of the car, however..

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I had a V reg (1980) 1.7 Marina estate in Arctic White wasn't a bad vehicle at all , and also a 1.8 TC jubilee which I thought was the business at the time.😂

I had a 1.7 Ital estate. I think the 1.7 engine was actually OK. Quite smooth, reasonably powerful, didn't need a lot of maintenance and made the 1.8 lump look very agricultural. The rest of the car, however..

I was gifted a 1980 1.7HL Princess. Same engine, I imagine. 

I believe HL stood for 'Highline'.......whatever that means.

[Kevin Wood]

I had a V reg (1980) 1.7 Marina estate in Arctic White wasn't a bad vehicle at all , and also a 1.8 TC jubilee which I thought was the business at the time.😂

I had a 1.7 Ital estate. I think the 1.7 engine was actually OK. Quite smooth, reasonably powerful, didn't need a lot of maintenance and made the 1.8 lump look very agricultural. The rest of the car, however..

I was gifted a 1980 1.7HL Princess. Same engine, I imagine. 

I believe HL stood for 'Highline'.......whatever that means.

Something to do with Pigs and Lipstick, I reckon.

[Varche]

I had a 1.8 auto Marina. Tall Passengers accidentally knocked it out of gear. It was browny rust in colour.

[BazaJT]

Weren't they all that colour ………...Oh,I see what you mean yours was actually painted that colour Meanwhile Opti should travel as far as Kings Lynn on 3rd November ACA have a '73 Citroen SM going through guide price of £35,000-£40,000 which surely is mere pocket change to him.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Weren't they all that colour ………...Oh,I see what you mean yours was actually painted that colour Meanwhile Opti should travel as far as Kings Lynn on 3rd November ACA have a '73 Citroen SM going through guide price of £35,000-£40,000 which surely is mere pocket change to him.

The price of these cars is only going one way.

[aaronjb]

I've spotted a car for sale that I quite like the look of, but unfortunately it's way way Ooop Norf, so a long long way to go and look at something that might be a shed! 

Mate of mine went from Welwyn to Durham and back to pick up a 2002 4.2 V8 Audi S8 last weekend.. that's quite the journey.

We (he and I) also did Bracknell to the middle of Wales and back to pick up a 1992 XJ12, once..

[Doctor Gollum]

Once is right... it never made it out of Bracknell alive

The chap who bought both my Plod and Elite flew over from Belfast... twice in one week.

[tunnie]

I've spotted a car for sale that I quite like the look of, but unfortunately it's way way Ooop Norf, so a long long way to go and look at something that might be a shed! 

Mate of mine went from Welwyn to Durham and back to pick up a 2002 4.2 V8 Audi S8 last weekend.. that's quite the journey.

We (he and I) also did Bracknell to the middle of Wales and back to pick up a 1992 XJ12, once..

Now that sounds nice, how much did that cost him?

As that kinda vintage is only way I could ever scratch that V8 ich....