Mid engine Marina
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- locost_bryan
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Mid engine Marina
During the early '80s, a mid-engined Marina raced in the NZ Sport Sedan series.
Some details have come to light in this thread on the Roaring Season.
"Graham Park was the Marina man,back in the mid sixties ,I think first he raced a Plymouth coupe or something similar ,then we raced Anglias together 66/67 ,after that I think he went o/seas and worked for Broadspeed ?, he later returned to NZ and built up and raced the Marina V8."
"A very interesting Marina it was as well. In it's most developed form it had a turbocharged 4.4 litre Leyland V8 'midmounted' behind the driver. From hazy memory, no transaxle was used, the gearbox went straight to the diff with little or no driveshaft in between."
"Another little snippet of interest is that of Graham Parks incredible Morris Marina V8. The car caught fire at Bay Park and no one could actually see that it was alight because of the tinted windows. Because of this there was a MANZ law change that banned tinted windows...."
"I'm quite impressed by the quality of the Morris Marina. That is a nicely turned out car."
Some details have come to light in this thread on the Roaring Season.
"Graham Park was the Marina man,back in the mid sixties ,I think first he raced a Plymouth coupe or something similar ,then we raced Anglias together 66/67 ,after that I think he went o/seas and worked for Broadspeed ?, he later returned to NZ and built up and raced the Marina V8."
"A very interesting Marina it was as well. In it's most developed form it had a turbocharged 4.4 litre Leyland V8 'midmounted' behind the driver. From hazy memory, no transaxle was used, the gearbox went straight to the diff with little or no driveshaft in between."
"Another little snippet of interest is that of Graham Parks incredible Morris Marina V8. The car caught fire at Bay Park and no one could actually see that it was alight because of the tinted windows. Because of this there was a MANZ law change that banned tinted windows...."
"I'm quite impressed by the quality of the Morris Marina. That is a nicely turned out car."
Bryan
Auckland NZ
1972 Morris Marina 1750 TC Coupe "Ozzy"
Auckland NZ
1972 Morris Marina 1750 TC Coupe "Ozzy"
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Re: Mid engine Marina
Wow Bryan, what a monster! Fantastic find
- Viscount Orange Biscuit
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Re: Mid engine Marina
wow Beast and a Bit eh?? thanks for sharing
My Marinas
72 1.8 SDL Coupe Midnight Blue "Wolfie"
72 1.3 SDL Coupe Blaze Red "Blaze"
72 1.8 TC Mumford Damask Red "Steve"
73 1.3 SDL Saloon Teal Blue "Sally"
74 1.8 SDL Auto Coupe White "Edie"
74 1.3 Suntor Camper Van Gold "Helios"
75 1.8 SDL Estate White "Tank"
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72 1.8 SDL Coupe Midnight Blue "Wolfie"
72 1.3 SDL Coupe Blaze Red "Blaze"
72 1.8 TC Mumford Damask Red "Steve"
73 1.3 SDL Saloon Teal Blue "Sally"
74 1.8 SDL Auto Coupe White "Edie"
74 1.3 Suntor Camper Van Gold "Helios"
75 1.8 SDL Estate White "Tank"
MMOC 2805
- terrytibbs
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Re: Mid engine Marina
oh yes! thats some marina coupe! 8)
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Re: Mid engine Marina
F**king hell!! thats a stunner!
If a link was changed to "ebay linky" then that was probably Sam, because she's sad..
- JubileeNut
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Re: Mid engine Marina
Loving that very much, is it still about?
That would be worth restoring and seeing.
That would be worth restoring and seeing.
" Pru, Its Kicking off "
1973 Morris Marina TC Jubilee
2013 BMW 328i M Sport F31
1973 Morris Marina TC Jubilee
2013 BMW 328i M Sport F31
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Re: Mid engine Marina
Wow that is some coupe. What I wouldn't give to own that little beauty. Anyone want to buy a Mumford :roll: :roll:
Gary.
Gary.
2005 PT Cruiser in Marine Blue.
Re: Mid engine Marina
Shame you'd just dither along at 45mph in the middle of the road going to get your pension in it
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1967 Triumph Herald
1971 1.3 DL Coupe (VRU362J)
1971 1.3 SDL Coupe (JGC240K)
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1971 1.8 SDL Coupe (MCU274K)
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1936 Ford Model Y- On loan from the CCLP
1967 Triumph Herald
1971 1.3 DL Coupe (VRU362J)
1971 1.3 SDL Coupe (JGC240K)
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Re: Mid engine Marina
Oh Josh, if only you knew????? And this coming from someone who's clutch control is so bad he needs 2 spare gearboxes for his "old mans saloon"
Gary.
Gary.
2005 PT Cruiser in Marine Blue.
- locost_bryan
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Re: Mid engine Marina
I haven't been able to find out anything about it's current whereabouts.JubileeNut wrote:Loving that very much, is it still about?
That would be worth restoring and seeing.
I have a record of a 1974 Marina fitted with a 4400cc engine, first registered in Oct 1982 and cancelled in 1995. Back then race cars still had to be registered :roll: "exempt Class A", so it could be this one. :?
Bryan
Auckland NZ
1972 Morris Marina 1750 TC Coupe "Ozzy"
Auckland NZ
1972 Morris Marina 1750 TC Coupe "Ozzy"
Re: Mid engine Marina
www.facebook.com/roger.davis.399/videos ... _video_tablocost_bryan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:34 pmI haven't been able to find out anything about it's current whereabouts.JubileeNut wrote:Loving that very much, is it still about?
That would be worth restoring and seeing.
I have a record of a 1974 Marina fitted with a 4400cc engine, first registered in Oct 1982 and cancelled in 1995. Back then race cars still had to be registered :roll: "exempt Class A", so it could be this one. :?
If you click on my face book link above.
Graeme has found and restored the Marina. and its running in Historic Sports Sedans here in NZ. Currently using a SB Chev engine, but a new Turbo P76 is being built
- JubileeNut
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Re: Mid engine Marina
Cool, more videos are now required.
Nice to see it in good nick.
Nice to see it in good nick.
" Pru, Its Kicking off "
1973 Morris Marina TC Jubilee
2013 BMW 328i M Sport F31
1973 Morris Marina TC Jubilee
2013 BMW 328i M Sport F31
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Re: Mid engine Marina
Loving the pseudo 'JPS' logo!
- locost_bryan
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Re: Mid engine Marina
Can be seen racing at Baypark in 1984 https://youtu.be/ou47qha5j6A
Bryan
Auckland NZ
1972 Morris Marina 1750 TC Coupe "Ozzy"
Auckland NZ
1972 Morris Marina 1750 TC Coupe "Ozzy"
- locost_bryan
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Re: Mid engine Marina
Photos of the car at a recent historic meeting can be found here https://www.muzzpix.com/personal-project/
Bryan
Auckland NZ
1972 Morris Marina 1750 TC Coupe "Ozzy"
Auckland NZ
1972 Morris Marina 1750 TC Coupe "Ozzy"