Bop 92k - back on the road

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Bop 92k - back on the road

Post by morris_carl » Wed Aug 17, 2016 10:51 pm

About the start of May I visited the very well know Josh , serial marina horder! In the corner sat a very sad look 71 super , having been badly modified even for the time with side exit exhausts and a jacked up rear end I was convinced to buy it .Image

Once home , the realisation of what I had taken on hit me
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I made a quick start and striped all the insides out to check for rust , being in a 'barn' since 1983 it had faired well , no major issues

Then I de jacked it and removed all the horrible stripes down the sides and rubbish art on the Windows
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I replaced all the brakes , hoses , shoes , cylinders ,flexies both masters and slaves all engine hoses , rad ect ect!Image

I struggled to find an exhaust so travelled to Cambridge to pick one up being told it was for a marina ,turns out it wasn't !so 30 quid fuel down and 20 quid for the exhaust, no refund given no names mentioned!thankfully Martin came up trumps and had a full system Image

Welded up all the random holes ,fitted some door mirrorsImage

Re fitted all the interior , sadly the wrong colour seats but that will have to do for now Image

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Then a bit of the good old stone chip along the sills
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New tyres fittedImage

Then mot!
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She passed , then off to visit Josh

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I love this little car !few bits to finish and get but she's on the road first time since 1983.
Massive thanks to Josh and Martin for parts and help my missus for giving me time despite having a New born days before I got the marina and Chris for sorting the paperwork quickly !another marina savedImage

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Post by marinabuoy » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:07 pm

Pretty amazing transformation there! Great job


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Post by david painter » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:59 pm

Well Done
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Post by MarinaCoupe » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:26 am

Good job, it shows that you are not on your own with a car off the road. Add up the number of club members that helped out and the real value of the club shines through.




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Post by timspencer » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:54 am

What a great story. The custom car scene had some strange ideas!

If you decide to sell those seats on once you've found some blue ones please let me know.

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Post by Kilroy » Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:05 am

A round of applause from the opposite side of the planet.

I got attached to Marinas originally because they were the least favoured cars locally - for no apparent reason - but I saved many and am always impressed when anyone else on the planet does the same.
That is why I frequent this forum.
Like-minded souls here.
Plus - a great resource of knowledge and spares info.

Well done my friend - you have done a very good thing indeed.
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Post by terrytibbs » Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:13 am

Well done! glad to see that car back on the road... :thumbup:

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Post by morris_carl » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:30 pm

Thanks for the kind words , does feel good to save another one .I did take hundreds of pics but didn't want to bore you all !haha , I am a ford man to the bone , but have found after the nats weekend and bl day , the marina group are the friendliest I've come across

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Post by ClaytonSpeed » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:40 pm

Great to see a car come back onto the road after so long! Feel free to email a selection of photos to me along with a few words for the magazine :-)
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Post by Morris McKinnon » Thu Aug 18, 2016 2:25 pm

What a difference, well done mate :thumbup:

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Post by DrSebWilkes » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:06 pm

Nicely played! :D

Would be nice to have some more pictures? ;)
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Post by morris_carl » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:16 pm

beniboyz wrote:Great to see a car come back onto the road after so long! Feel free to email a selection of photos to me along with a few words for the magazine :-)
I will do that bud , I'm sure it featured before when Josh got it ?

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Post by morris_carl » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:16 pm

timspencer wrote:What a great story. The custom car scene had some strange ideas!

If you decide to sell those seats on once you've found some blue ones please let me know.
I will do u a deal , find me some blue ones and I will swap haha

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Post by ClaytonSpeed » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:20 pm

morris_carl wrote:
beniboyz wrote:Great to see a car come back onto the road after so long! Feel free to email a selection of photos to me along with a few words for the magazine :-)
I will do that bud , I'm sure it featured before when Josh got it ?

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Definitely worth a revisit then! I shall do a good spread for you :-)
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Re: Bop 92k - back on the road

Post by morris_carl » Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:39 pm

beniboyz wrote:
morris_carl wrote:
beniboyz wrote:Great to see a car come back onto the road after so long! Feel free to email a selection of photos to me along with a few words for the magazine :-)
I will do that bud , I'm sure it featured before when Josh got it ?

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Definitely worth a revisit then! I shall do a good spread for you :-)
Brilliant, will write something up and send some pics over !

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