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[Entwood]

Can anyone tell me what car the red one is please, with TC badges on? And the turquoise one?

Thanks

Morris Marina Coupe. Ran the 1.8 MGB engine with twin carbs hence the TC. Guy. 8-)

Quite a spirited car from what I remember.....

Went very well in straight lines .. not quite so good in corners .. and it takes a decent size tractor to pull one out of a ditch ... admittedly the repairs were easy enough .. lots of parts around cheap ..

[Vamps]

Can anyone tell me what car the red one is please, with TC badges on? And the turquoise one?

Thanks

Morris Marina Coupe. Ran the 1.8 MGB engine with twin carbs hence the TC. Guy. 8-)

Quite a spirited car from what I remember.....

Went very well in straight lines .. not quite so good in corners .. and it takes a decent size tractor to pull one out of a ditch ... admittedly the repairs were easy enough .. lots of parts around cheap ..

That sound's like experience talking 

[Bent valve]

 Some very nice cars! I particularly like the white 2 door export model 1600E 

[jerry]

Excellent photos, thanks for posting, and brought back some memories

[Ploppy]

Great pictures !!

[Dishevelled Den]

Can anyone tell me what car the red one is please, with TC badges on? And the turquoise one?

Thanks

Morris Marina Coupe. Ran the 1.8 MGB engine with twin carbs hence the TC. Guy. 8-)

Quite a spirited car from what I remember.....

Went very well in straight lines .. not quite so good in corners .. and it takes a decent size tractor to pull one out of a ditch ... admittedly the repairs were easy enough .. lots of parts around cheap ..

They were pigs all the same, we used some in the Ghost Fleet along with Hillman Avengers and both examples were bloody woeful.

That said, they were driven within an inch of their tyres on every journey, usually lugging heavily tooled up representatives of HM the Q around the delightful streets and roads of that delightful land to the north west of we generally accept as being civilisation.

Happy days.

[david036]

Some really well presented cars there!!  A pleasure to see 

[Kevin Wood]

They were pigs all the same, we used some in the Ghost Fleet along with Hillman Avengers and both examples were bloody woeful.

My Morris Ital was the same. I'd like to see the spec that the suspension engineer was working to.

I suspect the only requirement was "to stop the underside dragging along the ground". It wasn't even successful in that aim if you piled it into a corner fast, such was the level of body roll.

Kevin

[bob.dent]

Great pics Guy. Certainly brings back some memories. Great shot of the Cortina Mk2 GT engine compartment - looks like new! I used to have one in my younger days and absolutely loved it. 8-)

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Some excellent pics Guy.....is the MK2 Cortina a 1600E?.....I can see wood on the doors....

[Teebee]

I bypassed the main pictures and was lusting after the Astro in the back ground 

[jonnycool]

They were pigs all the same, we used some in the Ghost Fleet along with Hillman Avengers and both examples were bloody woeful.

My Morris Ital was the same. I'd like to see the spec that the suspension engineer was working to.

I suspect the only requirement was "to stop the underside dragging along the ground". It wasn't even successful in that aim if you piled it into a corner fast, such was the level of body roll.

Kevin

Surprised you had one of them Kevin! I learnt to drive in my father's estate example...didn't realise at the time that it was the car that was s**t at the corners, thought it was just me 

[Kevin Wood]

Surprised you had one of them Kevin! I learnt to drive in my father's estate example...didn't realise at the time that it was the car that was s**t at the corners, thought it was just me 

Yep. My first car. 8-). Hand-me-down from my Grandad when he "upgraded" to a Volvo 340.

Mine was a 1.7HL estate. Went quite nicely after a little fiddling with the ignition advance mechanism. Until you got to a corner, of course.

Nice simple service regime. Every couple of months - change oil, change front lower trunnions.

It was a perfect student car, TBH. Could just pile the p1ssh3ads into the back by the dozen and slam the door when it was your turn to drive home from the bar.

Kevin

[Mysteryman]

Frightening .... I've owned far too many in that sequence ...

Consul
Cortina
1100
MGB (in the background)
Marina
Escort

makes one feel old ..

Excellent photos .. and looks like a good day out .. 

You have my sympathy, I had one too.

[aaronjb]

Ahh first cars.. was there a rule that they had to be handed down from your grand parents? Mine was my Granddad's old Austin Allegro 1100S complete with rust holes and second set of pedals in the passenger footwell (he was an ex instructor).

Ah the fun of your passengers stamping on the brakes when you weren't expecting it..