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Nov 20, 2021 10:26:06 GMT
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As they are a loose copy of a TD how about some 15"steels with round holes similar to a TD.
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dapser
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Nov 20, 2021 13:29:23 GMT
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Tr7 steels would look good as they are a deeper dish albeit still 13".
MGF spare wheels are steel and 14" x 5.5" if you want to go slightly larger diameter.
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glenanderson
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Nov 20, 2021 13:37:41 GMT
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Steels are always best in my humble/twisted opinion. Or really plain alloys that are easy to clean. Especially on something that you want to get dirty.
I would have thought that there's scope to amend the stud pattern if absolutely necessary, but there must be some 15" steels out there that could do the job?
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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Nov 20, 2021 13:42:35 GMT
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I had allocated yesterday to food shopping, car stuff, and an afternoon hospital appointment. The first was dealt with as soon as the shops opened, the second dominated by fitting the Winter wheels to the Jags, giving brakes, steering and suspension a quick check over as I did them, so it was almost lunchtime when I got to the Marlin. The suspension joints had indeed been greased within living memory, clean lubricant quickly being squeezed from each one. The nearside upper swivel wouldn't release from the grease gun, and snapped off; something else to do, and hope that the local Wilco still stocks nipples. I used to keep them in stock, but heaven knows what happened to mine. I previously mentioned poor ground clearance, the gearbox mount being the apparent guilty party. I was wrong, to the extent that the lowest part of the car is the sump, although it was the gearbox mount which had caused loading difficulties when I collected the car, and of course, because it's approximately halfway along the wheelbase, is potentially a problem over speedbumps. Without raising the engine / transmission unit within the chassis, there doesn't seem to be a solution to this, and that would bring other problems; everything is a tight fit already, and works well, so a case of sleeping dogs. The car is on 13" wheels, and is woefully undergeared; top gear being 20something MPH / 1,000 rpm, so I am thinking about 15" wheels, which would also fill the wheel arches better. I think wires would suit the car, but I'm not sure that I can be bothered with the cleaning and maintenance, not to mention the need for inner tubes.
Whatever I decide will solve the one remaining "gold problem" though, and someone, somewhere, probably needs a set of 13s with Triumph / Marina PCD. While messing around with wheels earlier, I found my stock of valve caps, so was able to remove these arch offensive ones:
If anyone likes them, they're free, I'll even pay the postage; PM me.  Seriously…… Where could I get a decent set to buy? Are the rare, or just so bad that they never survived? Imagining them on the Rezin Rockit with the gold steels to offset them just nicely. |
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Nov 20, 2021 13:45:15 GMT
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Just found them on Ebay and spent £3.09 incl postage on a set.
Sometimes there just is no excuse for bad taste.
BUSTED.
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Nov 20, 2021 13:56:25 GMT
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My wife has those valve caps, came on a set of alloys I bought for her car. Made me leave them on as well  Some kids have nicked 2 of them though. Ha ha! If she wants replacements, and a couple of spares, message me; I wasn’t even joking about the postage.😎 I've got to be honest I'm hoping the other 2 are borrowed by local youths as well thanks for the offer though  |
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Nov 20, 2021 14:07:33 GMT
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Some things can’t even be given away.😂😂😂😂😎
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As they are a loose copy of a TD how about some 15"steels with round holes similar to a TD. I have always thought of the Marlin as being inspired by 1930s Alfa Romeos, or Aston Martins
rather than 1950s MGs, but I see where you're coming from, and steels could work well.
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Nov 23, 2021 18:36:51 GMT
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A short escape from house stuff enabled me to strip some of the Marlin's interior to find out how the ugly rollhoop is fitted; very poorly being the answer. Arc "welded" to the lower seat belt mounting, and the chassis. I have always been under the impression that the colloquial term "stick welding" referred to the stick like welding electrodes, not the appearance of being stuck on with blobs of polystyrene cement. At least it shouldn't be too difficult to remove:
I also removed the "1.8 Super" badge, available to any Marina 1.8 Super owner FOC and post free, conditional on also accepting the delightful CROWN valve caps mentioned previously.
Another two holes to fill, one day.
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Last Edit: Nov 23, 2021 19:26:11 GMT by etypephil
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PHUQ
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Nov 23, 2021 22:21:34 GMT
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I'd love the Super badge but alas one of mine has got aspirations of being a TC and there is absolutely no circumstances under which the other could be described as Super.
That and although my Mrs inexplicably hasn't left me for leaving the definitely not Super decomposing on the drive for 2 years, she might if I fit those valve caps to anything...
In all seriousness, if that badge is off the donor it might well be that you can get a bit more go out of your B series without too much bother... The 1.8 Super would have been a single carb, the TC had a hotter cam (basically the same as an MGB), it's not unusual for people to slap twin HS4s on a single carb engine without changing the cam (or distributor advance curve) which is a bit of a waste of carburettor really, although it'll work well enough. Of course it might have been done properly!
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I'd love the Super badge but alas one of mine has got aspirations of being a TC and there is absolutely no circumstances under which the other could be described as Super. That and although my Mrs inexplicably hasn't left me for leaving the definitely not Super decomposing on the drive for 2 years, she might if I fit those valve caps to anything... In all seriousness, if that badge is off the donor it might well be that you can get a bit more go out of your B series without too much bother... The 1.8 Super would have been a single carb, the TC had a hotter cam (basically the same as an MGB), it's not unusual for people to slap twin HS4s on a single carb engine without changing the cam (or distributor advance curve) which is a bit of a waste of carburettor really, although it'll work well enough. Of course it might have been done properly! The car came with complete records of its build, and was based on a TC. I suspect that the Super badge was added by Dr Gerald, the previous owner. In fairness to him, he suffers quite severe mobility and agility problems, and while he failed to attend to some obvious under car deficiencies, but did decorate the car with glitter, and get overspray everywhere, it was his pet for four years, ignition and mixture settings were spot on, and he added some neat, useful features such as power assistance to the clutch, unobtrusive LED lighting etc, and all his gadgets work properly. His aesthetic taste was not the same as mine though; I prefer clean, simple, understated. |
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Last Edit: Nov 24, 2021 5:26:45 GMT by etypephil
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maroon and gold seemed to be a thing my elan plus 2 was painted maroon and the wheels etc all gold at some point in the 70's (when it was only 2 or 3 years old) by the early 80's it was red though.
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Last Edit: Nov 24, 2021 7:44:23 GMT by kevins
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maroon and gold seemed to be a thing my elan plus 2 was painted maroon and the wheels etc all gold at some point in the 70's (when it was only 2 or 3 years old) by the early 80's it was red though. Lotus had an excuse though, red and gold were their Gold Leaf sponsor colours. |
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Last Edit: Nov 24, 2021 7:48:44 GMT by etypephil
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I had never thought about gold leaf, I always associated Lotus with JPS, I guess its because I was born in 66 and gold leaf sponsorship stopped in 71 so I remember the 70's more.
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bricol
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As they are a loose copy of a TD how about some 15"steels with round holes similar to a TD. I have always thought of the Marlin as being inspired by 1930s Alfa Romeos, or Aston Martins
rather than 1950s MGs, but I see where you're coming from, and steels could work well.
It was - www.marlinownersclub.com/a-brief-timeline-for-marlin-cars/ |
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Nov 24, 2021 11:16:51 GMT
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It was the wings that reminded me of the MG I see the alfa now.
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Nov 24, 2021 17:33:31 GMT
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I had previously removed the driver's seat by reaching under the car to remove the fixings, but this afternoon it was raining, so working in the open wasn't very attractive. To give myself room to remove the passenger one, I raised the car, supporting it on stands,
it was necessary to drill the head off one of the passenger seat securing bolts;- who uses mild steel fasteners which are going to be exposed to the elements under a car?
The roll hoop is even uglier without its wrapping,
driver's seatbelt detached,
I gained a screwdriver, and a working Maglite in a rather effeminate shade.
Ready to attack the passenger seat belt mountings next time.
Is there any excuse for overspray on everything?
I have reached the conclusion that a craft apprenticeship as a fitter and turner, followed by fifty years of practical experience, picking up an HND and sundry other paperwork along the way, trumps Dr Gerald's mechanical engineering PhD.
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Last Edit: Nov 25, 2021 5:29:54 GMT by etypephil: Phraseology.
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Nov 24, 2021 17:46:40 GMT
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Did he paint it? looks like the result of a cheap back street re-spray to me, finish in the door shut looks like it's over polyfiller!
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Nov 24, 2021 18:42:52 GMT
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Did he paint it? looks like the result of a cheap back street re-spray to me, finish in the door shut looks like it's over polyfiller! Indeed he did. |
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Nov 24, 2021 19:44:23 GMT
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What is it with fibreglass cars and gold painted parts? When I took the Midas to bits all the front and rear suspension parts had been brush painted Hammerite gold. I blew up an angle grinder cleaning it all off with a wire brush. Much better without it though! Beware sorting fibreglass bodywork. What started off as a "few cracks" became a 1 1/2 year nightmare of grinding, Dremeling and undoing previous bodges. It becomes very wearing very quickly. PS I am in! You are bookmarked |
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Last Edit: Nov 24, 2021 19:44:54 GMT by mrbounce
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Some kids have nicked 2 of them though. 
