1983 Talbot-Matra Murena 2.2 S
Discussion
Breadvan72 said:
Is your Murena behaving itself?
Well the Murena does behave most of the time, but be careful of lift-off oversteer, i.e. suddenly lifting your foot off the accelerator when you're taking a steep turn.I have some work to do on the car, though. It needs a new radiator, new coolant pipes (the ones that run underneath the car) and new brake lines. They look very tatty and seem to be original from the factory, so they're on the car for over 32 years now and it's a ticking time bomb. Less pressing, but still necessary: the pins in the driver door hinges are worn out and the power windows go very slow.
LongQ said:
This one was very much a dark brown so far as I could tell. May not be original of course.
Hello, just joined the forum as I had been directed to this particular thread and there was an error which required correction.The dark brown colour probably was original. In 1983 they added three colours to the Murena range, yellow, dark blue and bronze. The dark brown you saw was probably the bronze. It's the same colour as used on the Rancho and other Talbot models and is called Cannelle. All the colours throughout the short life of the Murena are detailed on my web FAQ pages.
Also the single exhaust silencer across the back with one tailpipe on the left is basically the same on either 1.6 or 2.2 models if standard, so this is not the way to distinguish between the two.
Hope this answers those questions.
Roy
Hi Roy, welcome, and hope all is well. Apols for getting the bit about brown wrong. I must have mistranslated the relevant section of the book.
GreatGranny, re:for pressing on in wet weather, you can do this more than you can in, say, a Lotus Europa. The Murena is pleasantly grippy even in the wet, although you do of course have to exercise the usual cautions as with any fast mid engined RWD car.
GreatGranny, re:for pressing on in wet weather, you can do this more than you can in, say, a Lotus Europa. The Murena is pleasantly grippy even in the wet, although you do of course have to exercise the usual cautions as with any fast mid engined RWD car.
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