What car is this?
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JoPo1

Original Poster:

386 posts

173 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Anyone know this car?

I thought it was a Morris of some sort but it’s before my time 🙁


jeremyc

25,998 posts

300 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Morris Marina by the looks of it.

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

124 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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A Marina I think.

TypeR

1,172 posts

255 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Looks like a Marina Coupe. I had one years ago with the ultra powerful 1.3 engine.

jeremyc

25,998 posts

300 months

finlo

3,940 posts

219 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Indeed a Marina coupe an 1800 as the grill differed from the 1300.

Dogwatch

6,329 posts

238 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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TypeR said:
Looks like a Marina Coupe. I had one years ago with the ultra powerful 1.3 engine.
Ah,The Ferrari killers.

Watch this! [yawn]

The Brummie

9,424 posts

203 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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My dad had a 1.3 Marina coupe.

Hateful thing. Slow. Dreadful gearbox. Handled like a pig. And hideous too look at in Harvest Gold with black plastic seats

Also I found out, the hard way, that a Marina didn’t like ending up on its roof!!!

Structural strength wasn’t good.

On the ‘plus’ side he bought a 1.8TC with the insurance payout.

A slightly better car.

x type

959 posts

206 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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I got my doubts being a Marina
Could be an Australian or similar type?

The Grille doesn't look like a Marina
The rake of the windscren not the same
Rear quarter panel can't see the small air vent ? alongside window
Rear end angle doesn't look the same
Wheels don't look quite right look too big

I maybe wrong but my dad had 3 Marinas over the years and something don't look right

finlo

3,940 posts

219 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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x type said:
I got my doubts being a Marina
Could be an Australian or similar type?

The Grille doesn't look like a Marina
The rake of the windscren not the same
Rear quarter panel can't see the small air vent ? alongside window
Rear end angle doesn't look the same
Wheels don't look quite right look too big

I maybe wrong but my dad had 3 Marinas over the years and something don't look right
It looks fairly convincing to me.

Edited by finlo on Tuesday 24th January 22:14

Skyedriver

20,632 posts

298 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Yup, Marina Coupe, I had a 1.3 Saloon in Sandglow.

AMGSee55

687 posts

118 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Definitely a Marina coupe. Grille, headlights are correct as is the curvature of the roof and, notwithstanding the blurred image, the wheel trims look right too.

Just to balance opinions a bit, my grandmother had a ‘73 1800 saloon in hearing aid beige. Owned it from new for 7 years and while it didn’t exactly set your heart racing, it did what was required of it and was actually pretty reliable. Its B-series engine was arguably its best bit - not fast, but enough torque to amble around Dorset b-roads with little effort. I doubt the equivalent Mk3 Cortina would have been any more exhilarating!

Stevepolly

238 posts

82 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Opel reckord coupe?
Looks too big for a marina and the grill not really marina like and the wheels and hubcaps too big.

Fessia fancier

1,271 posts

199 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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The Brummie said:
My dad had a 1.3 Marina coupe.

Hateful thing. Slow. Dreadful gearbox. Handled like a pig. And hideous too look at in Harvest Gold with black plastic seats

Also I found out, the hard way, that a Marina didn’t like ending up on its roof!!!

Structural strength wasn’t good.

On the ‘plus’ side he bought a 1.8TC with the insurance payout.

A slightly better car.
A fair assessment in my view, though I think you might have been kind!
(I had a 1.3 coupe as a stopgap car)

AMGSee55

687 posts

118 months

Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Stevepolly said:
Opel reckord coupe?
Looks too big for a marina and the grill not really marina like and the wheels and hubcaps too big.
Proportions would be more like a Kadett than a Rekord but the roof line is wrong for both and they both had rectangular headlamp bezels/lights. The image is distorted which makes the front wheels look bigger than they are. Look at the proportions of the 2 guys in the pic - I doubt their legs were that long in relation to their bodies!

Definitely a Marina IMO.

ttthilvester

155 posts

166 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Definitely a Marina - proportions look a bit 'off' because it's a photo of a photo, and wasn't taken at 90 degrees. smile

Turbobanana

7,253 posts

217 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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Skyedriver said:
Yup, Marina Coupe, I had a 1.3 Saloon in Sandglow.
Ha! I passed my test in one of those (same colour, too) in 1985. The examiner was slightly miffed when the rattle can of underseal flew off the back seat during the emergency stop, but I clearly impressed him enough that he passed me anyway. The very next day I sold it and upgraded to a 1.8 for more performance. The 1.3 definitely handled better (although "handling" is used in its loosest sense) because the 1.8 was heavier and thus understeered more. Until it oversteered.

Fun fact: the pre-facelift Marina was a far safer car for a teenager than the later ones, whose radio was angled towards the passenger. Ask me how I know...

Oh, and for those doubting the identity of the car in the OP's pic: it's definitely a Marina.

aeropilot

38,410 posts

243 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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That's definitely a Marina coupe.


Stevepolly

238 posts

82 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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It must have a different grill to most Marina's then.

OverSteery

3,761 posts

247 months

Wednesday 25th January 2023
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ttthilvester said:
Definitely a Marina - proportions look a bit 'off' because it's a Marina . smile
fixed it for you.