Marina V8 Rally Replica

[marinanut]

I'll leave this here;









It's not mine(sadly) and the access off t'interweb is limited (because of Clarksonite idiots).

[WheelsonCanvas]

No pics! Shame, was looking forward to seeing it I heard of a guy up here who used to drag race one of the original works V8 rally cars and died in a crash in it.

[marinanut]

May 28, 2015 11:40:33 GMT WheelsonCanvas said:

No pics! Shame, was looking forward to seeing it I heard of a guy up here who used to drag race one of the original works V8 rally cars and died in a crash in it.

Hopefully these will work now....

[datsun260z]

That is going to be superb.

Keep us updated please.

Steve

[grifterkid]

V8 Marina...?! OOOOOOOOOPPPPPHHHHH...!!!

[markgenesis]

May 28, 2015 11:40:33 GMT WheelsonCanvas said:

I heard of a guy up here who used to drag race one of the original works V8 rally cars and died in a crash in it.

I think i remember seeing that car in Street Machine mag years ago, blue and white car with slot mags, was a regular in the Rover V8 Challenge, shame if it's true the guy died

Posted car looks amazing, would love to know more.

[shaw]

Came across the thread, this was the car at the NEC.

[HoTWire]

Brilliant stuff.

[igor]

Shame the sedan never got sold with the V8 as a regular thing. Would have given the 3.0 litre Capri and 4.1 litre Aussie Cortina of the day a good fright.

[marinanut]

Well the Aussie market did get the 2.6 'Big Red' straight six; a cut-down Rover V8 to a V6 Marina was raced at Bathurst in the early 70's. The Aussies did a lot of work on the running gear and the cars did handle better with better front geometry and anti-tramp bars. Sadly Zetland didn't last long enough to get the Mk2 with the anti-roll bars (sway bars) and better spring rates.

[shaw]

Was at the 50th reunion of the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon at the British Motor Museum Gaydon was a great day, the original team bus was also there and met Major John Hemsley who drove the car on the event.

[pistonpopper]

That looks superb, always kinda fancied a Marina coupe!

[saabsled]

Interesting inlet manifold.

[crockpot]

I really hope the handling is better than stock. Otherwise

[shaw]

Original was said to handle really well, by Major John Hemsley (driver) and AutoCar magazine road tested the car in 1974 with the P76 of Evan Green that also competed in the UDT World Cup Rally of that year and also found the handling suprisingly good, as the car had an almost a 50 / 50 weight spilt front and rear.

[daslandroverman]

Aug 1, 2018 16:16:39 GMT saabsled said:

Interesting inlet manifold.

Stock MGB V8 hardware.

[discostew38]

I want one
How many body organs do I need to sell
I've often thought about buying a marina van but this has given me ideas (expensive ideas that I'm sure my wife won't approve of)

[saabsled]

Aug 1, 2018 21:38:19 GMT daslandroverman said:

Aug 1, 2018 16:16:39 GMT saabsled said:

Interesting inlet manifold.

Stock MGB V8 hardware.

Is It? You learn something every day!

[shaw]

Modified MGB V8 Inlet with 1 3/4 HS6 SU’s and modified MGB V8 airbox

[Balmy]

Cracking car 😎 Was lovely to have at the NEC two years ago. 😬