We strip the interior and turn the Marina GT on its side - Part 15
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- We bought a set of wheels from ebay as they were cheap. We take the interior out and turn the Marina GT onto its side so we can scrape the underseal off and treat the rust.
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I was only joking about the clock,I drove a Marina Coupe 1.8 from the Midlands to Weymouth in1987 ,the car was originally from Wales and was a P reg great car bought for £250 sold 2 years later £250 .Great work not much rust in the floor ,I had a puncture one day jacked my Marina up, the car went up then came back down again the Car Jack went through the floor .....Great Videos .😊😊😊
so enjoyed this video, the "team effort" to put the body shell onto it's side was good fun!! Just thought that a dip in a tank to remove the rust and underseal would be easier - maybe? Brave person(s) on finding mouse nests!! Best wishes from Lincolnshire!!
Coming along nicely guy's, well done 👍
Thanks again! The Marina is looking better every time!
Hope the 10k wil come soon😊
next time mb tie the mattresses to the shell before tipping it 😉
That floor is mint. I'm jealous of the condition of that. I bought a 1970 viva hb 3 weeks ago, and that's in need of a serious wire wheeling to clear it up to see what we actually have. Seriously surprised and impressed with your marina.
Thank you! It is solid in the right places. I'm more amazed at Simons 1300GT floor pan (the one we show for a second). That really is mint.
Good luck with your resto. I do like a Viva.
You can get TC steel wheels widened with would look brilliant if you coil find a set👍👍
A few people have mentioned TC steels. We will keep an eye out.
@crap_car have you got a Facebook page to run alongside the channel?
@gordonhughes4603 We don't but were considering creating one.
How on earth is that floor in such good condition? Most BLs arrived at the showroom with more rust that that! ;) Keep up the great work on the car guys.
Great video as usual guys, we sadly scrapped our last Marina 1700HL in 1990 and it had a set of mint 1970's Cosmic alloys on it, should of kept the wheels 🙂 Dave
Ooh cosmics are weirdly cool.
Good work chaps. I’ve just done a binge to catch up.
Hey you of all people should be watching them as they come out. 😉
@@crap_car shame on me! I’m not sure I can call myself a Yorkshireman anymore. 😂
The overall condition of the floor pan is most pleasing chaps pay attention particularly to the rear chassis leg over the axle as the amount of grief that area can supply can be monumental great progress chaps here's wishing you all and the marina a good rest and silent nights until next time
Come On England.
Thank you Mr Reuben, sir. Yes, I am prepping myself to go behind two goals before winning 4-2 just like Bradford City v Chelsea in the 2015 FA Cup fourth round.
Cheers thanks. We've just bought a sand blaster so I can't wait to get that floor all mint. We'll as mint as I can
Slot mags look way better than the minilite style,mate of mine had the exact same colour gt with the cobra slots.
I love the idea of cutting holes in the rear parcel shelf with the Marina Frisbees.
And having them as the speaker covers.
Smart 4/4 4 spoke wheels would look good and be the correct pcd, don't know about offset but as you're doing spacers anyway..
I have been stripping out the morris oxide
And i have found that those snap lid plastic chinese food containers are excellent for storing small part's and screws, with the benefit that you can write in felt tip the part's details and location
Going to put up a shelf in the workshop for them
Also a quick squirt with wd40 means they dont rust and it loosens any greasy deposits
Downside is the great sacrifice i make in eating chinese food for the cause 😂
Great idea. We seem to veer from having like a million of those tubs, to none the week after. Time for a chinky!
Unfortunately, by the time you've had enough takeaway's you won't fit under the car.
@@spencereagle1118 ha ha not far short of that now , I will shove the missus under there instead 😁
Well done lads the car it coming together nicely 👍👍👍👍👍
My first car was a Marina. My current car is a Lancia Fulvia. Coincidence...? Yep. Subscribed.
BTW, just watched the dent pull video. You're correct, the rear panel on the Fulvia is concave.
Bag it danno? Was that some obscure hawaii 50 reference 😂
Well spotted. Look out for Kojak and The Rockford Files references in future videos.
"You can't park there sir!"
Great video!👍🇬🇧
I must admit I expected a lot more rust on the floor after seeing the sills and inner wings, looks like its going to be a very nice GT when its complete.
Excellent stuff guys thank you.
Thanks for watching
Great work as usual by everyone! I love watching these episodes and seeing the GT come together 😁
When it comes to the wheels, I wasn't the biggest fan of minilites either but my dad made me appreciate them, especially when they have a deep dish. I ordered a set of 13x7 Superlites from John Brown Wheels a couple of years ago (looks similar to minilights), with an ET of -7. They fit really well and fill out the arches nicely. They can also make loads of other different styles with that offset, width and pcd. They're not that badly priced either.
I know this might be a bit too late of a suggestion but worth considering if you guys don't want to run spacers on your current wheels 🙂
That's a top tip. Cheers. We'll take a look.
@@crap_car no problem 😁
I would look into some larger wheel studs too if I were you. The original 3/8 studs are a bit on the small side plus they could be a little longer to increase the thread engagement with alloy wheels as they are thicker than the original steel wheels. They seemed a little short on my Mk1 TC anyway, they might be a little longer on the GT because of the wheel trims. I would look for some 7/16 studs and nuts for a Capri or an Escort. I've also read somewhere that Rover Metro and Land Rover Freelander M12 studs should fit without any modification to the hubs, but make sure they also sit flat against them and don't interfere with the discs up front.
This would be more for peace of mind than anything, but I'm a bit paranoid about stuff like that 😅
@ExplodingDeagle we held off getting new studs until we knew what wheels we were getting. We will be getting longer ones.
I did buy some 7/16 studs a while ago for that very reason. Just haven't fitted them yet. Also custom wheels are just so expensive, we might go down that route. The 15" minilites were £175 and I already have some 55 profile tyres that will fit! So for now they will have to do. I like stag wheels too so keeping an eye out for some.
The Marina's had Triumph hubs and their wheel size hubs were carried over into MG Rover production days so in fact I think you'll find most MG Rover wheels will fit the Marina hubs. Certainly TR7 and Sprint wheels fitted and probably the 4 stud Stag style wheels fitted the MGB's. I've seen many TR7's fitted with Rover alloys. The 17" 11 spoke ZS low profile wheels would have looked good on the Marina.
Luckily wheels are easily changeable so we can still keep an eye out for something different.
All modern rover wheels are the correct pcd that is true, however they are for fwd cars so the offset is all wrong, would need massive spacers which I don't like the idea of. And look stupid on a rear drive car. Just my thoughts
I ran Dolomite Sprint 14" alloys on mine but needed 1" spacers
@@billywhizz198413” on the Sprint with 175/70 x 13 tyres or 185/60 x 13 as a modern alternative…. TR7 13” steelies or alloys might well fit but they stuck out a bit (steels) on my Dolomite…
Weller made 13” formula Ford style steel wheels to fit the Ital axle, so presumably would fit a Marina. They look quite cool and understated and 185’s fit…
We want bigger than 13" . We may change our mind, who knows! 😂
@@CCC_Matt no worries, but let me know if you do change your mind as I may just have a set 😉. They were my race wheels when sprinting my live axle Caterham so have very un-Marina R888’s fitted. Currently in ‘storage’ at the MiL’s so not opening that can of worms unless I know they’re definitely going 😂
@@bobstark184 thank you for the potential offer
I've seen worse floors, mate. Hey - I've only got to go down to my garage and open the door of my Mini to see worse floors! Not bad.....not 100% perfect, but nothing BL ever was. Wire wheel will sort that out and what it doesn't, Simon will weld a bit on. At least the floors are still THERE!
Yeah - that factory underlay is like a sponge and holds water for ages. So does the sponge crap they put in their seats. Rear seat of my Stag got wet, so I took it out, squashed several litres of water out of it and it still took two months to dry. And we wondered why the bloody floors rusted out so quick, eh? Do yourselves a favour and use a modern underlay and sound deadener when you put her back together.
Oh - and that mark on the hood liner? I reckon that's hair oil mixed with dust and tobacco smoke. There was a very similar one that would appear in my Dad's cars, although he never used hair oil. Dad was 6'3" and bald and always wore a toweling hat to soak up the sweat and oil that came out his pores during summer....and he used to smoke like a train. My Grandad used copious amounts of hair oil well into his 60s and the headliner in his cars also used to get the dark splotch in the same place. Either way, as it was my job to clean the cars, I had to figure out how to get it off both of them. I used to use dishwash detergent in a bucket of hot water and a scrubbing brush. Nowadays, we have stuff in bottles that should get rid of it easier, but if not, there's always the ol' Sunlight liquid in hot water and a half hour of scrubbing!
All the best
Minilights might be a bit predictable but they do look great, i always wanted some on my Dolly Sprint
No ! Triumph stock alloys are much nicer !
I suppose the BL Rally Morris 1800s (and Triumph 2500s) of around 1970 used genuine Minilites so there is some heritage there for the Marina…..
Is it the V12 version? Ha!
Some great progress lately. I think those wheels will really suit it. Are they minor ones originally? If upholstery has gone a bit saggy a cheap steam cleaner might help. After I restored my mg maestro I did that and really helped. With it being stripped to a shell have you thought of a colour change?
Cheers Russ
Yes I think a steam clean is a good idea. The wheels were advertised as Triumph. No we are keeping the colour.
They are actually 15". Mikey never really mentioned that. I reckon the arches will take them.
In terms of the colour I quite fancy gold 😂 but si wants to keep it green. Its a good colour tbh and suits it well.
@@CCC_Matt To keep a similar overall size 185/55 15 or 195/50 15s would probably work
It isn't a bad colour really, I was thinking inca yellow with a black vinyl roof but brown interior wouldn't really suit. Tara Green is a slightly more vivid Green and period correct
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Excellent work lads, still confident on festival of the unexceptional?
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Dare say some cosmics could have been easily sourced and suit it better....
What brand of piano will you drop on this, once your'e ready? Yamaha will be nice, but i guess a Steinway will sound better.
Hi guys TC wheels look better than minilites they look to bling, but good luck with all 👍
I thought there'd be no floor on the damn thing! But in all seriousness, considering the amount of rot that the car had, for the floors to be there, it's shocking. The interior, for it's age is in good condition too, a good scrub and it'll look spiffy.
Yeah it really is solid. There are a couple of small repairs to do but it's very good.
@@crap_car considering the rest of the bodywork that needed attention, you lads got lucky there.
What’s the Craigmeister doing there, isn’t there an old lady somewhere who needs overcharging for a boiler service?
Hubcap guy here, ages since I’ve commented as I found the hubcap abuse quite traumatic! I see the hubcap abuse has not stopped and my prediction of the minlites has come to fruition 😩 my next prediction is that you will see the error of your ways, come to regret trashing the caps and you’ll refurbish the original steelies and spend an eternity trying to source new hubcaps!
Hee hee 😂 who says we have trashed the hubcaps? It's telly, no-one has any idea what we've really done 😅.
This is true. In all honesty, we have been buying up hubcaps we find on eBay so have at least three sets.
They make great clocks.
why not keep it on standard wheels, since it's so rare?
We'll keep the steelies to one side. I've always thought that 13" wheels look lost in the arches on a coupe, so want to try bigger. We'll see how they look
Early post today.....footballs on?
No, normal time. 6pm.
Why a marina it wont be worth anything when it done unlike an mg or vw camper
It's not always about money. The Marina came to us through a friend of Matts family. As its a "rare" GT model (15 left according to how many left), why not restore it. Despite what you think it'll be worth more than a few hundred quid when it's finished.
Nay lad, MGs have been done to death. And it's not about the money. And a veedub camper? Talk about following the crowd?
Part 14 was undoubtedly the best episode so far by miles, Simon concentrating on his workmanship was a delight to watch. Then part 15 spoils it with childish behaviour, silly jokes & laughing at each other is simply not entertaining. If you want to piss about, carry on losing viewers. If you concentrate on what you’re doing, you’ll double your viewers overnight. I have a Marina TC so I’m in your vids for the long run, but it’s tiresome at times. The concept you’ve got is spot on, honestly, spot on. Please don’t ruin it trying to be funny when clearly you’re not.
Thank you for your comment. It is a very difficult balancing act. We had a comment on episode 14 saying 'This is excruciating'. We had a few more negative ones on the sill replacement video. Granted, not everyone likes the pissing about, but a lot of people do, so where do we draw the line? Do we do two videos each week? A serious one, and a 'this is what it's like on a Monday and Thursday night when we work on the car'. We've said before, that the messing around happens whether the cameras are filming or not. As for losing subscribers, here are the stats from the last two videos:
Episode 14. 1 unsubscriber 40 subscribers
Episode 15. 1 unsubscriber 30 subscribers
When we 'fit' the drag tyres on, we had 0 unsubscribers and 54 subscribers. So did we get those subscribers because we were entertaining?
But thanks again for your comment.
Wheels look awful would be much better kept original
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You couldn't by any chance turn it in to something interesting 😂😂😂
It already is.
Haha come on Neil! Crap is brilliant nowadays
Noooo not minilites they are horrible, they are as offensive as chequer plate rash on land rovers….
Marina’s were junk when I sold them new