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by OldSkrote - 31/07/25 02:07 PM
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Still in the experimental stages  
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I stopped for a hitchhiker last night. He was pleased, but a bit surprised I was prepared to give him a lift.
"Why did you pick me up?" He said. "I'm very grateful, but you've never met me. I could be a crazed serial killer for all you know".
"Oh, no" I replied. "The chance of there being two in the same car is astronomically small."
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 Remind me not to accept a lift 
Graham (G4FUJ)
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Trade descriptions !! These really were a sack of ----. 
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Amongst others there was one at Defford Air Day. And a Viva (the later slightly more rounded version)!  Friend of mine managed to park his Marina TC on top of a Cotswold stone wall one night.
Graham (G4FUJ)
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If I remember rightly, the suspension was made of jelly. The gear box was a big long stick attached to a tin of golden syrup. The TC did have a raspy sound though. That was a short lived affair.
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They really were awful. IIRC they only came into being because BL bottled out of making the Maxi their sole effort in that size and diverted development funding to a quick re-work of the Minor 1000. Any one else seen that?
There was a Bugatti replica in the For Sale park at Silverstone on Sunday with a £49k price tag (or thereabouts). A quick look at the front end revealed Marina derived torsion bar front suspension.
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That's interesting Paul I hadn't realised that was how it evolved, the thought of a Bugatti lookalike with a Marina front under pinings makes me shudder.
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A friend of mine from Uni then girlfriend later his wife had one.
If you slammed the door it dropped a car shape outline of rust. A bit like how they mark up where the dead body was.
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I have a clear picture of that in my mind now John .
2009 4/4 Henrietta
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