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Locost Bryan's 1972 Morris Marina TC Coupe


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Here's what needs doing to the interior.  The seats and door cards need a little work, as would be expected after 40 years in our sunlight.

 

The vinyl on the door cards has got stained, and the clear plastic coating on the "chrome" trim is peeling off.  Have to decide whether to stay with the original "parchment" beige trim, or change it to black to better match the yellow paint.  Also have to decide whether to stick with vinyl on the seats, or upgrade to cloth.  Vinyl was standard in '72, but the "posh" models were upgraded to cloth from '73.  Have an image from the brochure that shows the later cloth seats, should be able to get something to match the pattern/texture.  Will then get a set of moulded carpets from the Auckland crowd who advertise on TradeMe, in a colour to suit the seats.

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The steering wheel needs replacing, as the spokes are separating from the wooden rim.  I have a good Nardi wooden wheel, but with the "wrong" spoke style and no boss kit. A three spoke leather wheel was an option, so a 15" Motolita or Mountney should be ok.

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Unfortunately the headlining has been ripped where it is perforated over one of the air outlets on the "C" pillar.  Will have to see what the auto-upholsterers can do about that.

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As with most projects that have been through several owners while dismantled, a few odd things went missing and required a global search to find replacements.

The rubber seal for the front passenger's quarterlight window had gone AWOL, I eventually found a NOS one in Arkansas, from a guy who had acquired the parts stock from a mid-west MG and Austin dealer.

A set of new TC wheel covers came from another NOS parts collection in Australia.

The engine was fitted with the wrong oil filler cap, a tall vented Mini one, rather than the correct short non-vented one. A Facebook search eventually sourced one from an Austin 1500 owner in Aus.

A replacement for the worn oil pump drive was sourced from the UK, fortunately one of the few Maxi parts that Leyland Australia had used and retained the original part number. 

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Still waiting to get the Marina back (not that I'm concerned, sat long enough like most old school projects lol).

Last update the engine had been started up, after fitting a new battery.  Old one had died, strangely it was dated from the noughties but I'd bought it less than 5 years ago. Not something I'd thought to check when buying from Ripco or Supercheap.

Had a little drama when they tried to move it, and the brakes had locked on.  Traced to a seized caliper.  More fun and games as it is fitted with Australian Girlock calipers, instead of the Girling LF14 calipers fitted to virtually every small British car in the 60s and 70s.  None of the suppliers had details for them, so while I suspected the Girlocks should be identical to the Girlings, no-one could be certain, so they got sent off to a Hamilton outfit who specialise in overhauling the Aussie stuff.

Ordered new elements for the factory-fitted Ramflo filters, took two weeks to cross the ditch.

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