KwS Marina Coupe

[kws]

It's not that they were rude as such (other than moving that car, maybe), It's that they just didn't seem to care. It'd be interesting to know how I would've been treated had I been in a Minor, or if the Marina was painted and actually presentable.

Just as we were leaving though, we had a good chat with a member, Chris, who liked the car and had a good story about his own Marina from back in the day.

[locost_bryan]

Good to see the Marina out and about.  Will have to see if there's an Auckland branch of the MECCNZ.

I wonder if the Ital was brought out by NZMC to evaluate for local assembly?  Station wagons were big sellers back then, the Marina wagon was very popular, and they might have wanted to compare it to the forthcoming Honda Civic wagon, before deciding which one to assemble locally.  iirc there was one in the British Car Museum selloff, so possibly that one.

[Tiger Tamer]

Good on you parking your Marina with the other club cars and nice that you got to have a chat with someone else who had a Marina himself and appreciated it. As for whoever moved your car, they had no right to do so without your permission. Shame on them. They should be supportive of a fellow club member and show some interest even though it's not the same model as their car. 

I agree, I like the Marina front better as well.

Chhers 

[kws]

1 hour ago, Tiger Tamer said:

Good on you parking your Marina with the other club cars and nice that you got to have a chat with someone else who had a Marina himself and appreciated it. As for whoever moved your car, they had no right to do so without your permission. Shame on them. They should be supportive of a fellow club member and show some interest even though it's not the same model as their car. 

I agree, I like the Marina front better as well.

Chhers 

Thankfully they moved the car next to mine forward, not mine back. It still had the effect of putting my car in the shadows.

I've been a member of a couple of different clubs and parked with them at shows, and usually there would be someone from the club that at the very least gives you a wave and comes for a quick hello, or even tries to direct parking a bit (particularly as we were fairly early), but here there was nothing but a group of people sitting in a group drinking tea and ignoring the rest of the world.

[kws]

9 hours ago, locost_bryan said:

Good to see the Marina out and about.  Will have to see if there's an Auckland branch of the MECCNZ.

I wonder if the Ital was brought out by NZMC to evaluate for local assembly?  Station wagons were big sellers back then, the Marina wagon was very popular, and they might have wanted to compare it to the forthcoming Honda Civic wagon, before deciding which one to assemble locally.  iirc there was one in the British Car Museum selloff, so possibly that one.

There was a story on taped on the window of where it came from, but i didn't take a photo. I think it was a private import, one owner. I thought it was the one from the Museum too, but it didn't mention it.

[kws]

Actually, there it goes. It is the one from the museum

 

[locost_bryan]

Someone with a Marina Six parts book could check the speedo part number, but it will be different because of the higher 3.70 diff ratio.

[kws]

2 minutes ago, locost_bryan said:

Someone with a Marina Six parts book could check the speedo part number, but it will be different because of the higher 3.70 diff ratio.

My book covers the six, I just haven't been bothered to go upstairs and look 😅 That would make sense about the diff ratio, It's why I presumed it was from a six

[locost_bryan]

I think the Six also got 165x13 tyres instead of 155x13.

[fuzzy-hair-man]

Good work with your new bushes!

Putting the resin (the pot and possibly the part in the mould) under vacuum could also help degas the resin. Not exactly sure the best way to achieve it though. A vacuum tank for fibreglass, that's a bit of kit and kind of expensive.

[shrike]

Great work on moulding the bushes

Odd question but could the design also be made on a lathe now youve got all the measurements?

[kws]

6 minutes ago, shrike said:

Great work on moulding the bushes

Odd question but could the design also be made on a lathe now youve got all the measurements?

You'd be hard-pressed to lathe down a soft enough material, I imagine. Off the shelf polybushes are 85A or higher usually, these are 65A.

[shrike]

6 minutes ago, kws said:

You'd be hard-pressed to lathe down a soft enough material, I imagine. Off the shelf polybushes are 85A or higher usually, these are 65A.

There looks to be a few 65A PU Rod options around on Aliexpress/Temu etc but not sure if you could get it in black. Was just curious if it would be easy then trying to mould them  

[mjrstar]

A mate of mine is making engine mounts by pouring the resin directly onto the housing and capping off the bottom. It seems to work well, although they are solid rather than with the voids as per your printed mould. 

[kws]

22 minutes ago, mjrstar said:

A mate of mine is making engine mounts by pouring the resin directly onto the housing and capping off the bottom. It seems to work well, although they are solid rather than with the voids as per your printed mould. 

I did consider that option, but I only have the one arm so couldn't use it to make more bushes.

The moulds are sacrificial, which is fine since it costs bugger all to print

[tortron]

can lathe it if you make it cold first and grind your tool right. 

[440bbm]

yip as above. drop the urethane rod in the freezer overnight and gets hard enough to machine nicely!

[kws]

I don't have a lathe, so I'll stick to casting them

[440bbm]

done an awesome job too! bet you're beyond chuffed with it.

[kws]

7 hours ago, 440bbm said:

done an awesome job too! bet you're beyond chuffed with it.

Yeah I'm pretty stoked, for something I made in my garage with zero experience, to actually being on the car and potentially bringing NLA parts back from the dead. 

This Marina project has really been about trying new things