UK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard gentry" <zymmer4@yahoo.com>
To: "Telewest (PH)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; "Rick Brown"
<mgrick@mgcars.org.uk>; "mglist" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: Does anyone know what engine this is?(longish)
>
> The Marina had two
> > extra lugs cast on the
> > back of the block to mate up with the stronger
> > gearbox, and had a cast crank
> > instead of the forged of the MGB, so certainly would
> > have had different
> > numbers to the MGB. The TC had the same cam as the
> > MGB.
> Greetings,
> I am just wondering which Marina we are referring
> to here. I owned a Marina TC from new in England,1971
> model. This one had the 1800cc engine,twin carb(TC in
> England). The car, TC, was the two door coupe, 13 in
> wheels. It was as fast OR faster than the MG-B's
> running around East Anglia at the time. Handling was
> poor due mainly to the very antiquated front torsion
> bar suspension(very soft). The transmission was as
> bad, mine lasted 11000 miles before it was replaced by
> my dealer..it was allsmbled with mainshaft spacer
> washers in the wrong places. Mine also had a nasty
> habit of releasing its' rear axles out of the rearend
> at odd times, usually when cornering. This problem was
> never addressed properly by the dealer, and continued
> to do this up to the time I sold it to a nurse in
> St.Ives in 1975. I covered 145000 miles with this
> Marina, loving the power in a straight line, disliking
> all else to some degree.
> When I returned to the USA, there were Marinas'
> of some sort here as well. These cars were in no way
> comparable to the UK examples.
> The USA cars had little power, handled even worse,
> and had seemingly different gearboxes and differential
> gear ratios.
> Which cars are we referring to??I thought that
> the USA cars even had different 1800cc engines.
> Yours, Howard
>
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