Practically Classics Forum

I know of someone who would be very keen on a Kimberley,butchered or not,so that phone number would be very handy ta

I passed a poo-brown Kimberley on the freeway going the other way last weekend.

They tended to be unpleasant colours like that if my memory serves me correctly.

mrtotty wrote:The Manchester man rings a bell, yes.
I wonder if he has a Marina Six, which is my personal favourite. I drove one in New Zealand once. It had the 2.6 litre straight-six from the cheaper versions of the P76 and a three-speed floor-change manual. It had so much torque that gears were almost superfluous.

A 121bhp Marina...amazing

It wasn't so much the power (there isn't a lot as you say) but the torque.
In effect, it was a two-speed manual, with an extra low crawler ratio for very steep hills.

sierra3dr wrote:

mrtotty wrote:The Manchester man rings a bell, yes.
I wonder if he has a Marina Six, which is my personal favourite. I drove one in New Zealand once. It had the 2.6 litre straight-six from the cheaper versions of the P76 and a three-speed floor-change manual. It had so much torque that gears were almost superfluous.

A 121bhp Marina...amazing

Not so amazing in the context of Sprint conversions, which, assuming the engine's stock, make a shade more than the 127bhp they would in the Dolomite seeing as there's room for a proper exhaust manifold in the Marina shell. Lighter than a B-series too, so the brakes and suspension should be fine left. OK, not the last bit then.
Far sooner have the 16V Ricardo slant than a lump of pig iron, no matter how many cylinders it had.
Cast iron is for cooking implements.

Kimberley's are becoming rare now so there is some more interest in them - P76s seem to be easier to get hold of in Aus particularly in cat b or c condition $1000 -$2000 for a restorable kimberley or Tasman similiar price range for a P76 (base model 6) the V8 -(local redevelopment of the Buick/Rover engine) is more expensive. Mine is in Camino Gold which my wife describes as baby poo brown....

A very nice Tasman went through eBay about a six or eight weeks ago. Sold for $1200AU ish.