Practically Classics Forum

i used to watch the dukes of hazzard.... we even tried some of the stunts with a marina & datsun 180b, it didnt go well

By "didn't go well" do you mean that you ended up with all 4 wheels pointing in different directions?

You killed a Bluebird? Bad boy, dirty boy.

You killed a Marina? Shame, it might have had a quiet 3.27:1 diff.....

TerryG wrote:By "didn't go well" do you mean that you ended up with all 4 wheels pointing in different directions?

no, that was the 2cv but thats another story

you killed a marina how could you.that even worse than the only fools and horse joke about a marina

hillmanimpman wrote:you killed a marina how could you.that even worse than the only fools and horse joke about a marina

how could i? easy they were £10 a time, robbed of any usefull parts & sent to valhalla in a blaze of glory... come on tell me im not the only one who did this.
whats the fools & horses joke?

you paid £10 for a marina?!?! you were ripped off
Not that i am sad and know what website to read the only fools and horses scripts on or anything (http://thenagshead.tripod.com/scripts01.htm) but the only marina reference i can find is
del says: "Oil comes from fermented prehistoric plants and decomposed fossils. See if you stick a geranium in Grandad's top pocket in ten million years from now it could be lubricating a Morris Marina! "

If you happen to have a 1275 marina lump kicking about after your marina killing rampage i could do with one to upgrade my mog

sorry chaps, all the bits went into keeping our of ageing vans on the road..

Yeah, used to watch it myself and then go out and " play " in Cortina's, Avengers and a Mirafiori

I still have a set of dixieland horns which I bought when the show was current They're not on a car at the moment but with a little refurbishing they could be

I also have a set of those triples that they use on the tour de france currently on the Triumph.