You have to love some of the views you get in Edinburgh




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^^^ Ah the Dugald Stewart monument on Carlton hill.

I think we need a “where are we now watches with background scenery” thread.

Neil

Wonderful old restored Morris Minor outside my favourite coffee shop today. The owners, expat Brits and members of the Paphos Classic Car Club, were at a nearby table. Looking from the rear I wondered how they got away with such a non-standard number plate, but they explained it was just a magnetic thing that they stuck on when they parked the car.

Never heard of a Morris, but admittedly I don’t know vintage cars from the UK.

Are they good cars?

Absolutely, Morris Marina and Morris Ital are motoring legends of the 70s and 80s

My first car, a Morris Minor 1000. I think it had little sticky out arms for indicators. Before registration letters. YRY, but I can't remember the number.

Korkki wrote:Absolutely, Morris Marina and Morris Ital are motoring legends of the 70s and 80s

Sorry for the hijack, but I looked at the Wikis on those and this little guy is just cool! Lift it 1”-2”, put some bigger tires with very minor spacers. You’d have a little beast.

Korkki wrote:Absolutely, Morris Marina and Morris Ital are motoring legends of the 70s and 80s

Legends indeed Korkki.

I had a December '71 Morris Marina 1.3 as my first car in 1974. It taught me a lot.

The torsion bars for the front suspension went weak, but there was a bolt on the end with lock nuts, that I was able to tighten up to raise the front back up.

It suffered from horrendous understeer, which I was able to adjust, a bit, by raising the front tyre pressures and lowering the rear.

Scariest was, with drum brakes all round (only the 1.8 L got disc brakes at the front) they were prone to fade when used hard. :Eek:

I ran it for two years and sold it to village garage for more than I'd paid for it; such was the general level of inflation in the UK economy at the time.

Guy

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Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:08 pm

Korkki wrote:Absolutely, Morris Marina and Morris Ital are motoring legends of the 70s and 80s

Legends indeed Korkki.

I had a December '71 Morris Marina 1.3 as my first car in 1974. It taught me a lot.

The torsion bars for the front suspension went weak, but there was a bolt on the end with lock nuts, that I was able to tighten up to raise the front back up.

It suffered from horrendous understeer, which I was able to adjust, a bit, by raising the front tyre pressures and lowering the rear.

Scariest was, with drum brakes all round (only the 1.8 L got disc brakes at the front) they were prone to fade when used hard. :Eek:

I ran it for two years and sold it to village garage for more than I'd paid for it; such was the general level of inflation in the UK economy at the time.

Guy

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I came very close to buy a 76 Marina 1,3 Coupe last summer; (un)fortunately my friend talked me out of it LOL

nbg wrote:^^^ Ah the Dugald Stewart monument on Carlton hill.

I think we need a “where are we now watches with background scenery” thread.

Neil

Neil, yes correct Calton Hill, fantastic panoramic views of Edinburgh and across the Forth Estuary to Fife and down to East Lothian. Literally a 5 minute walk from Princes Street too.


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Two snowstorms in the last 7 days makes for a beautiful walk for me and the dog.

ajax87 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 5:24 pm Two snowstorms in the last 7 days makes for a beautiful walk for me and the dog.


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Very nice pic, but darn, that looks cold!!!...

Thunder1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 5:40 pm

ajax87 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 5:24 pm Two snowstorms in the last 7 days makes for a beautiful walk for me and the dog.


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Very nice pic, but darn, that looks cold!!!...

It was about 8 degrees F when we walked this morning…

Whilst on my daily walk today, which I'm still on....

^^^ Fabulous, Steve!