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  • #46
    Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

    Looks very good I bet you can not wait until the summer and get the sun light glinting of that paint work roadsters always look good in red but I would say that seeing as mine is too??????

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    • #47
      Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

      Indeed Angus - going to be a bust new year with loads still to do on detailing and mechanical fettling, but here's to a glorious warm and sunny 2014....

      PS she's now back home for Christmas :-)

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      • #48
        Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

        Just noticed your plastic fan. Something I have seen was, that at speed, the fan deflects forward towards the radiator. Certainly on a Roadster the U bolts holding the rack in place, and their nuts, can easily come into contact with the fan.
        But that was on a roadster with a 1.8 B series.
        MOC member since 05/97
        1984 Marlin Roadster SWB.
        1800TC, Unleaded ported head, stage 2 cam. Ford Type 9 gearbox, Dolomite Sprint rear axle fitted with MGF disc brakes.
        Three core radiator, Renault Clio vented front discs.
        The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

        Loads of Marlin Reference can be found documents here or there.

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        • #49
          Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

          Thanks Steve, that certainly was an initial concern we had when originally building it (along with blade tip clearance on all the ancillaries). Fortunately the crossflow fan seemed more rigid to forward twist than the bl item but this was helped a little further by trimming the tips slightly. It appears to be ok but is a feature to watch. We also fitted a remote switched ken low unit in front of the rad for additional cooling but this was rarely required.

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          • #50
            Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

            Any chance you could post a picture of how the bonnet is hinged?
            Mk2 SWB Marina Roadster with a 2.0L Pinto built in 1986

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            • #51
              Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

              Will do Andy as soon as I can. I recall we used the marina hinges, although modified them to provide the right lift and angles for clearance.

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              • #52
                Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

                A few more taken yesterday
                Attached Files

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                • #53
                  Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

                  Jon any chance of the dimensions of the spare wheel clamp please !!

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                  • #54
                    Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

                    Off work Wednesday, I'll try to get dimensions for wheel carrier and photos of bonnet hinges then, cheers

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                    • #55
                      Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

                      thnaks Jon Happy xmas will wait till the new year for the other bits !!

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                      • #56
                        Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

                        Andy, please find a few more photos of the bonnet hinge arrangement as promised....Merry Christmas
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                        • #57
                          Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

                          Hi Barry, managed to get out to measure the spare wheel bracket.....hopefully the image below helps....I've left off the wheel studs but I guess you know the marina pcd and thread sizes ....Merrry Christmas
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                          • #59
                            Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

                            Coming along nice Jonathon !!!

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                            • #60
                              Re: Time to rebuild the Marlin Roadster LWB

                              Its all looking great!

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