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  • Marlin News/Sportster Rear Wings

    The following item that recently featured in “Pitstop” and is reproduced below with additional photographs.
    John
    AN UP-DATE FROM TERRY MATTHEWS AT MARLIN SPORTS CARS
    Dear Marlin Owners
    I can’t believe it has been a year since we had the Marlin Fund Raising day for AMMF and Hosipcare. What a wonderful amazing day it turned out to be and best of all were the many Marlin owners who came along with some fantastic examples of the different Marlin models that have been produced over the years. Of course sitting alongside them was the newly completed Avatar One………. all resulting in a fitting tribute to Mark Matthews and raising over £11,000 for two wonderful charities.
    It has been quite a year and I am glad to say that Marlin is still going from strength to strength. We have been kept very busy building and improving on the Avatar, which accumulated in us showing it at the Autoshow in January this year…… more about this in next edition and about our plans for this car in the coming year.
    So for this Marlin Pitstop edition I am just giving you a short update and to let you know that we are very much still in business and can still supply you with all parts needed for the Cabrio/Hunter, Sportster and EXi models…….. the last two of which we can still supply kits.
    We have found ourselves being asked to finish owner’s cars and put them through IVA. This has been very exciting but also at times very frustrating. Of course one of the major problems has, for a long time, been the slope of the rear light fittings on the old style Sportster wings so after some discussions between ourselves and the owner whose car we were working on at the time, we came up with this new design. With the upright lights now more easily seen we feel they are a big improvement and of course we can now offer these as an aftermarket part. If you would like more details please do contact me.
    In the meantime I am always delighted to get unusual pictures of any Marlin to use on our web site and FB page so please keep them coming. Also do check out the FB page as I intend to start keeping this up to date far more regularly. https://www.facebook.com/marlinsportscars/
    Best wishes
    Terry Matthews
    Director Marlin Sports Cars
    01363 773772
    www.marlinsportscars.co.uk www.avatarsportscars.co.uk

    MARLIN’S NEW REAR WING DESIGN AS FITTED TO
    KEITH FORSTER’S SPORTSTER
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    KEITH’S CAR BEFORE................
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    IMG_1705 (Copy).JPG

    ....AND AFTER.
    IMG_1705 (Copy).JPG

  • #2
    Re: Marlin News/Sportster Rear Wings

    That is a real shame because the sloping rear lights was always one of the Sportster's distinctive features.
    (I guess a DVSA jobsworth got his own way?)
    And what is going on with those headlight brackets??

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    • #3
      Re: Marlin News/Sportster Rear Wings

      Not knowing the exact geometry of the rear wings, rather than fit everything on the external curve, I would have tried to bury half of the fitting inside the curve of the wing, always assuming that DVSA can be satisfied, but small repeaters to ensure that side on lighting requirements were met, might have been a choice.
      It all looks a bit 'stuck on' and not designed, but then again it's not my car.
      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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      • #4
        Re: Marlin News/Sportster Rear Wings

        Another photo to repace the "before" pic incorrectly duplicated in earlier posting.
        John
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        • #5
          Re: Marlin News/Sportster Rear Wings

          I quite like it I agree with Steve that a bit of frenching might have been a more elegant solution but the nicely curved bottom edge and the reflectors look great - much more in keeping for the car. I would also have like to have seen a fog and reversing light incorporated too.

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          • #6
            Re: Marlin News/Sportster Rear Wings

            Originally posted by cameronfurnival View Post
            I quite like it I agree with Steve that a bit of frenching might have been a more elegant solution but the nicely curved bottom edge and the reflectors look great - much more in keeping for the car. I would also have like to have seen a fog and reversing light incorporated too.

            Frenching, that was the term I was looking for! But it means something else if you look at Urban Dictionary!
            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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            • #7
              Re: Marlin News/Sportster Rear Wings

              IMHO Marlin have , as usual, done half the job. True they have addressed the issue of the visibility of the rear lights/ reflecters etc. and also sqared off the base at the rear of the mudguards which is an improvement over the previous design, which seemed to show too much of the rear wheels. However the rear bumper design now looks too small, perhaps the cabrio bumpers would look more in keeping. Another detail that jars with me is that the base of the joint between tub and rear wing has a V shaped gap, looks odd to my eye.

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