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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2013 14:11 |
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Robert
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I mentioned a while back about a car I have been restoring, a Marlin 'Kit Car' which I helped a friend build back in 1982. He used it until 1988 when it failed it's roadworthiness test. My friend brought the car back and dumped it in his wood, still on it's trailer. Last Easter I called by and he gave me the car. In June I winched it out of the wood, we loaded it onto a trailer and I put it in storage while I waited for DVLA to decide if they would issue a new registration document. I had to take the car to Carlisle for them to 'inspect' it. About 14th September DVLA told me they would issue a new registration for it. So then I pulled the car apart and set about restoring it. Today I finished stage one of the project. The car is ready to test again just over 24 years later. It's very basic, no windscreen or any other fancy frills but it should pass it's test, I hope! It has taken me about four months to do a total rebuild, chassis, suspension, brakes, steering, engine, transmission, electrics and bodywork. Stage two will be adding luxuries like the windscreen, a roll over hoop, maybe a hood? and generally prep it for Endurance Trialling. Sump guard, stronger rear springs, weaker front springs, etc. I am hoping to have it ready for the Edinburgh Trial in October. I have been invited to take it to Stoneleigh near Kenilworth in Warwickshire to the National Kit Car show, the car is also featured briefly in a leading glossy car mag this month, with a fuller feature to follow once it's on the road. Attachment: Marlin Finished 1.jpg (Downloaded 60 times)
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2013 14:18 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:I mentioned a while back about a car I have been restoring, a Marlin 'Kit Car' which I helped a friend build back in 1982. He used it until 1988 when it failed it's roadworthiness test. My friend brought the car back and dumped it in his wood, still on it's trailer. Last Easter I called by and he gave me the car. Very nice work Robert. Recommend you keep it under cover in this weather. 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2013 15:16 |
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Robert
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Thanks Eric, I have a garage now!!! One of my neighbours took pity on me and said I could use theirs. It's a couple of yards further away and the roof needs mending but it's a palace compared with being outside which I was until late November.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2013 16:24 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Thanks Eric, I have a garage now!!! One of my neighbours took pity on me and said I could use theirs. It's a couple of yards further away and the roof needs mending but it's a palace compared with being outside which I was until late November. Out of interest, are those exposed wheels and angular arches accepted on the road.....knowing how hyper we are in this country about elf & safety these days?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2013 16:39 |
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jk
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Well done Robert. Does it go for an MOT or is there some other test ?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2013 16:59 |
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Robert
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Eric wrote:Robert wrote: Yes, no sharp edges of course, this isn't a new car, it's a 70's impression of a 1930's Alfa Romeo sports car which I have rebuilt and tried to improve along the way, for example the screen frame is solid steel, supposedly a roll over bar but the edges were razor sharp, anybody in collision with that bar would be a goner so I have radiused all the edges to make it safer.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2013 17:10 |
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Robert
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jk wrote:Does it go for an MOT or is there some other test ? In my case just a standard MOT because it's just a re-build but if it were a new kit car it would have to go through an IVA, Individual Vehicle Assessment, which costs circa £300 and has many detailed requirements stated minimum radiuses, a ton of stuff, everything has to be 'E' marked and carry engineers approval like seat belt mounting calculations. Exhaust emissions are another difficult area. There is no way this Marlin could satisfy those regulations, it's too old, although where ever possible I have tried to adopt the principles of the IVA, like radiusing the screen frame. It's been great fun building it but it will be nice to get it on the road.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2013 17:13 |
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jk
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Well I'm sure that it will sail through! Well done. I guess the windscreen is Plexiglass or the like.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2013 03:50 |
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Robert
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No, not allowed for front glass, has to be laminated, and... perhaps you guessed? E marked! There are specialised suppliers who can do that, cut to my own pattern. There is a deep groove in the frame the glass pushes up into the groove which you fill with silicone sealer, or ordinary putty. Once set it's pretty solid. The problem is the wipers, they will take a lot of fiddling with. Experimenting with different wheel boxes and positions to get the best sweep. Old series II and III Land Rover wipers are said to be best, but it will be very time consuming. Washers will of course be a doodle.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2013 04:45 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote: No, not allowed for front glass, has to be laminated, and... perhaps you guessed? E marked! Couldnt you get Michael to sit alongside and lean out the window with a squeejy on a long stick?  A friend of mine had a Citroen Light15 (maigret car) with running boards and....manual wipers worked off handles inside. We went to Norwich to see his visiting football team play and driving round Norwich ring road in the pouring rain I got repetitive stress injury trying to work both wiper handles. What was more interesting was we were approached twice on the 20miles ring road (when at traffic lights) with people wanting to buy it off him!!! He reckoned that happened wherever he went. So you may have to put up with some 'attention', when its on the road. 
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