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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2013 15:46 |
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Kathy Baker
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Well done Robert. I am impressed. It makes me want to work on my old broken sewing machines again.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2013 16:15 |
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Robert
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Go on, be a devil Kathy !  If anybody has an hour or two to spare and want to follow it up much of the story is here: http://www.marlinownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?4224-Progress-to-date It had attracted almost 9,000 views up to now, over 800 in the last week! Unfortunately, unless you register you can't see the images.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2013 16:45 |
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blackfox
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i hope your gonna bring it down here and take me out for a spin round the mountains rob ,we might even get some proper photography in to oh wise one 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2013 17:09 |
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Robert
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No problem Jeff, Can we let the snow melt first please? I would love to take it over some of the mountain roads in your area, I know there are some good ones but I have never found them. Horseshoe pass is about all I have ever found. It needs local knowledge... The car isn't very big so we might need a shoe horn? It is fun though, and I'm not a maniac driver despite what the boys say. Daddy's a lunatic, is Christopher's favourite saying. He loves very minute even so. :thumbsup:
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2013 17:42 |
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blackfox
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if you think i,m going on a diet just to go in your car think again boyo . yep i do know a few out of the way welsh motorways ,with the grass growing down the middle of the road ,could be fun  yep moel-y-gare for a starter you can see seven counties from up there ,got a couple of local single track lanes round here as well .tons within a few miles in fact BRING YER WELLIES :-O:-O
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18th, 2013 17:49 |
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jk
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You might need your spiked wellies Jeff. If the car gets stuck it is the co-driver who gets out to push!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19th, 2013 03:51 |
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Robert
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It's got quite good ground clearance at the moment, about 10" under the sump. Although rather less under the diff of course. I love the green lanes, hope you aren't planning that long high bumpy road with boards across and two metal rails up Snowdon? At the moment the Marlin has a Triumph Dolomite 1850 gearbox with overdrive, unfortunately first gear is rather tall, equivalent to a normal second gear, so before I can go 'off roading' I will have to attend to that. I am planning to fit the standard gears from the original box but have put jobs like that off until the car has passed it's test. It's been a challenge enough to do what I have in four months, my strategy has been to do what has to be done to satisfy the test, unless it's fundamental, then once the test is passed, pull the car apart again and do it properly. It will no doubt be a continuous rolling development as my rally cars were.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 03:23 |
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Robert
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The Marlin passed it's MOT (roadworthiness test) it can be registered for the road now.  It was a long drawn out test, took 2 1/2 hrs instead of the usual 40 minutes, but we got there with the help of a very positive examiner. One of the difficulties we had to overcome was the data entry on the DVLA computer system, the examiner hadn't done a non registered car before but together we sussed it! We actually got to create the entry for the car from scratch.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 04:30 |
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jk
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Robert wrote: The Marlin passed it's MOT (roadworthiness test) it can be registered for the road now. Well done Robert.Now you need to start manufacture!! Maybe UK can reduce its national debt by producing high quality engineering goods again.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 09:26 |
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Eric
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That's really good news, Robert. Betcha pleased?
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