Gearbox for Marina 1800

The box on my car is noisy and needs a rebuild (1st/reverse is noisy also main bearings)

Does anyone have a good box I can buy from them please?

Thanks

Richard Houlgate

 

Clee hills 2006

pics of Clee Hills trial 2006

Which Diff Oil

About to fill my Marlin van axle with oil - anyone have any recommendations as to which is the best for the job ?

Thanks

Rules

As we appear to be having a few disscussions about rules here, perhaps someone can enlighten me if its allowed to fit an extra working fuel tank as long as the origonal one is kept and still used and stay in class? i.e. in an imp and stay in class 4 (not talking about specials here)

Route Holder

Some pics of a route holder - Morrison Klip & Lock 1000ml food storer / Lidl cycle map holder/plastic pipe fittings/ neon or led back light.

Welcome to Nigel Barthram = NAB20

Nigel is a falcon member looking at getting into trialling

Hagley and District Light Car Club 1948

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hebvbZWSI&eurl=http://www.hdlcc.com/history.php

Just had a freind who is a club member point this out to me, fantastic piece of footage. The worrying bit is if you removed the grainey effect and added some colour it could be a trial from 2008!

Graham

The Future of the Classical gas Message Board

Microsoft will no longer support MSN Groups from February 2009. My plan is to migrate all the data (all messages and pictures) from The Classical Gas Message Board into another system so you can continue to use the service as you have done for the last ten years and hopefully it will be better. Will keep you posted - Michael

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route card holder

Any bikers advise me on best route display holder & supplyer that fits on handlebars or is make your own.

Spare wheel positions, suspension mods

A few questions just in-case anyone knows the answer, or can point me in the right direction.

 

Spare wheels - I knew where I was with Class 7 regs - they tell me precisely where I can put the spares.  Any other class, say class 5, I can't seem to find much - yet I've seen all sorts of cars with spares on the boot lids etc.  Are there any regs regarding positions?

 

Suspensions - rules state that original mountings, spring positions much be used, although additional shocks, springs and linkages can be used.  So if I leave the mountings alone, can I "adjust" other aspects of suspension arms - lengthen, shorten, twist them?  A potential competition car would need a few "tweeks" to get it's bum off the ground!

 

Bri

Best BMW to use

any BMW trialer out there could you advise which on is the best ot pick up for class 3 engine type & mod req.

Marlin on Ebay

Brand New Kit (SWB) - Marina based.  Item number:  110300897691

Class 7 car for sale .. . maybe . . .

Anyone really desperate for a proven successful class 7 Dutton?

 

Yeller Dutton could, might, may be for sale . . .

 

Email me for details if you are interested and still have any money you wish to remove from a UK bank . .

 

Bri

Ebworth Trial

Spent Saturday in the woods in Gloucestershire at the Stroud & District Ebworth Trial,

 

A really enjoyable event set in a wonderful wooded setting.  Unfortunately the bright sun shining through the green leaves gave all my photos a greenish tint, which I had to Photoshop out, and the contrast between shadow and bright sunlit patches made photography entertaining.  Anyway enough of the excuse

 

Sunnyside 2 was the first section I covered in the morning.  Most spectacular was Harvey Waters, whose Ford Pop made an astonishing climb, but an even more exciting decent, crossways across the slope.  Unfortunately, photography had to stop while I stood on the rear bumper to stop it tipping over.

 

http://hoits.smugmug.com/gallery/6232442_8PDQw//393384365_Zgu2f

 

Woodman's Trump was a stiff climb, made better for the last run, by a well placed restart, most exciting was Rick Neale, who took out several markers and a couple of trees as he powered the Melos up the final slope.

 

http://hoits.smugmug.com/gallery/6232497_juW4y//393387933_hc8Lu

 

The final section I visited was Beechwood a straightforward blast up a hill side track

 

http://hoits.smugmug.com/gallery/6232515_xpV8i//393389132_PP6qw

 

Finally there are a few pictures of the start and finish.

 

http://hoits.smugmug.com/gallery/6232532_HaMuo//393390129_iUzGp

 

As uual let me know if you want any photos.

 

Dave Cook

class 3 car

Any one selling a car in class 3 getting older need some heat after last years Lands End.Or anything with a roof & windows

Confused

Could some one please enlighten me as to the rules of what engines are allowed in which cars and the vehicle stays in class and not moved to class 7.For example the Mk1 Ford Escort, as I see it the options are: 1100, 1300 1600 crossflow, 1600 Lotus twincam, 1600 BDA and 2000 pinto.Are there any others that are allowed and the car stays in class?

Message to iam_g8

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Michael

Lola Cars Anniversary Parade 12th Oct 2008

A 2 mile circuit of Huntingdon's ringroad will be closed this Sunday for a parade of Lola cars.
details: http://www.lolaheritage.co.uk/news/news299/299

You could combine this trip with a visit to The World Conker Championships at Oundle (Recommended!) or The Peterborough Half Marathon, all taking place on the same day.

Steve Nikel

Need any Marlin Bits

I have in my possession a brand new Marlin (Marina Based) kit.  Never constructed.  The chassis is rolling and trial-fitted with a 1.7 'O' series and gearbox.  Prop mods are done.  All panels are brand new and yet to be fitted.  I also have a windscreen, dashboard blank, in short, loads of brand new stuff.  If interested, email me on:

 

bbeech50@btinternet.com

 

I will send you a complete list of parts and prices.

Need any genuine Marlin bits?

Hi.  I have one too many Marlins, to the point where marital bliss may be compromised!  See Sales & Wants for details.

Edinborough Trial Photos

I didn't have too much on luck Saturday.  I went to the top of Banford Clough, to take photos, where the open ground allowed quite a bit of light in.  I did try to go lower down, but the trees stopped too much light.  That of course meant that I didn't see any of you who failed to get off the restart.  I also had a lot of trouble with rain on the lens, which gave a delightful "soft" feel to the photos, great for portraits, but not too much good for action photos.

 

Still some of the photos came out OK, and Bamford was set in lovely country side.

 

So here they are, Ive grouped them into:-

 

Bikes

http://hoits.smugmug.com/gallery/6148806_JMf5k//387179025_zgfRw

 

Outfits

http://hoits.smugmug.com/gallery/6148821_U8fdT//387180485_qxmw3

 

Saloon Cars

http://hoits.smugmug.com/gallery/6149343_D4xcD//387219423_xUGCG

 

Open cars

http://hoits.smugmug.com/gallery/6148834_Y7jeb//387181451_U53zc

 

If anyone wants decent copies let me know and I'll put them on my other site.

 

Dave Cook 

My Edinburgh Trial

How was your Edinburgh?

I was running second car which turned out to be an advantage when we got to Moneystones, where the deviation was still grassy! Didn't progress very far up Litton Slack although we did see a couple of chairs go clean, including Celia I think. Well done. As to the cars I have only heard of three cleans, Dudley, Ray Goodright and Eric Wall.

Missed not doing Putwell and Haggside, but personally pleased that the deviation on Great Hucklow is now fenced off and out of bounds. Mind you the section we used seemed much roughre than I remember, a bit challenging for Class 0 I thought.

We failed the restart on Excelsior but I understand that was cancelled later so perhaps a silver for us.

Tyres for Trials cars

 Hi Guys I am looking to source some new tyres for an Escort and a MGB. Appreciate any advice / experiance / contacts.  I am also looking for a Banjo type axle for MGB and a plasitc/ally bonnet for this new project.  Regards Jonathan.