Oscarmax wrote:
In my foolish youth I brought a 6 month old Morris Mariana 1300 maroon coupe, what a horrible car, slow, uncomfortable and handled like a wheel barrow on ice
Had to mention this as your post is the only one in history that Ive come across that makes mention of the Marina ( just kidding Im sure there must be one or two more lol)
I worked with 2 brothers who both brought the same Ercol furniture and same new car the marina at the same time although one brought the ( the dearer one was it a delux or such like) model
As a younger apprentice travelling many miles as a passenger my not so fond memory is that the car was so boring and bland and without character ( This could also well describe the 2 brothers lol)
My overriding memory is of those new type silly poke your few fingers in door pull back/latches/handles that on first use tangled my fingers shutting them in the door to this day unsure how,bloody painful and had to work the whole day with a throbbing hand.
One of the brothers had a huge bin lorry back into it and it drove off
Once sorted and repaired it then got T Boned and wrote off handles and all lol
Payback lol
The other brother sold his after 2yrs for more than its purchase price (true) and being self employed he was quite indignant when Hmrc wanted to tax him on the profit of sale lol
