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When you could reach in behind the front wing and get your finger up into the A post alongside the screen (long arms required) without any form of weatherproofing or metal in between, it's little wonder these cars rotted like no tomorrow! The tinworms ruined what was otherwise a quite revolutionary car! I loved driving Suds and briefly had a terminally rotten SprintTii of my own, which I scrapped when it became apparent that all that was holding the front end on, was the gearshift and the bonnet catch! I also had a 66 Guilietta 1300 4door that would leave all my mate's souped up Escorts in the weeds, yet was bog stock! I loved that too, but the worms killed it, it had a fresh and not necessarily completely honest MOT on it when I bought it, A year later it would need too much welding to make it worth saving. That was in the late 70s, nowadays I'd repair it in a heartbeat! Russian steel my a*se! It was just non existent rot protection and designed in rust traps that killed them! BTW, whose idea was it to GLUE the dizzy cap back together? Too cheap to buy a new one?

That guy is jealous the one who keeps talking shit

That guy who said the car is a pile of shiite i would have come back your a pile of shiite man

Speak to Matt @ NMD Design in Brigg about stickers 👍

Glad to see work on the Marina progressing. I did appreciate the subtitles. Made it much clearer to confirm what was being said. 🤔 Also watching Matt’s paint work drying made fascinating viewing……….

I appreciate the work you do. But I'm not so sure about the cleanliness of your engine rebuild. I look at my debris on my gloves/hands before doing anything with an engine and gearbox assembly. Starting to wirebrushing things from corrosion in halfway assembly is new to me. Hope you don't blame BL qaulity if the engine failes rappidly on you...

Was the 12H Metro block in the car originally or was the original motor no good and this was found for it? Shouldn't it be an 1800 B series? But she is certainly starting to look the part now.

Thank you 😊

I had a GLSi cavalier just like that. When the sensors worked it was an awesome car. Replaced it though with an E200 Mercedes which didn't have sensor issues.

Always a laugh and an education for us non mechanical/panel beating Noddies!. On ya lads!.

Brilliant enjoyable video as always. Nice to see progress with the Marina and Matts usual banter in the background!

I am a bit miffed with a certain Yorkshire tea company for stopping making the toast n jam tea boo to them :( Its that bad I am going to bend the ear off of YT's brand ambassador who happens to live local down here a Mr Bean and might send a nagging email to Cap Picard about it all...

my 87 year old father in law worked at cowley on the marina line,he said they had 4 guys to fit the seats morris then decided to use 3,so they fitted the seats and through a handfull of bolts in with them because they said they didnt have time to fit them lol.i worked for honda in swindon that didnt happen there

moist action, GRinding action, spraying action, thought id tuned into wrong channel , mint!!!!

Dammit, I read the Yorkshire "realspeak" by accident and now have broken out in type 3 flatcaps and wurpets and keep going "eee" at the cats and announcing randomly about trouble down mill...

Great video mate - happy to see my Cavalier is famous - it was shocking weather but the Cavalier was outstanding, 480 miles round trip and 40 MPG. Brilliant to meet up with you and we will definitely be back for the next meet

Once you’ve finished the marina, you should lay your jig over a map and do a road trip in the car to all of the places.

Great content guy's 👌 glad to see the Marina getting some more specialist work done ✔ 👏 And happy belated birthday Matt. 😊

Ian Tyrrells classic work shop. Or Marina goodness. Yep Marina goodness 1st.

AT LAST GUYS LOL

Fair credit to you all , the weather is shite, it gets dark early, and you are still grafting, the Marina is coming along nicely, and upsetting the Escort owners

Finally....a translation...I have been watching with the sound off!"

🎶We’re Only Making Jigs With Simon🎶

I'm sure i saw one of those jigs in Lidil. Is Simon cheating o you and making loads of them in his back garden sweatshop!😂😂

Ive just spent £350 on loads of bits for the engine. Head gasket, clutch stuff, whole new ignition setup, various bits and bobs to build the engine up and mate to the MGB gearbox. Hopefully before Chrimbo we'll have the tunnel chopped to fit 😅. Very excited!!!!

Nice one guys, thanks for the subtitles in the early portion, I reckon I could be fluent Yorkshire in no time.

The Marina is back !

Great to see you back on the old Marina really looking forward to seeing the next one👍👍👍👍👍

Great to see progress lads, love the clock! Does that mean end of wheel trim cruelty 😂 Cheers Russ

I love this series brings back lots of memories of the one I had way back in the 80s

I like the subtitles😆

jobs a good un

Many years ago a friend of mine asked me to store his Alpha Sud in my large shed. A few weeks later he said he would sell it to me for 15 teen pounds. Like a fool I said yes without looking at it. Then I found the dreaded tin worm . I welded one side then the other then across the back and then found the front was falling off ! Did that as well. It turned out the best car I had ever driven a lot better than my Ford XR2. Sold it for £500 before any more rust appeared !

I went from an 850 Mini estate to one of these. Went like stink and the cornering was unbelievable, only problem was on damp mornings it wouldn’t start.

Please - don’t add this banal music to your videos. People want to hear you not rubbish tunes.

Watching from the U.S. first of all you guys look like tons of fun to hang out with. Also, it’s insane the level of rust on that Rover. Did the Royal Navy recover it from the North Sea?!

Great video guys. With brilliant northern sense of humour. 'Crap Car Collective' really sums up this horrendous 'Itie' rust heap..

Get it running then rev the nuts off it until it fixes itself.

Those flat four engines in the ti were notorious for cylinder wear and big end knocking. Like all boxer engines on starting, they ran without oil for a few seconds on starting.

RUST on Italian cars, Back in 70s 80s Steel they used was Produced From recycled Metal, Not Virgin Steel.

You paid for the mechanics of an Alfa back then, they threw the bodywork in for free ! In the 80's they would be delivered new to the dealerships and need to be re-spayed for sale. I kid you not 😢

....... why bother!

The front wings of my dad's Marina were equally as bad as the nearside wing.

The car i had the most fun with was a second hand low milage T reg 1.5 ti , burnt off all my contemporaries at the time 😊 who had XR2s and 3s and 2ltr capris. Handled like it was on rails. Loved the twin carb exhaust note. Realdrivers car it just fell apart and rusted away in front of me. Lol

All cars rusted like crazy in the 1970s,the Alfasud would be the World Champion. A mate of mine loved them for grass-track banger racing (non-contact). At the time we had a BL 1.8 Marina. That was shite, literally. As though the paint colour was matched to a filled babies nappy. The factory was also on strike about every 3 weeks. The Marina only gave trouble because there were no inner mudguards in the front wings, so the headlamp shells rusted away. The engine never gave problems.

rule of thumb is that where rust is concerned you can only see 10% , given that and the interior condition , mechanical faults and the fact it's an Alfa , maybe worth maybe 500