Leyland Marina 262-SIX project. Part 5.

The beginnings that set off the buying of this car. As i have made mention before i had owned a Marina 262-SIX years ago. I sold that car in making progress for my move to Tasmania from the northern suburbs of Brisbane around 14+ years ago.

I have missed the fun and enjoyment that car gave me when driving it. A very good friend of mine who still has a few Marinas has been on my case for years to buy another one of these. I have kept an eye and ear out for a suitable Marina for a few years now i came close to buying one last year. Though it was just not the right one for me.

As these cars in 6 cylinder engine form are rather rare now. With production being less than one years worth back some 45 years ago they are not easy to find. Once again i was looking through gumtree searching Marina and nothing but there was an ebay link on the page that showed a pic of a green Marina.

I start thinking it will be on the big island and most likely a 4 cylinder version. Anyway i clicked the add link i checked location and said it was in Hobart Tasmania well how about that and i was going to be travelling to Hobart the next day to go to the hospital. Now i am getting keen now i need to check the add more for specs and wow it is a 262-SIX automatic in spanish olive almost identical to the one i sold for the move to Tas. The last one i had was the top spec and this one is the basic spec model.

I made contact that night with the person selling the car on ebay and made arrangements to inspect the car the next day after i left the hospital. It was night by the time i arrived to look at the car so checked it out via torch light. Car seemed ok even though i was not able to test drive it as there was no rego on it. As there had been no bids yet on ebay he said i could buy it with out going through the bidding.

I made a quick phone call to my friend for his take on the car and price and he said i should buy it so i did. It was cool as it felt like i had my old car back after all these years:)

I was going through some of my old photgraphs and found these two pics of the car i used to have years ago. These are not great as i just took photos of these with my phone. You may notice this one has a different grill as i had swaped it for the earlier and lighter model grill.

This is the car towing a car trailer with a 262-SIX coupe with the top cut off placed upside down going to scrap metal after taking all the parts i wanted. Looking back now i should have kept that coupe.

Now a shot from the back end.

Thanks for looking and following along with me.