Stoneleigh Show 1987

[928cdu]

As I'm going to the Stoneleigh show this weekend I thought I'd scan a few pictures of the last time I went in 1987 !

Excuse the photography, there were no megapixels in those days

Me and an old friend Ken Dando (he had built two Marlins & ran MOC Monthly meet in Leicestershire), also my Marlin 928CDU
BTW I think the Marlin has probably aged better than me !
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Various Marlin Roadsters
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Ken's Sylva Leader - VERY quick !
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A great Dutton B Type (?) owned by another old friend John Tighe, this was the best looking Dutton ever, not too sure Lotus/Caterham would approve ..
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Enjoy the pics, if you see me at the weekend come and say hello !

Regards .. Richard

[David]

Re: Stoneleigh Show 1987

Brilliant, I love these old pics.

[Mike]

Re: Stoneleigh Show 1987

Brilliant, I love these old pics.

+1

So here are a few more taken around the same time (1988-90):

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- sorry, I am struggling to reduce the scanned photos down to a reasonable physical size on the Forum!

[Mike]

Re: Stoneleigh Show 1987

Some of the best Berlinettas I have ever seen back in 1990:

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.....and some of the best Roadsters around 1988-1990:

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... and after seeing these I just had to buy a Marlin Roadster.

And how many of us did this?!!!! - (still in its delivery crate)

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.............. and then had several years break for building a house, and having a few of these "helpers" come along?

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and turned it into this.............. in 1997, with an MOT, and ready to set off to get it registered at my local DVLA office (they don't exist any more!)

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............. and excuse the indulgence, but I had to post this for 2 reasons:

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The glasses, and.............

That Bloody woven mesh grill ............... I gave up with it in the end!!

[928cdu]

Re: Stoneleigh Show 1987

Excellent, the pics really tell a story ! BTW saw an original MOC sweatshirt in one of the pics, bet I still have mine .. never throw anything away !

[lizbillings]

Re: Stoneleigh Show 1987

We still have original Marlin sweatshirts too! See you at Stoneleigh on Monday.

[andyf]

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Some of the best Berlinettas I have ever seen back in 1990:

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.....and some of the best Roadsters around 1988-1990:

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... and after seeing these I just had to buy a Marlin Roadster.

And how many of us did this?!!!! - (still in its delivery crate)

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.............. and then had several years break for building a house, and having a few of these "helpers" come along?

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and turned it into this.............. in 1997, with an MOT, and ready to set off to get it registered at my local DVLA office (they don't exist any more!)

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............. and excuse the indulgence, but I had to post this for 2 reasons:

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The glasses, and.............

That Bloody woven mesh grill ............... I gave up with it in the end!!

My dad has lots of patience and finished mine for me...

[h_m_cumming]

Re: Stoneleigh Show 1987

Yours came in a crate? Mine came like this. But we still sat in it.

[dogoncrazy]

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I recognised Q285 AVO as being the Roadster built by chap here in Derby by the name of Michael Clamp. He still has it I believe though it hasn't seen the road in a number of years.

[Mike]

Re: Stoneleigh Show 1987

I recognised Q285 AVO as being the Roadster built by chap here in Derby by the name of Michael Clamp. He still has it I believe though it hasn't seen the road in a number of years.

I still remember this Roadster too - it had a unique radiator grille, which I unashamedly copied using 3 Rover P6 grilles.

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It also had a special fuel filler cap - not sure if it was proprietary, or had been self made, but I would have liked one like it............. and I really liked the Minilite wheels, which I went on to fit on my Roadster. ( I used a magnifying glass to read the name on these wheels from the photograph above to find out what they were ....."Carmonia", and found they were made by Twogates Wheels in Telford).
It was quite an inspirational car for me.

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[lil_red_roadster]

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Dad borrowed the gardener's flat bed Sherpa from Longbridge & we used that to collect our kit.

[Michael Turpin]

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I drove mine home on imaginary wheels with a few bits to finish off
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[928cdu]

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I'm going to suggest to the MOC committee, and idea for an alternative 2018 calendar, "Owners and partners sitting on their drives in a Marlin body-tub" could be a best seller & we have the first three months of the year sorted already !

[andyf]

Re: Stoneleigh Show 1987

We had to move the Marlin across town when it was just a rolling chassis. Did we put it on a trailer... no! I towed it with my dad clinging onto the steering wheel with his hair blowing in the wind... I don't think he was making brum brum noises :-D