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My Dad had several Dauphine when I was a young boy. My Dad's mother kept his one until the 80's. These cars had a particular smell in summer. The false leather from the seats, I guess? And this sound engine! During hollidays in the south of France, at my Grand Dad's home, at Mèze (he was the railways station master of the town, located on the Étang de Thau, near the city of Sète), I remember my Dad let me alone in the car (I was 4 or 5) while he was buying some fishing stuff for few minutes. South of France, end of the 60's, summer, just after the lunch = the whole city was on a nap. And me alone in the Dauphine. Taking my father's seat. Discovering the controls of the car around the steering wheel. And suddenly... What is it? Push it Bruno! The horn! What a wounderful sound! THE HORN! I never touch it again.... Even now, I prefer flashing the lights on the road! And my father never let me alone in a car after ... But the Renault Dauphine horn... what a wonderful sound!

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Good one my brother has 205 I'm on third 207 I've always preferred 309 and 106 and 305 to other ones. Greetings from Yorkshire

Having had a similar car (but only the 1.3 coupe version) I agree that it's a lovely colour, though I could never understand why BL called it "bracken" - to me it always looked orange! Your car is in exceptional condition: mine (also 1975) had rusty front wings by 1978 and only 23,000 miles! Despite that, it was a car I loved for its reliability and simplicity to service.

Dear Grêta having an aneurism over there.

Look how lovely this marina handles lovely and stable he’s so relaxed nearly as much as he would be in an early XJ6

Hi Ulrik you may not have noticed this video on RUclips showing how great the Marina could have been with modification. Please search `MORRIS MARINA MADNESS! LOST BRITISH LEYLAND CARS - Marina Marauder, BL Special Tuning AND MORE!' The car had much improved aerodynamics & a tuned 1.8 engine resulting in a top speed of 121 mph (194.7 km/h) complete with Overdrive.

ČZ s najnádhernejším designom aký som kedy viádel, ale motor Lifan 250 ccm 1cyl. 4T by sa hodil do nej oveľa viac!!

The Marina is another example of the Unions / Workers not being entirely to blame for the demise of BL. The car should have been offered with more sophisticated suspension (like the Hillman Avenger and later Cortinas). The 1940s Morris Minor suspension may have been just about adequate for `A' Series engined cars but not for the `B' series with the heavier engine and near 100 mph performance. The Marina Estate 1.8 would have probably sold well in France for example with sorted suspension; the French used to give English cars a `fair go', for instance the Montego Estate 2.0 Diesel sold quite well in France as did, of course, the classic Mini and 1100 / 1300 / 1300GT (ADO16). Edit: For a working Marina the 1.8 gearing wasn't too bad imo, with heavy toolboxes in the boot (and van rear leaf springs fitted because the standard springs tended to fail). I never heard of complaints about the gearing of the 1.8 in the Company I worked for as an apprentice although Overdrive would have been welcome on `A' roads & motorways I guess. For private use an overdrive was more necessary (a Triumph unit to match the Triumph gearbox) since the 1.8 single carb engine would, I believe, be able to pull a higher gear ratio for cruising at 60 - 70 mph with the car not too loaded. From memory the standard cars top speed of 95 mph - 152.9 km/h (no doubt over 100 mph - 161 km/h on the clock) was attained at around the engine's maximum power RPM of 5,100. So 70 mph (112.7 km/h) relates to 3,758 RPM, 60 mph (96.6 km/h) relates to 3,221 RPM, 50 mph (80.5 km/h) relates to 2,684 RPM. The engine's maximum torque occurs at 2,900 RPM. Dropping the revs by 500 RPM @ 70 mph (112.7 km/h) would still mean the engine operating at over the maximum torque RPM while power is still increasing with engine speed.

My first car in 1970. Renault Dauphine Gordini, type 1091.from 1962. ,,,,,,,,,, My second car in 1970. Renault Dauphine Gordini, type 1093, original, from 1962. With dobbel carburator, " air cool" brakes in the front. Dobble springs at every valves, intake and eksos. An other gearbox. ,,,,,,, 5 cars type 1093 were sold i Norway. 🙂🇳🇴

Wow that is the same spec of Victor FD, with the 1.6 engine, bench front seat and manual gearbox with column change, that my dad had back in the early 70s in England when I was about 8-10. He got it to fit us all in when we became a four child family. Youngest child sat between mum and dad, the other three of us sat in the back (all four strapped in with child seatbelts in blue webbing bolted to the body of the car as mum & dad were very safety conscious). I loved the car at the time, though I didn’t realise it was such a low spec. Only difference to yours, other than steering wheel position, is that dad’s was dark blue.

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I don't understand why do you have so much dislikes, you're just showing interesting stuff.

Connait très mal la Dauphine Gordini. Très mauvaise présentation

I wish you could still buy cars as simple as that these days. By the way the MG boys fit a Ford type 9 (Sierra/Granada) or a Mazda MX3 5 speed gearbox - adaptor kits are available here in UK.

They were an extremely conventional car which helped reliability despite the parent company. Probably the ideal mass production product for British Leyland at the right time. You think 1.8 is a big motor? Leyland Australia fitted a 2.6l six cylinder to some. I've heard one!

Thats a very nice bike. Hello my friend has been messaging with you regarding my grandfathers Diesella 316. We just got the bike, my cousin shipped it to New York from Frederiksvaerk. I saw that you said there is a Facebook forum. I am having trouble finding it would it be possible for you to send me a link. I would greatly appreciate it as there is no information or anything available for these bike here in the states. Thanks

Cool machine any good sources for parts and or info on Diesella mopeds

Lovely motor in very smart color combo with plenty of chrome that is so 1970s . The prop shaft center bearing on these can get noisy and if the gears have been forced the guide pins can wear creating further unwelcome noise. Keeping the trunions greased . I have owned my 40,000 miles from new 1973 1.8TC saloon for 30 years and it runs on 175R13 Good Year Grand Prix S tyres which improve the gearing ratio significantly however it is still noisy over 90kmh. Wider tyres like 185/70 R13 will help you keep a better grip on the road in significant cross winds

It might be Left Hand Drive, but BL have left you with Right Hand Drive wiper arms. Grease both Lower Trunnions is the most important maintenance.

I had an MGB which was the same engine. That had an overdrive, I wonder if they had that as an option on the Marina.

You know as a young man I hated these, I had a Fiat 125 at the time. looking back these all seemed to just rev way too high for the speed they were doing. I really enjoyed the virtual drive, so cool to put myself back in those days. I respect these cars now, I grew up with British cars, sorry but this Marina is not one of them. This why the Japanese car industry took the world over. I look forward to taking more virtual drives with you, good job on the video and editing.

Thanks very much Ulrik for uploading this superb video, it was certainly worth the wait !! It has gone straight to no. 1 spot for a Marina 1.8 drive on RUclips imo. Fantastic sound of the 1.8 B Series engine can be heard throughout the video but in particular when you overtake the Sunday driver 6:40 and when accelerating from a stand 10:20. I wonder if it's the original exhaust system, I guess that's unlikely but if it is after market it doesn't seem to be restricting the performance. The Marina Owners Club & Fast Marina Club will give you advice about fitting an Overdrive (like an MGB) if you're interested in that or the fitting of a higher final drive ratio axle differential. I expect you will leave it alone since the gearing isn't that bad for the journeys I expect you'll be doing in a Classic car. A Carburettor dome clean with methylated spirits to ensure fully floating movement (can be checked upside down against the spring) may improve engine smoothness and the choke fast idle could be increased a little. I would lubricate the ignition barrel by oiling the key and inserting in the barrel a few times then wipe it clean btw. N.B. Please be careful on corners (especially higher speed long corners) on wet / greasy roads, Marinas are notorious for understeer changing to oversteer / spinning off without much warning !! I got nervous when i saw the rain spots on the windscreen although you do i notice take care on corners in fairness.

isn't this an "Ondine Gordini" ? Only the "luxury" Dauphine version named Ondine had carpets, the Dauphine had rubber sheets on the floor.

We in uk call tjat coke bottle design

First time i have seen column change my dads was a 2.0litre manual 4 speed gearstick on the tunnel

Hi Ulrik, hope you are well. Have you an update for us as to when this Marina 1.8 is expected to be put throuigh the MOT test for road worthiness, so we can be taken for a drive?

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A nice one for 800 here in USA

Great car! Hope you will drive it for many more years. I wish i had one.

Sehr schönes Auto!!Größten Respekt!Mach weiter so!😊

Awesome! Very modified!

Alter Motor, neue Bekleidung.

I would go for the Passat. I also like the Renault Dauphine.

Mate I love your car collection, particularly the Marina (being English of course 😉) although the Passat was vastly superior. Thanks for sharing with us.

I'm sure I've got a set of Gedore sockets in a metallic blue case from the 1970s

Thank you for the memory. Your mother was right and Car and Driver agreed, calling the gear shift an egg on a coat hanger. True, on could sort of stir it around gently without moving into a gate. One quickly learned firm throws . My first Renault Dauohine was a used 3 speed. I needed a good economical car to got to work while I waited for a clutch plate and release bearing to arrive frim Conventry....first car was an 8 year old Jaguar XK-159 roadster, so that wait stretched to 6.5 months. While Dauphine was having brake shoes replaced, the mechanic used an pnuematic wrench to tightened the wheel bearing 2 days later thee bearng burned out and the wheel came off while driving to work. Second Renault was a Dauphine Gordini with a 4 speed gear box. Last a good number of years before I sold it. Had a lot of fun with this ideal urban/suburban runabout. Being a big young man I was able to lift and bump the front end into "impossible" parking spots... managed to raise some eyebrows in the process.

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Bonjour. Eh par exemle je suis le propriétaire le Renault-14TL et vachement satisfait!

Definitely a good idea to look for a mouse family that may have moved in, the car is probably not carnivorous🐀

God ide! :D

Hej. Fin video. Jeg har lige købt sådan en fra 1976, der har stået stille siden 1999 . Så har jeg lidt at rode med😄

Pleasure to see and hear the enthusiasm about a car that is almost forgotten👌 ​ Send

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Looks like your car is a good candidate for a rotisserie restoration if you have the resources and time. Benelux LHD's are very similar to RHD New Zealand 🇳🇿 examples. However, after looking under the bonnet I wonder whether yours was assembled in the UK 🇬🇧 🤔 rather like the ones of Canada 🇨🇦 🤔 I came from a family 👪 ❤ of Vauxhall & Bedford(s) from the early sixties to present 🎁 😀 Incidentally, my mother sold these cars fifty years ago & beyond. Thanks for the video 📹 😀 ❤