We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Steve Firth)
saying something like:

:Jerry: wrote:

I didn't say that, but if you want an up dated Minor the Marina does
fit the bill

Errm wasn't the Marina more of an Austin Cambridge than a Minor?

No, same dreadful torsion bar and lever arm damped suspension (directly
derived from the Minor), cart springs at the rear, same engine family in
the cheaper ones, a dreadful Triumph gearbox, and cheap and nasty trim.

They could be made to handle (proper coilovers at the front and some
form of anti-tramp at the rear) and go reasonably well ('B' tuning
tricks on the 1800s), but not a patch on a decently sorted Avenger or
Scrote of the day.
--

Dave