From the Chairman

 

FROM THE CHAIRMAN - ANDREW WALSINGHAM.

Hi and welcome to the Morris Marina Owners Club and Ital Register official website.  Within the site you will find lots of information on your favourite 70s car, classic car shows - indoor and outdoor and rallies, road runs, local area meetings, club regalia, re-manufactured parts, spares info, and details of, most importantly, how to join us.

If you go anywhere in a Marina or Ital and listen to peoples' memories of their cars and the thousands of miles of reliable motoring you can't fail to be impressed.  Now with the increasing interest  in the classic car press; the Morris Marina & Ital is I feel, an accepted  icon of classic bread and butter 70s motoring.  

The club is now in its 21st year of preserving the marque and with membership growing by about a 20% over the past year, we look set to forge on to the 40th anniversary of the Marina launch in 2011!!
The Marina & Ital were highly successful vehicles in the 1970 & early 1980s, British Leyland sold 1 million Marinas in less than 10 years - how long did it take the Morris Minor?  The attrition rate has over the years has been alarming, we estimate that there are less than half of one percent of the entire production of Marina & Itals left.  As a club we can secure the future for the surviving examples of this part of the British car industry.

The most important things within this club is you the member and with the club now running with full transparency, we on the committee, want you to feel welcome and part of a growing, thriving community.  The club prides itself on a very friendly and supportive attitude towards its members, employing a totally transparent organisational structure.  This is a club for all Marina & Ital owners, not just the Concours car owners.

We believe in value for money as well, our colour A5 magazine is the envy of many other larger car clubs.  It is delivered to you quarterly, also we operate a spares advisor/parts search scheme helping you to keep on motoring!

"The club magazine with something for every Marina & Ital owner"

If you have any questions, please call me on 01451-831174.

Practical Classics Magazine

 

 

 

As Practical Classics recently said, "Figures released by the DVLA show that there are just 660 Marinas and 200 Itals on its' books in the UK.  British Leyland built 953,576 of these cars between 1971 and 1980".

"If you have a Marina or Ital, please cherish it.  They're great cars..."

(March 2006 Edition)