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Most of the trials Marlins are at least 1800cc some even 3500
....If I was building one I'd like a Rover straight 6 in there. I used to have a Rover 2.6S years ago, lovely engine.
Come to think of it though, you don't see many Marlins these days.
They dominate the Endurance Trials scene. There were thirty odd on the Lands End Trial this year. There were about twenty Martlins on the smaller Edinburgh Trial a couple of weeks ago from a total entry of about 200 cars and 75 motorbikes.
It's the endurance bit I like. The events start at about midnight and run through the night, visiting steep, muddy or rocky hills along the way, mostly little used old public roads which have been bypassed with modern sections of road. The event continues throughout the following day and finishes mid afternoon to late evening depending on your start time and any delays. So you get perhaps 18 hrs of competition for an entry fee iro £50, plus petrol for 200 to 300 miles.
Compare that with a hill climb where you get maybe four runs up a smooth tarmac hill which may last 50 seconds if you are any good and 90 if you are rubbish.
BTW Are't we a tad
Perhaps nobody cares!This is NOT one of my photographs but illustrates a Marlin at play on the Lands End this year I think. The smoke is from wheelspin.
Attachment: Red Marlin 185 on Lands End.jpg (Downloaded 29 times)
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