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The Morris Marina was never common as a service vehicle. Just five estate cars featured in the numbered fleet, between 1975 and 1986 (45 saloon cars were operated as private cars). Interestingly the five cars appear to have had only two users. 3019L (shown here) was the only Marina in the leased series, being received from Hertz on 16th July 1982. It was acquired to replace similar 2132M for the Chief Signal Engineer at Acton, the latter having seemingly replaced earlier 1894M. The Rolling Stock Engineer at Neasden had 1997M, replacing it with 2263M in 1980. Curiously, Morris was unable to supply vehicles in London Transport red. The five cars were listed as being variously maroon, crimson or tangerine. However, this photo of 'tangerine' 3019L suggests that the differences were minimal. The photo was taken on 13th April 1985 outside Hogarth Garage, a commercial premises on Cranbrook Road in Chiswick, where some smaller vehicles were serviced.
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Photo date: 13/04/1985 Size: Regular
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Date added: 03/03/2012
Note added Fri 09/03/2012 by Adam Floyd

this one is a Morris Ital, not a Marina
Note added Wed 21/03/2012 by Thomas Young

Well spotted Adam. The Ital was a (slight) restyling of the Marina. The plan had originally been to use the 'Marina Ital' name, and I adopted this so as to show the continuity of the design.