My Marina was £750 if I remember rightly, paid for myself. It was acquired from a mate of my dads who had some kind of dodgy garage. I had a choice of a mustard Vauxhall Viva or the Marina. I needed it to learn in because my dad had an automatic Rover SD1 and he wouldn’t let me drive it.
It was a total lemon, sills were rusted away to nothing, as was most of the undercarriage and the gearbox needed stripping & rebuilding it was so worn. Bear in mind this was a 6 year old car…. good old British Leyland
OHS 380L was the reg. I checked the DVLA records and it was last taxed in 1985 (I sold it for £500 in 1984 when I left Uni & moved to London) so it was probably scrapped/fell apart soon after
Nostalgia’s not what it used to be…
Anyway, back on topic, and 30 years later I found myself the owner of a nice A6 Avant oil burner. Great family wagon and a decent driver if a tad portly. I’ve always hankered after an S/RS and if money was no object I’d have the RS6 in a flash.