Well, this (video, 13:44) has to be one of the most unlikely videos ever recommended to me by YouTube. I cannot with all conscience recommend you watch any of it other than the section 4:57 – 5:23, presumably drawn from an advert for the Morris Marina, and surely contributing significantly to sales. The star of the 26 second clip was one of the most beautiful British actresses of that or any other era, Madeleine Smith. Her appearance in a bath in one of the early 1970s Hammer Horror films remains with me to this day.
Moving swiftly on. Morris Marina models were manufactured by British Leyland over 1971-80, and having owned second-hand examples of both the 1.3 and 1.8 litre models I cannot disagree with the general consensus that it ranks as one of the worst cars ever built. That said, one of my two examples had a very useful feature which I’ve never seen in another car, a manual reversing light. It frequently proved most useful on the fast lane of the M4 during my daily commutes on the M4 between London and my home in Marlow, Bucks. Happy days…
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This prompted me to find out where things are up to with regard to the NZ navy ship that sank. Lo and behold it was apparently because it autopiloted itself aground. New Zealand: Crashed navy ship Manawanui was left on autopilot, inquiry finds – BBC News There are three crewmembers under investigation for such negligence that sank one of the tiny NZ Navy. Somehow I’m willing to bet that the woman captain won’t be in the frame for this somewhat comical episode of a ship sinking itself.
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