Some interesting reading about privateers and their struggles
and heres some good reading of the ill fated yet
very tough and underrated Morris Marina

This one was more budget than most of the cars here
placed very highly in Bathurst with almost halve the hp
that they managed later when dyno tuned after the race
and very bad economy from the untuned 2 inch SU.
Not to mention no previous testing or setups and
old 3 speed only suited to Valiants with 80% more cc
http://www.leylandp76.com/mags/hertiage/2011/bmcheritageapr11.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Hardie-Ferodo_1000

Leyland was like a datsun budget car but even more budget

cool looking one with midmount rover v8
http://s970.photobucket.com/user/loco ... mid-engineMarina.jpg.html

recent ebay auction
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RARE-retro ... nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
retro interiors
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTAwWDEyMDA=/z/LuwAAOSw6BtVVHQg/$_57.JPG