morris marina ecosse

The Pilgrim Bulldog was manufactured by the same company which produced the Sumo Cobra replica. With 1930's British retro as a base concept, the early cars were designed around the Morris Marina but in later years a Ford based model was offered.

"The bulldog offers the enthusiast the opportunity of owning and driving a distinctive, stylish sports car with graceful lines reminiscent of many classic british sports cars from the 1930's era. By using traditional styling principles coupled with modern engineering techniques and materials, the bulldog captures the spirit of post war motoring and has an individual, speedy, eye catching character all of it's own.

Pilgrim kits are designed for ease of assembly and as such they can be assembled without specialist tool. All the tools required should be owned by a person who has done routine maintenance on their own vehicles.

Any Morris Marina or Ital can be used. Except those with the 1700cc 'O' series engine, only because pilgrim never tried to make one. Any model will do including estate, coupe, saloon, van or pick-up with manual or automatic transmission. This gives the builder the option of 1100cc, 1300cc, 1800cc or 1800cc twin carb power options.

When selecting your donor car look for one with all the features you want your finished car to end up with all the features you want your finished car to end up with. Remember that all marina's are not fitted with discbrakes, alternator, pre engaged starter or servo assisted brakes, and also other features like rev counter dials and inertin reel seat belts.

When looking for a donor car look for a mechanically sound car which has a body that is well beyond economical repair. When inspecting any prospective donor pay particular attention to the gearbox as the syncromesh is particularly liable to failure. Always bear in mind that when dismantling the donor vehicle that the parts you remove are going to be used again so it is important to familiarise yourself where those parts came from to save yourself money if need replaced.

Type: Fibreglass, cold laminated with polyester resin and chopped strand matting ( c.s.m ), reinforced with steel, plywood corement.

Thickness Varies over the structure, generally not lessthan 1.25kg of c.s.m per square metre.

Construction The one piece external body moulding is joined at the factory to the floor moulding to produce a very strong double skinned structure.

Doored Version It has extra reinforcement along the running boards to compensate for some loss of rigidity in the body structure.

Finish The surface finish is a very high gloss. 99% of the kits are sold with a self colouring finish impregnated into the first 2 coats of resin.

Materials Only use top quality fibreglass materials with a proven record in the automotive industry.