Clacton show

Hi all, I am the owner of the above car. The story i have is that it was ordered by a chap who was setting up a business in Portugal. After a few years his wife left him and he sold up and came home. Myself i do not think this is true. The log book shows continuous ownership in England. My theory is that it was a "Press car". Built to either have photos taken or to show at a Trade show on the continent. There are many strange features on it such as no front or rear anti-roll bars which would have been a standard fitment on a Marina of its age. There are also some Ital parts and panels on it, i.e. inner wing flitch panels also from the Ital. The other possible is that as the Ital was just about to go into production they used up parts left over. I have spoken to someone that owned a similar car with a Registration not far off and his car was also LHD but had a load of RHD parts on it such as the carpet set which had the built in plastic foot mat on the RH side, he dumped it in the scrap yard as it was always breaking down. The other interesting point is that BL were the first registered owners. If anyone can shed light on it please contact me. TA.