Marcos Maniacs

Hi Don,

Sorry to hear the problems.

Everything I've seen suggests the engine and box need to come out 
together, but looking at the car, it's hard to see why, unless you 
just can't separate them in the car.

The idea of a five speed is an excellent one and one I've half 
heartedly pursued for years. I think Burton say that you can modify 
the older block to take their bellhousing (or that it needs extra 
parts), but I can't recall what these are. I'd suggest you take this 
route and save me all the grief :^)

A rebuild is probably easily enough done too and, as Mike says, 
you'll have the advantage of originality. The V8 route is a bit passe 
in my mind - after all Marcos ALREADY do a V8, but then it's not so 
easily available in the US, so maybe you guys have more reason, but I 
think it's a shame when the older cars are butchered, because a lot 
of the pleasure is in experiencing a car designed 30-40 years ago, 
once you uprated everything you are (to my mind) left with an 
inferior modern product with little of the charm of the original.

Buy a Ginetta? mmmmm - novel idea - personally I'm rather attached to 
my legs, so would never buy a Ginetta (spindly litte things :^) OK - 
Actually the G4 is really nice :^)). I also find it hard to believe 
that you'll find it a lot more reliable than your Marcos, once 
restored to health. 

Anyway, good luck with whatever you decide to do.

Cheers,

Mark