Marcos Maniacs

Hello Pat!

Wire wheel, Florida has LHD 3.0 V6 (Essex) for sale at app. 14.000 usd
restored, supposedly the last made with wooden chassis.

Best Regards

mike
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From: <patemery@...>
To: <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>; <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: 3L5365


> Hi Don!
>
> Sorry for the delay in answering your message. My Marcos is a 1969 model
with wooden chassis. The 13" magnesium wheels have been sandblasted (low
pressure) and painted the common silver-gray with clear coat. The center hub
cap are my design and are machined from stainless steel material. The chrome
wing is bolted to the cap. I got the wings from J.C.Whitney. I got tired to
see stress cracks on the bonnet (hood) caused by the air filter rubbing on
it so I replaced the wire mesh air cleaner with a paper element one from
Mr.Gasket. I cut a round opening in the bonnet just big enough to clear.
This was a temporary measure as I intended to rework the bulge slightly
higher to clear the filter. That was five years ago! I have also added a
full length skid plate from the radiator to the back of the gearbox; steel
reinforcement in the trunk for the radius arms; an aluminium shaped to the
countour of the trunk floor and bolted to it. It extend past the axle and is
bolted to the floorunder the trunk cockpit floor. 2" stainless steel dual
exhaust pipe are attached to the headers. No mufflers. Just glass-pack dual
exhaust tips. I also fabricated a cooling fan schrowd(?)to help cooling. The
engine is a 3L Ford Essex V6 that had been upgraded to Stage 2 performance
by Specialized Engine in U.K (by the previous owner, Ted MacGregor). There
is a roll bar inside. It has yet to be confirmed that it is the only 1969
LHD wooden chassis equipped with a Ford V6. And as for the chrome trim
around the headlamp covers, they are simply Slide-over Door Edge Protection
that you can buy anywhere. It fits best when it is warm.
> Have a nice week-end.
> Pat
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> > From: "Don Lattimer" <donlattimer@...>
> > Date: 2003/05/09 Fri AM 11:32:29 EST
> > To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Alloy hub supplier
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