Marcos Maniacs

Hi Guys,
  I am new to the Marcos register even though I have owned my 3M5543 3LV6 
for about 5 years. I am in the process of a complete  restoration (5years 
into a one year project) and plan to race the car when it is finished.

By way of background, I 'found' the car in a warehouse in Indianapolis where 
it had been sitting for 17 years untouched. It was absolutely complete with 
only 23,000 miles although it had been neglected and left outside for some 
time. The owner had recently died and his widow asked a friend to help 
diispose of the car. It just so happens that the friend was my race car 
mechanic and he asked me about the car as he knows I am a British car nut. 
Anyway I bought the car sight unseen and he took it to the race shop and 
later delivered it to me in Atlanta. We are now about 6 months from 
completing the project and the car will probably have its first outing at 
Sebring next March.

Why should you care?

Well I have done a lot of research on parts and can answer some of the 
questions that come up here.
Also I travel to England on a regular basis and ship parts back for this and 
other cars. Maybe most importantly, my partner and I own Chevron-Tiga cars 
and we have a selection of old Marcos parts including body moulds. Roger 
Andreason (my partner) raced two Marcos cars in the early days and can 
probably make most of the mechanical parts which are hard to find. Having 
said all that, this correspondence has already answered a couple of 
questions for me so I hope I can return the favor.

On alloy hubs. They are made by Canley Classics in England. I bought  set 
and they fit just fine. Although I don't know for a fact, the ones sold by 
Dave Bean and PRI both look like the Canley ones. If enough people want a 
set I could arrange a bulk ship and save a ton on freight. They are 3.75 
centers using GT6 bearings. The cost is 91 UK pounds each. They save 4lbs. 
of unsprung weight.

I use Carrera shocks. They are made right here in Atlanta and they will spec 
them to your car. Weght, use, ride height etc.

Enough of my rambleing. I plan to put the rebuild on the Web hopefully 
detailing the mistakes I make so others might avoid them.
If anyone has any questions, especially related to performance, we can 
probably help so contact me through this group or directly at 
garrydiver@....

Garry Diver


>From: "hullevad" <hullevad@...>
>Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>To: <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Alloy hub supplier
>Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 10:27:01 +0200
>
>Hi!
>
>My suggestion is to buy directly from AVO in England, You can find them on 
>the web. They are rebuildable (stainless steel) at a cost of app. 45 usd a 
>piece. So it is a one time expense at app. 135 usd a piece. But hurry up 
>the dollar is dropping in value at an alarming rate.So if You can afford it 
>it is by far the best dampers at the price, much better than Spax.(Leda is 
>much more expensive)
>
>Good luck
>
>Michael
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Meggsief@...
>   To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 5:00 AM
>   Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Alloy hub supplier
>
>
>   hey Don,
>                What type of shocks do you have on your car? I have these 
>spax shocks and they are expensive any alternatives?
>
>         Hal
>         #5353
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