Marcos Maniacs

Don,  I live here do you need me to go and buy some
parts?
If so send me the numbers and I can go looking.
Kevin.

--- Garry Diver <garrydiver@...> wrote:
> Don,
>   Thanks for the welcome. I will check and see if
> Canley will do 4 and 4.25 
> centers (centres) . I will be in the UK next week so
> will check then and 
> post the details. I have a shipper in North Carolina
> who has already shipped 
> 5 containers of car stuff for me so they know the
> drill. If I buy in the UK 
> I have to pay 17.5% VAT which is a pain to get back.
> Import duty is 2%. I 
> will guess shipping at $10 to $15 per set if I buy 5
> sets.
> 
> On the distributor cap. I think we have one but if
> not I do have a complete 
> distributor which I would prefer not to split. Let
> you know in a couple of 
> days
> 
> Garry
> 
> 
> >From: "Don Lattimer" <donlattimer@...>
> >Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> >To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Alloy hub supplier
> >Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 03:31:37 -0000
> >
> 
>
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> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> From: "Don Lattimer" <donlattimer@...>
> Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 03:31:37 -0000
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Alloy hub supplier
> 

---------------------------------
Welcome Garry!

Thanks for posting your info.  On your next trip to
the UK could you 
please slip a V6 distributor cap (FOMOCO) and rotor in
your pocket on 
your return to the states??  Or, better yet, do you
know if any US 
Fords use the same distributor cap?

I'm looking for alloy hubs with 4 on 4.25" vs the
3.75" centers in 
order to match up with the rear Ford PCD.  Do they
make those also?

Don Lattimer
#3m5759
Willits, CA, USA

--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Garry Diver"
<garrydiver@m...> 
wrote:
> 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@m...
> 
> Garry Diver
> 
> 
> >From: "hullevad" <hullevad@m...>
> >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@a...
> >   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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