Don .
. .
My
Mantis thanks you for its 15 minutes of fame.
At
long last we are getting some reasonable weather up here in Ontario, and
Saturday saw the first British Car show of the season, in London, Ontario.
The Mantis was in fine tune for its first lengthy outing of the year - 120 miles
from here to London in 2 hours flat, on largely deserted 2-lane back roads
posted at 50 MPH, with several towns and villages along the route where it's
prudent to at least flip off the overdrive in observance of their 30 MPH
signs. At the show, the Mantis was in the "Orphans" class (where else?),
and came second in the popular vote to a beautiful and immaculate Morgan, but
beating out a freshly restored Lotus in third.
For
several years now, the Mantis has had a sort-of howling noise that increased
with speed. I had assumed that it was the tires, which have a rather
aggressive all-weather tread. Well, it was the rear axle bearings - having
replaced them last month, the car now glides along in comparative silence.
I guess we tend to automatically adjust to things that deteriorate slowly over
the years. However, those with 30+ year old rear axle bearings might we
well advised to check the play in the bearings, particularly if they're
hearing increased "tire noise".
Regards . . . Ron McLeod
1970 Marcos Mantis P8/5858
-----Original Message-----With the intro of the Marcos TS500 I've put the factory picture of
From: Don Lattimer [mailto:donlattimer@...]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 2:04 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: New "Car of the Month"
the car on the homepage. I will leave it until the end of June and
then return Ron's car to the spotlight.
Don Lattimer (Moderator)
#3m5759
Willits, CA, USA
--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Don Lattimer"
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> "Car of the Month" for June is Ron Mcleod's 1970 Mantis. Only 32
were built
> and they are powered by the Triumph 2500 PI (petrol injected)
engine. A
> beautiful car!
>
> Take a look:
>
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/MarcosManiacs/
>
> Don Lattimer (Moderator)
> #3m5759
> Willits, CA, USA
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