Marcos Maniacs

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From: Laurie Sellers

To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 6:02 AM

Subject: [MarcosManiacs] 1800 GT interior

Does anyone have detailed photo's of the original 1800 GT upholstery
and dashboard components?.
The race prepared car I recently puchased (#4026) has had the
interior virtually stripped out, as is common practice for racing in
Europe to save weight.
I will need to restore some of the interior (with the help of an
upholsterer) to comply with the local Australian rules for racing in
Group S Production Sports Car Class. As a minimum I will need to
install a near replica of the seats. I am allowed install ready made
racing seats "of period type" but the width between the door sills
and centre tunnel makes it difficult to find anything that fits. So
it will probably be easier to get seat squabs and backrests custom
built in like the originals. Also, the dashboard would look much
nicer if closer to original, it has been removed completely and
replaced with a centre console housing a small cluster of
instruments and switches. I don't believe that either of these
changes would add much in the way of weight (which racers are
fanatical about...for good reason) but would add tremendously to the
appeal.
So if anyone has photo's, possibly taken during restoration
(preferably of the seating components outside of the car) or specs
or drawings or patterns (well you never know!) and similar for the
dashboard I would be most appreciative.
Thanks very much for your help.
Regards
Laurie #4026



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