Garry,
What Hampson and I are loking for is plastic media
blasting which can remove paint from fiberglass with out damage to the
bodyshell. I already have a large glass bead cabinet for parts up to the size of
a V8 engine block. I have tried soda blasting, but it is not very effecive on
the fiberglass the way it is on aluminum body panels. Thanks -
Donny
----- Original Message -----From: Garry DiverSent: Friday, October 07, 2005 4:50 AMSubject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Retractable seat beltsHi Everyone,
I am in the UK but if you hang on for a few days I will get you some info on
bead blasting in South Florida.
Also let me know about any parts you need that I may not have in stock.
Garry
>From: "Donny Lang" <indigo@...>
>Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>To: <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Retractable seat belts
>Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 23:40:17 -0400
>
>Hampton and Larry,
>I dug into my Marcos and unbolted one of my Kangol belt reels and then
>compared it to those in my TR8. All they have in common is they are both
>the same brand and mount in the same reletive location in the respective
>cars. The Marcos unit is a heavy alloy casting that mounts with a single
>horizontal bolt at the bottom of the casting. The TR8 reel has a formed
>steel frame that bolts on with two bolts; one horizontal bolt on the bottom
>and one vertical bolt at the back of the unit. They both use plastic side
>caps and the TR8 reel uses a plastic cover over the rolled belt where the
>Marcos leaves the rolled belt exposed, though the whole unit is covered by
>the headrest cap. I'll check out some early Jag XJ6s to see what they use.
>In the meantime, I can take some digital pictures.
>
>I too would like to find someone that can media blast in the Miami/Ft
>Lauderdale area. I have started to chip away at the paint and don't want to
>use chemicals because I am afraid of the 'glass absorbing some of the
>stripper and continuing to "work" years after its repainted. I've had that
>happen several years ago. I'll probably end of sanding/DAing the paint off
>if I can't find anyone to media blast it. I might also look into media
>blasting myself since I already have sand blasting equipment, though I know
>it is a different process. I too need to replace the outer rocker frame
>rails that were crudely repaired on my car. Everything else looks sound.
>I'm going to allow for a rollbar base when the body is off the frame,
>similar to what Gary Diver did on his. Lets keep in touch! - Donny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hampton Peterson
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:44 PM
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Retractable seat belts
>
>
> Thanks Donny,
> I've got my car completely disassembled at this point. The body is off
> the chassis and I am looking for someone who can plastic media blast
> the body to strip the paint (I've just about given up on trying to
> chemically strip it). Right now it looks like I may have to take it to
> Orlando as there doesn't seem to be anywhere else in south Florida.I
> have some rust in the lower frame rails and am going to weld in some
> new pieces in the next few weeks. Any help as to the belts is
> appreciated. I've found a few Kangol Magnetic belts on eBay but if you
> have some pictures of yours it would help.
> Let me know if you need any info also.
> Cheers,
> Hampton
>
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