Marcos Maniacs

Hi Dave - I'm just kind of lurking on the Marcos site until I get the time
to send in some pics and a write up on my car.  It sounds like you are
having a lot of fun and that's going to be one potent car with the Webers.
I'm running 3 45 Webers on my Volvo 6 and it goes pretty good, although it
is a lot of carb for that engine and it really doesn't like driving around
town much.  I'll continue to watch your progress.  Did you ever determine
what the tranny is?

Cheers,

Len

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From: "dbarton62" <dbarton62@...>
To: <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 9:13 AM
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: New Marcos owner/member


> -Thanks Paul,
>         The interior handles are the lever type with a .375" square
> reciever hole for the shaft.
>     Does it matter what year of MGB you get the door handles and boot
> release from?
>     I have fitted 4 dual downdraft webers to my 3.5 Rover, I had to
> lower the engine in the chassis by 1" which necessitated a custom flat
> bottom sump and also had to machine the ram tubes but I do have about
> an inch of clearance now between the hood and the top of the ram tubes
>    I don't know how much airflow I will get to the carbs though I
> might have to come up with an air induction set-up maybe.
>  Cheers Dave #5577
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> -- In MarcosManiacs@y..., pauldransfield@i... wrote:
> > Dave,
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> > The type of interior door handle used for the Marcos depends on the
> model.
> > Some cars have a lever-type interior door handle and some have an
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> > rectangular handle (as I do). The latter are from the MGB and the
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> > push button door and boot knobs are from the MGB as well (the boot
> lid I
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> > Regards,
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> > Paul Dransfield
> > 3 litre Volvo
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dbarton62 [mailto:dbarton62@y...]
> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:59 AM
> > To: MarcosManiacs@y...
> > Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: New Marcos owner/member
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> > Hello Donny,
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> > I have a '69' with the 3.5 litre rover in it,I bought it like that
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> > most of the "engineering" was done for me , all I did was
> > replace what was there for engine and tranny mounts with my own
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> >   The engine fits in quite easily ,if your car came with the V4 all
> > you are really doing is tacking on 2 more cylinders ,I know it's not
> > that simple !!!
> >    I did put an electric cooling fan on to eliminate the engine
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> > fan for clearance purposes.
> >   I am at the point of putting my car back together , absolutely
> > everything that came off the car was glassbeaded and powder coated.
> >   If you decide to strip the body for a respray look into soda
> > blasting,plastic pellett or walnut shell blasting I had mine done
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> > way and the result is well worth the cost ( approx $600 cdn)
> >   If you would like to contact me offlist you can get me at
> >    3-d@o...
> >          Cheers Dave #5577
> > p.s does anyone know the source of the interior door handles(the
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> > release handles not the plastic pull handles) and the exterior door
> > handles and boot release(they are both the same I think)
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> > --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "mcaqmd" <donlattimer@p...> wrote:
> > > Welcome back Donny!
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> > > My '71 has the rectangular headlamps also of which I have two
> spares
> > > if yours are not OK.
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> > > I'm curious as to the reason you want to switch to LHD.  Half of
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> > > fun of driving mine is the RHD.  I was skeptical when I first
> > > purchased it, but now wouldn't even consider swapping.  Might want
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> > > try it first if you already haven't.
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> > > Check out the "bookmarks" for other sites that might be helpful.
> > > The "Marcos Maniacs" site has some links also.
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> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > > Don Lattimer
> > > '71 #3M5759 V6
> > > Willits, CA
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