Marcos Maniacs

-Hi Len
     Good to hear from you...I did find out what the trans is ....
it is a 4 speed Rover trans out of a early P5 there is a serial # 
stamped into the casing.........the engine is a different story though
nobody knows where it came from .
       Cheers Dave #5577







-- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Len Drake" <lendrake@h...> wrote:
> 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
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dbarton62" <dbarton62@y...>
> To: <MarcosManiacs@y...>
> 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,
> > >
> > > 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
> > embedded
> > > rectangular handle (as I do). The latter are from the MGB and 
the
> > exterior
> > > push button door and boot knobs are from the MGB as well (the 
boot
> > lid I
> > > think).
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Paul Dransfield
> > > 3 litre Volvo
> > >
> > > -----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
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Donny,
> > >
> > > I have a '69' with the 3.5 litre rover in it,I bought it like 
that
> > so
> > > most of the "engineering" was done for me , all I did was
> > > replace what was there for engine and tranny mounts with my own
> > design
> > >   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
> > driven
> > > 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
> > that
> > > 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
> > door
> > > 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!
> > > >
> > > > My '71 has the rectangular headlamps also of which I have two
> > spares
> > > > if yours are not OK.
> > > >
> > > > I'm curious as to the reason you want to switch to LHD.  Half 
of
> > the
> > > > fun of driving mine is the RHD.  I was skeptical when I first
> > > > purchased it, but now wouldn't even consider swapping.  Might 
want
> > > to
> > > > try it first if you already haven't.
> > > >
> > > > Check out the "bookmarks" for other sites that might be 
helpful.
> > > > The "Marcos Maniacs" site has some links also.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck!
> > > >
> > > > Don Lattimer
> > > > '71 #3M5759 V6
> > > > Willits, CA
> > >
> > >
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