Marcos Maniacs

Hi again Dave,

I can't remember which car was the host for the lever type door handles
though I vaguely recall that they were from an earlier Triumph or MG from
the mid-60s. If you have an example and have a British parts supplier in
your area, I'd drop in and see if they recognise it. I can try looking it up
in my library of Marcos Owners Club magazines next weekend when I'm home. I
can't garantee I have that information but I'm sure I've seen a reference to
it somewhere. The later door handles came from MGBs built around 1970 though
I don't know how long they were in use. They're still available because I
was able to acquire a new one a few years ago through a British sports car
supplier in my area. The exterior knobs were of the same vintage and I'm
sure they're still available. I don't think there were any variations of
design. 

I have plenty of room for my triple side draught arrangement though I had to
tilt the engine up a little on the right so that the carbs cleared the
frame. I sent Jeff Caraway a photo of my engine bay to be added to my car
profile and when he updates the site, you will be able to see how compact it
is. The small, round K&N filters easily fit into the space available and
there is plenty of open space to allow an ample supply of air. I've heard
that a restricted ram tube can have an adverse effect on the air flow into
the engine, though I don't have enough expertise in that area to know
whether the inch of clearance that you have would be classified as
restricted.

Good luck,

Paul Dransfield

3 litre Volvo 

-----Original Message-----
From: dbarton62 [mailto:dbarton62@...]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:14 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
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

                     











-- 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 
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).
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> 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
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> 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 
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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.
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> > 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 
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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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