Dave, Thanks for the repy. I'll be contacting
you later for details on fitting the Rover engine. As far as your post script,
the exterior door handles and trunk handle on my car are "borrowed" for an MGB
trunk lid or hatch. Victoria British has them on sale right now for
about $20.00 each.
----- Original Message -----From: dbarton62Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:59 AMSubject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: New Marcos owner/memberHello 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@...
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)
--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "mcaqmd" 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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