Marcos Maniacs

Hi Dave,

The locks I got (from Marcos Heritage), are from an MGB, they are the 
boot locks. Take a look at the MOSS web site (who specialise in these 
cars), and you should be able to see them, I paid £25 a lock and had 
them all made with the same keys! As I did mention though, the 
original locks (if your's are the same as mine), were completely 
round, the new ones have a 'lobe' which is position below the handle 
part of the lock. Luckily since these locks are made from bright 
metal throughout (and not plated), I was able to cut a section out to 
make at least the lower section round and fit the original recess - 
This will not be necessary on the boot however since this is flat and 
does not have the same circular recess of the doors.

If you would like me to take some pictures to show you exactly what I 
mean please do ask, and I will put them on a folder on my site.


Regards

Ashley

#2M5504  www.molyneuxs.com
--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "dbarton62" <dbarton62@y...> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ashley,
>    I have been waiting for shiny new locks for months and was just 
> told that I cannot get them.........what did you use as a 
replacement?
>    Cheers Dave #5577
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "a5h_pm" <ashley_molyneux@h...> wrote:
> > Dave,
> > 
> > saving them as lower resolution is I guess anoter form of 
reducing 
> > there size, ideally you need a copy of PhotoShop or get yourself 
a 
> > copy of paintshop pro (somes as a cover mount cd most of time), 
this 
> > will let you 'resize' the images and also choose the compression 
> > ratio to save the image at, I tend to work with 640x480 or 
800x600 
> > images saves at a medium sized ratio, this should give a file 
size 
> of 
> > say 40-80k but it will depend on the info in the picture. If you 
> want 
> > to any more help, perhaps you could mail me off the list so we 
don't 
> > get too non-Marcos related!
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Ash
> > 
> > #2M5504 www.molyneuxs.com
> > 
> > PS anyone replaced their locks on the early metal framed cars - 
I've 
> > just replaced mine with some shiny new MGB boot locks - since I 
was 
> > told the original ones were not available, this involved sutting 
the 
> > lugs down a tad inorder to fit them into the same round recess. 
Does 
> > this sound right, or could I have got the same all round ones as 
per 
> > original?
> > 
> > --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "McCubbin, David" 
<david.mccubbin@s...> 
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Ron;
> > >  
> > > No film to finish - the pics are digital.
> > >  
> > > I just haven't gotten around to downloading them (forgot) - I 
will 
> > have to
> > > save them in a low res format for the net. I normally shoot 
1200 x 
> > 1600
> > > pixel for printing quality.
> > >  
> > > Anyone know how to convert to a lower pixel setting ( i.e. 640 
x 
> > 480)? . Is
> > > this different from saving a copy at lower resolution???? I'm 
> still 
> > new at
> > > this digital picture thingee.
> > >  
> > > Thanks for the reminder - I will try to get this done tonight
> > >  
> > > David
> > >  
> > >  
> > > >Dave McCubbin . . .
> > >  
> > > >At Ancaster a few weeks ago, you took some pictures of the 2 
> > Marcii (mine
> > > and Paul's).  When do you plan to finish the >roll of film and 
get 
> > the
> > > pictures onto the net?
> > >  
> > > >Regards . . . Ron McLeod 
> > > >1970 Marcos Mantis P8/5858