Maniacs . . .
Interestingly, on my Mantis with the Triumph 2.5PI engine, the engine
number is recorded on the manufacturer's plate on the inside right fender, along
with the chassis number. However, from the Triumph manuals, there is a tab
cast into the block that is supposed to have the engine number on it. The
tab is there, but no number, so presumably the number was ground off (or never
put on in the first place). The engine number indicates that the engine
was manufactured in the fall of 1970, which would fit with the timing for the
construction of my Mantis.
Regards . . . Ron McLeod
1970 Marcos Mantis P8/5858
Hello
again,
After receiving the build history of my Marcos back from
Rory, it didn't
have any history on the engine/running gear numbers. With my
other special
cars that I've had in the past (innocenti, siata, bond) the
manufacturer of
the engine usually had a unique way of identifying or setting
aside the
running gear numbers that they sent to the car manufacturer.
Did
Ford/Volvo/Triumph etc. do that with the running gears that they sent
to
Marcos? Or did Marcos make any special marks or numbers on the running
gear?
Basically, how would any of us tell that we had the original running
gear?
Thanks,
Dano
3M/5463
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