Marcos Maniacs

Colin's no longer deeply involved with the Marcos Owners Club (as he 
has been for years). 

The current contact is Kate & Paul Crocker, 139 Maidstone Road, 
Borough Green, Kent, TN15 8HE Tel : (01732 780756)

I'm not sure that they will have these details to hand, but if it's a 
club related thing, they should be able to get hold of them.

I've sent them an e-mail to find out if they can help.

Cheers,

Mark

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., pauldransfield@i... wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> Maybe you could try Colin at home. His number is:- 01144 171 277 
5752. You
> didn't say whether there was no reply or he wasn't there. There 
should at
> least be a receptionist at his office. There may be someone else in 
the
> Marcos Owners Club who has the contact information for Pilkington 
Glass but
> I wouldn't know who it might be. I'll take a look through the 
latest Torque
> magazine to see if there's anyone mentioned.
> 
> Regards,
>         Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dbarton62 [mailto:dbarton62@y...]
> Sent: June 17, 2002 4:12 PM
> To: MarcosManiacs@y...
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Marcos Glass!!!
> 
> 
>  Hi all,
>      Having started the thread along with Paul Dransfields' very 
> useful info, I feel I should have let everybody know what I had 
found
> out.........nothing.......I could not get a hold of Colin ......
> calling 3 times in all........however... Jeff ,I think getting a UK 
> contact would be a good idea.......and count me in for both front 
and
> rear glass.
>         Cheers Dave #5577
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., pauldransfield@i... wrote:
> > Hi Jeff,
> >  
> > A large component of the delay in acquiring the two screens for 
Ron 
> and me
> > was due to the reluctance of the manufacturer to produce only a 
> couple of
> > screens. Undoubtedly, if an order came in for 5 front screens and 
5 
> rear
> > screens or more, the order would receive greater attention. 
> >  
> > It was a personal choice, to limit the total cost, to clear 
customs 
> myself
> > and take delivery of the crate (in our case from a bonded 
warehouse 
> located
> > at the Toronto airport even though it came by sea) with the aid 
of a 
> truck
> > owned by a friend of Ron. For a price, I'm sure we could have 
> arranged to
> > have the crate delivered to our doorstep. However, the clearing 
and
> > transportation cost from the warehouse would have been 
> disproportionately
> > higher than the shipping cost. That's probably on of the reasons 
why 
> Mike
> > Denman had such a high total cost, which by my calculator was 
around 
> 3 times
> > the price paid by Ron and I.
> >  
> > Regards,
> >                 Paul
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Caraway [mailto:DovenWolf@c...]
> > Sent: June 17, 2002 1:03 PM
> > To: MarcosManiacs@y...
> > Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos Glass!!!
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 1.        The size of the crate required to transport two screens 
> was quite
> > large, around 4 feet long, 3 feet high and 2 feet wide. 
> > Great information! Thanks Paul!
> >  
> > 2.    It would make sense to order all the screens at the same 
time, 
> but
> > have them crated and shipped in groups depending on final 
> destination. The
> > shipping cost is based on volume and weight so it wouldn't cost 
much 
> more to
> > separate them that way, bearing in mind that my crate was bearly 
> manageable
> > by two people.
> >  
> > 2.        By shipping them to their final destinations directly, 
> Canadian
> > purchasers, for instance, would not have to incur two customs 
costs 
> etc. and
> > the coordinator wouldn't have to be concerned about forwarding 
the 
> screens
> > on, which would increasing the cost substantially.
> > I agree with both of these points! It would certainly be more 
> efficient and
> > cost effective to have them shipped directly to the end 
> destinations.
> >  
> > 3.        The biggest problem I had was getting the screens made 
and 
> having
> > them available for shipping. That took months. Months!!! The 
shipper 
> I used
> > had them in my hands about two weeks after they were available. 
Once 
> they
> > arrive, clearing customs is a snap and pickup straightforward as 
> long the
> > truck is large enough.
> > Do you think if we get together a large enough order, they will 
> expedite the
> > manufacturing process? I can understand it taking a while on a 
> one-off
> > order, but maybe it will get more attention if there are several 
> involved.
> > Oh... and did it come directly to you, or did you have to pick it 
up 
> at some
> > importation point (since you made the "clearing customs" 
statement?
> >  
> > Colin Feyerabend is the appropriate person to contact regarding 
the 
> ordering
> > of the screens but it wouldn't hurt if someone else was available 
in 
> the UK
> > to expedite matters. And for those with plastic rear screens 
mulling 
> it
> > over, the glass ones are significantly, significantly, better and 
it 
> would
> > be well worth the cost of joining this venture, particularly as 
the 
> cost
> > would probably be somewhat less than if one was acquired later by 
> itself.
> > I agree here too. It would be most helpful if we had someone in 
the 
> UK to
> > "supervise" matters.
> >  
> > Anyone else want to add to this?
> >  
> > Jeff
> > #8052
> >  
> >  
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Caraway [mailto:DovenWolf@c...]
> > Sent: June 17, 2002 9:29 AM
> > To: MarcosManiacs@y...
> > Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos Glass!!!
> > Hi All,
> > I have watched the glass threads "unravel" here and thought that 
we 
> might
> > need some organization here to get this going. (Please excuse me, 
if 
> I step
> > on anyone's toes!)
> >  
> > OK, to get this glass thing sorted out....
> >  
> > First:
> > Do we want to place a group order for front and back Marcos glass?
> > Everyone that is interested, please reply to this thread marked 
> "Marcos
> > Glass". (We have replies in so many threads, I lost track!)
> >  
> > Second:
> > If so, who wants to handle the interface with Colin?
> > As I see it, we may need someone in the UK to be the point man 
with 
> Colin
> > (and keep the pressure on), and someone over here to coordinate 
> efforts on
> > this side.
> >  
> > Third:
> > We need to find out if they are attainable. (The person in charge 
of 
> the
> > contact with Colin should be able to find this answer)
> >  
> > Forth:
> > We really need to get an estimate in US dollars of how much it is 
> going to
> > cost to get the things over here, so everyone knows what they're 
up 
> for.
> > (This includes a manufacturing estimate, customs (if 
applicable?), 
> and
> > shipping to the US)
> > Part of this would be the need to figure out if we want to have 
them 
> shipped
> > to one location in the US, and sort them out here. Or have them 
> shipped to
> > each location from the UK.
> >  
> > Am I forgetting anything????
> >  
> > Jeff
> > #8052
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > 
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