Marcos Maniacs

Welcome Pat, hello everyone
  Speaking of the radius rods at the rear,it seems to me that the 
radius rods do not need to be tied into the body in the trunk, its 
not like the car is a unibody and needs the body to give the frame
rigidity.  What I have done is cut a slot in the area where the 2 
bolts per side go through the body and into the frame where the 
radius rods connect and formed an aluminum channel that covers this 
slot I applied some body sealer around the slot and screwed the 
channel into place.......now if those bolts ever have to come out I 
simply remove that channel and access them........the only other 
reason I can see why you needed a through bolt there is to bolt down 
the body.........
am I seeing that right?
       Cheers Dave #5577    

 








--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, <patemery@s...> wrote:
> Hi Don!
> 
> Sorry for the delay in answering your message. My Marcos is a 1969 
model with wooden chassis. The 13" magnesium wheels have been 
sandblasted (low pressure) and painted the common silver-gray with 
clear coat. The center hub cap are my design and are machined from 
stainless steel material. The chrome wing is bolted to the cap. I got 
the wings from J.C.Whitney. I got tired to see stress cracks on the 
bonnet (hood) caused by the air filter rubbing on it so I replaced 
the wire mesh air cleaner with a paper element one from Mr.Gasket. I 
cut a round opening in the bonnet just big enough to clear. This was 
a temporary measure as I intended to rework the bulge slightly higher 
to clear the filter. That was five years ago! I have also added a 
full length skid plate from the radiator to the back of the gearbox; 
steel reinforcement in the trunk for the radius arms; an aluminium 
shaped to the countour of the trunk floor and bolted to it. It extend 
past the axle and is bolted to the floorunder the trunk cockpit 
floor. 2" stainless steel dual exhaust pipe are attached to the 
headers. No mufflers. Just glass-pack dual exhaust tips. I also 
fabricated a cooling fan schrowd(?)to help cooling. The engine is a 
3L Ford Essex V6 that had been upgraded to Stage 2 performance by 
Specialized Engine in U.K (by the previous owner, Ted MacGregor). 
There is a roll bar inside. It has yet to be confirmed that it is the 
only 1969 LHD wooden chassis equipped with a Ford V6. And as for the 
chrome trim around the headlamp covers, they are simply Slide-over 
Door Edge Protection that you can buy anywhere. It fits best when it 
is warm. 
> Have a nice week-end.
> Pat
> > 
> > From: "Don Lattimer" <donlattimer@p...>
> > Date: 2003/05/09 Fri AM 11:32:29 EST
> > To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Alloy hub supplier
> > 
> >