Laurie
Though
Dave Methley also prepared my 1800 for racing I was lucky that he left the
dashboard in the car (or the former owner wanted it that way?). The seats though
are gone since she have been racing for decades (so I am also looking for a
set!) and instead there an old set of the narrow light racingtype
fiberglass seats (no comfort at all).
Some
meters might have been changed and some few switches might have been added
on the dashboard else it Iooks original to me even it's quite used (after 38
years).
If you
are interested I can take some photos of the dashboard and email to
you (and to Don for the web)?
Jan
#4048
1800
Denmark
P.S.
Laurie, you probably know that the distance between Australia and Denmark have
become shorter, since Denmark are going to get a
(very pretty) Australian crownprincess (Mary) next year?
:)
-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----Larry
Fra: Laurie Sellers [mailto:laurie.sellers@...]
Sendt: 9. oktober 2003 04:33
Til: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Emne: [MarcosManiacs] Re: 1800 GT interior
I would be most grateful for the seat patterns, but my preference
for the dash is definately 1800 GT with the centre console.
If you need to post anything to me, my address is:
3 Brolga Place, Belrose, NSW 2085, Australia.
I will of course reimburse you for the postage costs by return mail.
For information, I have added some pictures in my photo file (under
my name) which shows the current state of the interior. Apparently,
it is very common practice in Europe to strip the interior when
preparing cars for FIA racing.
I have had several phone conversations with Dave Methley in England
as he originally prepared the car, first put me on to it and
supported me with advice throughout the purchase. As I understand
it, Dave prepared and maintains most of the racing Marcos's in
Europe today.
It occurred to me that if he regularly strips the cars in
preparation for racing, then he might have a pile of interiors at
the back of his workshop.
Alas, he told me that they all went in the skip! (I nearly cried!).
He has apparently kept the best set, but does not want to part with
it.
The car is currently on a ship heading to Sydney and due to dock on
27th October, so I can't do anything productive until then.
My aim is to bring the dashboard and seating back to close to
original without adding much extra weight. I will not worry about
the rest of the interior as we are allowed to take the coverings off
the tunnel and floors etc under our rules anyway.
I'll let you know how I get on.
Best regards
Laurie
--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, larry meadows
wrote:
> I have restored 2 1970 Marcos' 3 litre Volvo and somewhere I have
the patterns for the seats, door panels, carpet and complete dash
assy. I think I have the mold for the "sting-ray" dadh top cover. I
will look through my old boxes (from 2 moves) and try to find them.
I am doing the carpet set for my car now so I can send you those
patterns if you would like. I have a lot of restoration photos but
my scanner is not working, so maybe I can copy them to plain paper
and post them to you.
>
> Larry
> #5536
>
>
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