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RE: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Marcos Mantis on eBay

2005-05-26 by McLeod, Ronald

Kevin is right. The Mantis windscreen is not flat. From the outside, it has a slight convex curve both from bottom to top, and from side to side.
Kevin . . . before reinstalling your windscreens, check with me, as I learned a lot about what to look out for when re-installing. It's a large piece of glass, and will crack very easily if things are not done just right. That's what happened to my original one, requiring me to obtain a new one several years ago.

Regards . . . Ron McLeod

Marcos Mantis P8/5858

-----Original Message-----
From: K Papworth [mailto:kpapworth@...]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:03 AM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Marcos Mantis on eBay

Hi Christian
The windscreen for the 70s Mantis are not flat. as I have taken two out of the cars, and will be putting them back with a bit of luck.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Marcos Mantis on eBay

I don´t think that it will be difficult to get a new windscreen for
the Mantis 2/2. I got end of last year a list from Pilkington with
the still existing windscreen moulds. All windscreens for the Mantis
2/2 are still in the factory, even the moulds for the Mantis XP still
exists. No idea concerning the price.

I know of 2 other Mantis for sale in UK.

On the other hand the Mantis windsceens are totally flat and not
curved so normally it should be not a big problem to produce one.

We are looking for a long time to find someone producing the rear
windscreens (heated) for the early GT (round edges) and the Mantula´s
without success, until today. We have now 12 people wants to order
such a windscreen, but Rory will not work on this item until 25
orders were complete and it would be very very expensive.

CF1700GT
CF-Mantula





--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "McLeod, Ronald"
wrote:
> Hmmmm. Seller says it needs new windscreen and new engine (Triumph
2.5PI).
> I guarantee that the engine will be the easy part. The windscreen
is
> practically unobtainable.
>
>
> Regards . . . Ron McLeod
>
> Marcos Mantis P8/5858
>
>
>
> ;
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy&Alison Seward [mailto:aseward99@h...]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:28 PM
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos Mantis on eBay
>
>
> Mantis alert! Here is the Internet link:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
> <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=29750&item=4552312
> 306&rd=1> &category=29750&item=4552312306&rd=1
>
> No idea on the seller, etc. Just thought fellow Marcos Maniacs
might want
> to know.
>
> abs
>
>
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