Marcos Maniacs

Hi Maniacs,
I have moved the photo's of my repair project to an album called, 
"Mike Denman's repair project album".  Eventually I will write an 
article for one of the English club magazines about this project 
and go into greater detail.  In the mean time, if anyone has any 
questions or comments as I progress, feel free to email me at 
mikedenman@...

Mike Denman
1966 Marcos 1800 GT
Chassis # 4079




--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Mike Denman" <marcos18001966@y...> wrote:
> Hi Maniacs,
> I have always thought that pictures of projects in progress were 
more 
> interesting than the finished pictures.  After all, most of our cars 
> look basically the same other than color.  So in this spirit of 
> sharing projects I will post on this site some pictures of a repair 
I 
> am doing to the rear end of my 1966 Marcos 1800.  The pictures will 
be 
> removed after a week or so and hopefully replaced by a new set of 
> progress pictures.  The first picture is of the rear end minus the 
> tail lights and license plate.  You can see the spider cracks in the 
> right hand side. (actually there are spider cracks on both sides but 
> the ones on the right are easier to see). Also visible are the 
repairs 
> that I originally started to make to the lower panel.  The previous 
> owner had an "E" Jag type exhaust with the attaching brackets 
> connected directly to the fiberglass.  Over time, the heavy exhaust 
> managed to pull the bolt and fender washer through the fiberglass on 
> one side and created spider cracks on the other side. The second 
> picture is a close up of the same spider cracks.  The third picture 
is 
> of the rear end "gap".  The rear panel should be straight across the 
> back. This picture is an attempt to show that mine has a gap of 
about 
> 3/16 of an inch on both sides.  This type of problem is not that 
> uncommon on things made with polyester resin since polyester resin 
> will continue to shrink over time.  The fourth picture is the rear 
end 
> stripped of paint. Look closely on the right side and you can see a 
> previous repair (well done) that might account for the heavy spider 
> cracks on that side.  It is not uncommon for spider cracks to appear 
> some time after the actual "accident". The fifth picture is of the 
> inside of the truck (boot) stripped of paint and showing the spider 
> cracks from the inside.  The sunlight makes the spider cracks easier 
> to see on the inside than on the outside.  If you look closely you 
> will notice that some of the spider cracks are darker than the 
others.  
> These are spider cracks that were repaired previously by the former 
> owner.  These previous repairs were actually done quite well with 
only 
> part of one re-cracking in the former spot. So I have several 
problems 
> to fix, the spider cracks and the "flatness" issue.  I will now try 
to 
> post the pictures and will keep everyone updated on my progress 
since 
> this is a fairly common problem and typical repair on fiberglass 
cars.
> Mike Denman
> 1966 Marcos 1800
> Chassis #4079