Marcos Maniacs

Hi Maniacs,
I have put a new picture in the project album to replace the photo of 
the gap in my rear panel.  In the new photo I have put a regular size 
pencil in the gap under the straight edge to illustrate the size of 
the gap.  The pencil just fits in the gap.  This are should be flat 
with no gap.
Mike Denman
1966 Marcos 1800
Chassis # 4079


--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Mike Denman" <marcos18001966@y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 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@e...
> 
> 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