Marcos Maniacs

Hi Everyone,

I am in the UK but if you hang on for a few days I will get you some info on 
bead blasting in South Florida.

Also let me know about any parts you need that I may not have in stock.

Garry

>From: "Donny Lang" <indigo@...>
>Reply-To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>To: <MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Retractable seat belts
>Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 23:40:17 -0400
>
>Hampton and Larry,
>I dug into my Marcos and unbolted one of my Kangol belt reels and then 
>compared it to those in my TR8. All they have in common is they are both 
>the same brand and mount in the same reletive location in the respective 
>cars. The Marcos unit is a heavy alloy casting that mounts with a single 
>horizontal bolt at the bottom of the casting. The TR8 reel has a formed 
>steel frame that bolts on with two bolts; one horizontal bolt on the bottom 
>and one vertical bolt at the back of the unit. They both use plastic side 
>caps and the TR8 reel uses a plastic cover over the rolled belt where the 
>Marcos leaves the rolled belt exposed, though the whole unit is covered by 
>the headrest cap. I'll check out some early Jag XJ6s to see what they use. 
>In the meantime, I can take some digital pictures.
>
>I too would like to find someone that can media blast in the Miami/Ft 
>Lauderdale area. I have started to chip away at the paint and don't want to 
>use chemicals because I am afraid of the 'glass absorbing some of the 
>stripper and continuing to "work" years after its repainted. I've had that 
>happen several years ago. I'll probably end of sanding/DAing the paint off 
>if I can't find anyone to media blast it. I might also look into media 
>blasting myself since I already have sand blasting equipment, though I know 
>it is a different process. I too need to replace the outer rocker frame 
>rails that were crudely repaired on my car. Everything else looks sound. 
>I'm going to allow for a rollbar base when the body is off the frame, 
>similar to what Gary Diver did on his. Lets keep in touch!  - Donny
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Hampton Peterson
>   To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:44 PM
>   Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Retractable seat belts
>
>
>   Thanks Donny,
>   I've got my car completely disassembled at this point. The body is off
>   the chassis and I am looking for someone who can plastic media blast
>   the body to strip the paint (I've just about given up on trying to
>   chemically strip it). Right now it looks like I may have to take it to
>   Orlando as there doesn't seem to be anywhere else in south Florida.I
>   have some rust in the lower frame rails and am going to weld in some
>   new pieces in the next few weeks. Any help as to the belts is
>   appreciated. I've found a few Kangol Magnetic belts on eBay but if you
>   have some pictures of yours it would help.
>   Let me know if you need any info also.
>   Cheers,
>   Hampton
>
>
>
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