Marcos Maniacs

Hi Cristian 

   That sounds like an ambitious project to say the least. What is 
your friend using for "clear paint". Epoxys are very water resistant, 
Not too sure about UV protection. Clear coats probably are pretty 
good on the UV side but I don't know about there water resistant 
properties over wood. Maybe clear coat over epoxy. Are you going to 
use Recorcinol to Glue the panels together? 

                      Thanks 
                       Gary
--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Christian Fey" <Baufi-Fey@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Gary,
> 
> a friend of mine just did start to rebuild a "Marcos Fastback 
Spyder" 
> from scratch. He repaired the fiberglas on the "ex Derek Bell" 
> Fastback Spyder, which seems to be the only existing worldwide. As 
> John wrote there seem to be no drawings at all. For the new 
Fastback 
> he took from every wood panel a sample so he has now something like 
> drawings. As well we checked everything we could get worldwide to 
> find pictures from the wooden chassis so this can help. As well we 
> could have a close look to in total 7 Marcos Fastback & Gullwing and
> have pics from the chassis from the "Gullwing" the "Fastback" 
> & "Fastback low noise" and the "Marcos Fastback Tavenor". Just in 
> this week began the production of the moulds for the Hardtop and 
the 
> boot. The idea is to have this car on the road this summer. The 
> chassis will be made in Mahagoni and will be painted in- and 
outside 
> with clear paint, so that everybody can see the wooden chassis on 
> first view.
> 
> If you need something special or even a complete Fastback I think 
we 
> can help you.
> 
> CF-Mantula
>