Marcos Maniacs

Bob,
Sorry I've been out of touch for so long......it's
been a little nuts.  Business has been horrible for
the last two months but it seems to be making a little
turnaround in January now.   Let's hope it continues.

My mother-in-law just bought a used mower for her
house.  It's a one or two year old Troy Built push
mower with a Briggs and Stratton engine.   It runs
good and cuts well but I'd still like you to give it a
once over before the spring season starts, including
putting a deflector on the output shute which is
missing.

Just let me know when you are open for business and
I'll bring it by there.

Hope you and Bonnie had a good holiday season.
Looking forward to a good spring car season.
By the way, the British Car Club's monthly meeting is
tomorrow at 4pm at Momma Maria's Restaurant in west
Salem if you want to come.

Marshall
--- Bob Magnotti <rhdspritemk1@...> wrote:

> Andy,
> \ufffd
> The Marcos looks outstanding and must be a delight
> to have sitting in your garage.\ufffd 
> \ufffd
> Please keep us posted on your racing adventures.\ufffd
> Also, if you are going to VIR in April I will be
> there also.\ufffd Maybe we could get some of the other
> local Marcos owners there also to support you and
> the Marcos Marque.
> \ufffd
> Bob Magnotti
> \ufffd
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 1/10/09, Andy&Alison Seward
> <aseward99@...> wrote:
> 
> From: Andy&Alison Seward <aseward99@...>
> Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] The Gullwing is
> mechanically completed!
> To: marcosmaniacs@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 7:13 AM
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> Thank you, good Sir.\ufffd 
> \ufffd
> Race?\ufffd yes.\ufffd Next 2 steps are:
> \ufffd
> 1.\ufffda\ufffdone hour run at the local Nascar "roundy-round"
> speedway to ensure all temps, cooling, oil flow,
> electrical etc issues are in perfect operating
> order.\ufffd Most likely first race is April at Virginia
> International Raceway on Easter Weekend.
> \ufffd
> 2.\ufffd paint.\ufffd She needs a proper paint and the
> fiberglass has some crazing.\ufffd After so much effort
> on the mechanicals it seems silly not to do this as
> well.\ufffd Expensive, but the right thing to do.\ufffd But
> what color?\ufffd I have a few ideas to date: stay with
> white w/ blue stripe; invert it as blue with white
> stripe; grey with black stipe edged with gold; black
> with gold strip edged with white.\ufffd No green or
> yellow or red -- there are Gullwings in those colors
> already.\ufffd No orange or purple either.\ufffd What do you
> think?
> \ufffd
> Best Regards,
> Ady
> \ufffd
> 
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> \ufffd
> 
> 
> 
> To: MarcosManiacs@ yahoogroups. com
> From: philip.smethurst@ yahoo.com
> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 20:25:30 -0800
> Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] The Gullwing is
> mechanically completed!
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> fantastic work Andy!.Are you going to race her
> again? or perhaps take to the show scene -she's
> certainly nice enough!
> \ufffd
> phil
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> 
> From: Andy&Alison Seward <aseward99@hotmail. com>
> To: marcosmaniacs@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 11:33:54 AM
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] The Gullwing is
> mechanically completed!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Fellow MarcosManiacs,
> \ufffd
> UPDATE: The mechanical work on HOO144 is finally
> done.\ufffd\ufffd
> 
> I\ufffdhope you'll enjoy\ufffdthe photos.\ufffd I learned a lot
> restoring\ufffdHOO144...\ufffdboth about fabrication/
> engineering + I learned some things about myself
> too.\ufffd I'm glad I did it but I shouldn't want to
> repeat it.\ufffd Nor would Alison, my wife.\ufffd 
> \ufffd
> After more than\ufffd3 years and many, many hundreds of
> hours of restoration and race preparation, HOO144
> was up and running again.\ufffd I picked her up from
> Sasco Sports Racing (www.sascosports. com) \ufffdat
> Virginia International Raceway\ufffdin Alton, VA USA\ufffda
> few\ufffdweeks ago.\ufffd So she's now back home in\ufffdour
> garage. We\ufffdplan to\ufffdhave her professionally
> re-painted as a final step but mechanically and
> chassis-wise she is completed.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I've attached photos of her + all my racing results
> research from Stephen Minoprio\ufffds 1962 racing season
> and Tim Lalonde\ufffds 1963 racing season so far.\ufffd I\ufffdm
> certain there is more information to be discovered
> for Lalonde\ufffds racing of HOO144 in 1963 + 1964.
> \ufffd
> These are small photos I'm sending to you today.\ufffd
> When I have more time in the next few weeks I'd like
> to put the photos up on the MarcosManiacs website
> server (if you have room, Mike?).
> \ufffd\ufffd
> Here are some details about the restoration:
> \ufffd
> Car was located in Japan (don't ask me how she
> got\ufffdfrom the UK [Chris Alford sold her for me]\ufffdafter
> I sold her on in 1997) and shipped to me in Arizona
> USA in an enclosed\ufffdmetal shipping container.\ufffd It
> arrived at Port of Long Beach, California and was
> brought by a truck --still in container --\ufffdto
> Arizona.
> \ufffd
> The all-steel Stuart Rolt-built 1300cc pre-crossflow
> (711M block) that I raced her with when I owned her
> the FIRST time from 1994 - 1997 was damaged (thrown
> center thrust bearing, damaged Cosworth A6 camshaft,
> broken lifter) when inspected upon arrival from
> Japan.\ufffd This engine is currently being rebuilt at
> Quicksilver Racing Engines \ufffdin Frederick, MD .
> \ufffd
> An original Cosworth MAE Formula 3 1000cc engine was
> located and purchased to bring her back to her
> period spec + FIA historic regulations legal.\ufffd This
> 3-bearing, rope-seal race engine was completely
> rebuilt in wet sump form by Sandy at Quicksilver
> Racing Engines ( http://qsraceengine s.com/\ufffd) up in
> Frederick, MD\ufffdUSA with many new parts.\ufffd It is
> all-steel with gear-driven camshaft (Dave Bean
> special 098 grind),\ufffdnew J&E forged pistons and
> Cosworth steel crankshaft, etc.\ufffd It made 105HP on
> the dyno at 8500 RPM but\ufffdthe dyno software stopped
> at 8500 so we don't know the final max horsepower.\ufffd
> The HP line was still rising slightly at that point,
> so probably 108-110 is a decent estimate.\ufffd The motor
> is\ufffdbuilt to handle 9,000 RPM steady (redline) and
> can probably take 9,500 if necessary for short
> bursts (by why would you?).\ufffd The straight-cut
> 4-speed gearbox is a 105e "bullet" 3-rail with 2.5:1
> first gear.\ufffd It has alloy bellhousing, aluminum rear
>  extension and a Wooler/speedograph remote
> shifter.\ufffd\ufffdThe rear axle is Anglia-based 4.5 ratio
> with\ufffdthe original four Marcos trailing arms (still
> rubber bushed), panhard rod, and alloy nose diff
> carrier.\ufffd Brakes in front are period Girling alloy
> calipers and in the rear they are standard Anglia
> 105e with the 1.25" wide brake shoes (pre-Cortina)
> .\ufffd Wheels are 108mm PCD all around (Ford
> Anglia/Cortina/ Escort).
> \ufffd
> The car was extensively repaired and prepared for
> racing.\ufffd 
> \ufffd
> The total weight is 1296 lbs.\ufffd The corner weights
> are\ufffdpretty well balanced; please see the photo of
> the weights when the car was on the scales.
> \ufffd
> New brake lines, new fuel lines, new hoses, new
> clamps, almost every single screw, bolt, nut and
> washer replaced with Grade 8 or AN parts\ufffdand
> stainless screws. \ufffd\ufffd
> \ufffd
> New brake master cylinder, new hydraulic race clutch
> release and hoses, new aluminum swirl pot and oil
> catch can, new Weber carb linkage and throttle
> cable, Smiths 1960s 10,000 RPM Chronometric tach,
> tach drive and cable to engine front plate, custom
> Lucas C40 dynamo with ball bearings + 1960\ufffds
> Cosworth oversized alloy 116e pully to prevent
> overcharging, new Odyssey dry cell battery with
> aluminum fabricated mounts and quick-connector, new
> Petronics distributor, new Lucas sports coil,
> replaced all lights + lamps (Wipac & Lucas), new(!)
> Smiths instrument panel switches.\ufffd New oil cooler on
> a custom aluminum mounting plate and race hoses.\ufffd
> New rear Anglia 105e brake drums, shoes, wheel
> cylinders, etc.\ufffd Rear axle seal leak repaired.\ufffd
> Front rotors turned, cracked front caliper mount
> found 
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