Marcos Maniacs

Hey Group,
        Thanks for the input .....I am going to have an aluminum rad 
built for the car and the sizes and descriptions have been very 
helpful..........
    On a totally different subject I wrote a while ago about an old
"The Saint" episode that featured a Marcos GT...since then I have 
tried to watch (either taped or at time of running) every episode that 
is on.....last night's episode was called "World Beater" it featured
2 Marcii and a TVR Grantura ( another small production brit 2 seater)
........the first Marcos was white with blue stripes and red 
interior . It got rapped around a tree . The second was royal blue 
with black interior. The TVR (another brit car I would like to own)
was bright yellow with a black interior.There was at least 5 solid 
minutes of the 3 cars racing in a supposed around England rally.
                      Cheers Dave #5577                               
          --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., pauldransfield@i... wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> Mark has given a good description of the radiator fitted to the 3 
litre
> Volvos, though mine is slightly different. What else is new? Mine 
doesn't
> have any slope to clear the hood and I suspect it's positioned lower 
than
> other cars, but the dimensions are probably the same. Certainly 
there is
> ample clearance from the hood. The bottom sits on a metal platform 
which is
> lower than the other transverse chassis members. If you look closely 
at the
> photo of my car on the website, you can see the bottom of the rad. 
Looking
> under the car from the front, you can see quite a large portion of 
the
> radiator sticking down and its the one thing that detracts from the 
car's
> good looks. I've often thought about building a fiberglass shroud to
> disguise it but it's never been a priority. Mine also didn't come 
with a
> shroud. As Mark said, the radiator is like a big tank, with the 
pressure cap
> on a separate tank made from what appears to be a piece of metal 
pipe about
> 4" in diameter and about 9" long with round plates welded on the 
ends. 
> 
> The radiator is so big that I've rarely had any problems from 
overheating,
> except when stuck in heavy traffic on a hot day for long periods of 
time. I
> have an electric fan fitted and the only time it comes on is when 
I'm stuck
> in heavy traffic. I recall someone telling me that it was a modified 
Jaguar
> rad though I haven't a clue about the model of car it's from. Your 
best bet
> is to call Rory McMath in England. He'll be able to tell you 
anything you
> need to know off the top of his head.
> 
> By the way, the V6 Fords had a completely different setup from the 
Volvos.
> The rads were much smaller and, on the few V6's I've seen, they 
sloped
> backwards because they were relatively tall and were fitted behind 
the front
> crossmember in the engine bay. The rad for the Volvos was positioned 
so far
> forward because the engine is quite long as opposed to the V6, which 
is more
> compact.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul Dransfield
> 3 litre Volvo
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dbarton62 [mailto:dbarton62@y...]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 5:26 PM
> To: MarcosManiacs@y...
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] What radiator??
> 
> 
> Hey Group ,
>          On the subject of rads , my car did not have a rad when I 
> bought it... what did the straight 6 Volvo's and V6 Fords use for a 
> rad.
> It will give me some idea of size and capacity I need.
>                       Dave #5577
> 
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