Marcos Maniacs

Dano,

That is the exact modification I made to my Marcos.  It was an easy 
wiring job and made the o/d much more accessible.  The steering wheel 
collar assembly is the same as used in the Triumphs any way and it 
looked factory.  I had no vision problems w/ the speedo and was even 
able to find the switch for a right hand drive car.  Both Moss and 
Roadster Factory are good sources for this conversion.

Good Luck,
Tad

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., Dan Orie <dorie@s...> wrote:
> 
> The overdrive switch location seems a tad strange and an 
afterthought. I
> wonder if the essex equipped Fords, TVR's etc. had the switch there 
also?
> What I am planning is to use the same setup on the steering column 
behind
> the headlight lever switch that the Triumphs used - which is 
basically a
> long additional lever behind the headlight switch that would engage 
the
> overdrive.  Since the Marcos used the exact same headlight and 
blinker
> stalks anyway, I'm not sure why they just didn't add the overdrive 
stalk
> there instead. In my opinion, it's a bit easier in the fact that 
you don't
> really have to take your hand off the wheel to engage it, and it 
seems more
> elegant. The only possible reason so far that I see why this 
wouldn't work
> is that the overdrive stalk could possible obstruct a portion of 
the vision
> of the tach or speedo - which it doesn't on the Triumphs. 
> Dano in Daytona