Marcos Maniacs

Donny,
Your best source of information and parts for the conversion is Rory 
at Marcos Heritage in England.  Rory was involved in building the 
cars, and will know if the V8 will fit in that particular model. His 
web site is http://www.rory.uk.com/Marcos/marcos.htm
He can sell you the build documents for your car as well, as far as 
the bonnet badge, Rory only has a plastic badge at this time, I've 
asked him to notify me if he has the enamel one re-done.
I've bought misc pieces from him including a rear suspension part, 
replacement side glass and a book on Marcos signed by Jem Marsh.
The service and shipping were great.  
Is this the car from Wire Wheel with rectangular headlights that 
needed work?  If the Rover V8 won't fit you might consider putting in 
a Ford 2.8 V6, I believe that would be a bolt-in exchange, and be 
more likely to fit---if you want to explore that try the Yahoo Capri-
list Group site for more information, that engine has good low end 
torque and can be modified easily for more HP, check out Team Blitz @ 
http://www.teamblitz.com/ for engine parts(they may have V4 parts as 
well.
Paul
1984 Marcos #8083
Ford 2.8 V6
PS. My car frame is engineered for the Rover V8, if you don't go thru 
with your conversion I might be interested in your V8/transmission.
Also I know someone with a "frozen" Ford 2.8 V6 that could be gotten 
for cheap and rebuilt.

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "indigo33050" <indigo@t...> wrote:
> My name is Donny Lang and I aquired a 1970 V4 powered Marcos last 
> October. I got one posting outto this group at that time, but days 
> later had a fatal hard drive crash on my computer, losing several 
> replys/contacts. I'm back on line and would like to here from other 
> owners who have fitted the Rover 3.5 or similar-based engines to 
the 
> steel-framed cars. I have aquired a '63 Buick 215 engine and a 
Rover 
> SD1 5 spd trans for my conversion. The car is also a rhd model, so 
I 
> am looking to convert it to left hnd drive. It appears that a spare 
> lhd '72 Spitfire steering rack will interchange. I am also looking 
> at using a Triumph TR8 rear axle to complete the conversion, 
> essentially duplicating a TR8 driveline in the car.  The body will 
> be coming off the frame for the rework of the car. Some items I am 
> looking for is the enamel Marcos badge on the bonnet, and one or 
two 
> Marcos alloy wheels. Otherwise, the car is pretty complete. 
> If anyone else has done a similar conversion, or is working on a 
> similar project, I'd love to hear from you. Any leads on the parts 
> is appreciated. Thanks Indigo@t...