Marcos Maniacs

Good Morning again,

Thanks once again for all your help with the door locks, problem now 
pretty much solved! Some other quick questions, can anyone tell me if 
on their cars, the door locks (MGB type), has a runner seal between 
it and the door skin - likewise on the boot. Also the Windscreen 
wiper spindle coerv to these have a rubber insulator of some sort?

Any one had anymore thoughts about my cars previous owners? the Reg 
is TKN 164H chassis 2M5504 - pics are on my site www.molyneuxs.com

Cheers

Ash

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "a5h_pm" <ashley_molyneux@h...> wrote:
> Good Evening all yee fellow Marci owners.
> 
> Let me first introduce myself, my name is Ashley and I am located 
in 
> the UK (Herts.) I acquired my Marcos (a car I had always ALWAYS 
> wanted), about 5 or so years ago now. It was/is in need of a full 
> restoration. This does mean that to this day I have never driven my 
> car, or been out in another for that matter! (I am gagging to have 
a 
> go!). The restoration made strong progress in the first few months 
of 
> ownership, with a full body off rebuild of the chassis. 
Unfortunately 
> this was as far as it got until early last year due to the usual 
jobs 
> and house buying etc. Anyway I have made a concerted effort to get 
> the car back on the road. I thought I would have time to do the rub 
> down and re-spray myself but have to hand it over to the capable 
> hands of my friendly spray shop (Gary is a Lotus trained specialist 
> so he knows is Fibre glass).
> 
> Having only stumbled across this Group by accident on Friday and 
> spent the last few days going through all of the messages thus far, 
I 
> have a number of questions I hope you will all be able to assist me 
> with. Now the bit you've all been waiting for me to tell you. My 
car 
> is a 1969 V4 2litre (#2M5504). I am going to convert it I'm afraid 
to 
> an Essex V6, (mainly because I have a reconditioned engine from one 
> of my fathers waiting projects - Scimitar GTE), is this as 
> straightforward as it seems. Whilst reading through the various 
> entries I noted that someone said that all the V6 cars had 4 speed 
> gearbox with overdrive as standard - is this the case? I only have 
my 
> original 4 speed box to put in at the moment - is it worth me 
> sourcing an overdrive box at this stage?
> 
> I have gone through all the parts I have missing, and surprisingly 
> the main thing appears to be, the locking mechanism for the 
driver's 
> door (I have the striker plate). The door is a new one - I believe 
> some one ran into the door - hence the car was off the road for 10 
> years prior to my ownership. I have been told that this lock is 
from 
> an Austin A40 - can anyone confirm this and does any one have one 
> spare or a source to obtain one (Marcos Heritage can't find one).
> 
> Does anyone have any spare seat squabs they are willing to part 
with? 
> Mine are in need of lots of work - which I will have done, but I 
need 
> to get the car running first.
> 
> So far the car has been completely rubbed back, and all the spider 
s 
> sorted! the car was then gel coated several times before being 
filler 
> coated with a high build filler. Currently the car is in primer 
> waiting for its final colour (color for those over the pond), which 
> is Gulf GT40 powder blue (one of my favourite cars). I know this 
was 
> not an original colour but it is a period colour at least.
> 
> I've had the sunroof remade and as soon as the car is sprayed and 
> cured, it will have the roof lining redone, 'A' and 'B' post 
trimmed 
> and sunroof fitted, which all seem necessary prior to re-fitting 
the 
> glass. On another question has anyone found a source for a roll 
over 
> bar which would also be best fitted prior to the rear glass at 
least, 
> being re-fitted? I am planning on tackling the rest of the interior 
> myself, but if the trimmers do a good job (at the right price!), I 
> may have them do the rest, (they are Aston Martin specialist so the 
> job is sure to be good but at what cost is anyone's guess!)
> 
> I hope I've not bored you all with stories you've all heard before, 
> but I would love to have any advice I can get, because prior to 
this 
> group, and the Marcos maniacs web site, I was working pretty blind, 
> (Torque and CMI the exception!). If any of you would like to see 
pics 
> of my car they can be found on www.molyneuxs.com please forgive the 
> amateur nature of the site I have not had much time to rework it 
yet. 
> Any info on previous owners etc of my car would be greatly 
received; 
> the original reg was TKN 164H.
> 
> Keep on motoring (and making me jealous)
> 
> Ashley
> 
> Marcos V4 (#2M5504)
> Lotus Elan (M100)
> Lotus Esprit.