From: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MarcosManiacs@...m] On Behalf Of larry meadows
Sent: 06 November 2012 09:11 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT
Sorry to hear about the wife.
Thought mine was going to through me out to the dog house whenn I took on the blue Marcos.
Best Regards,
Larry
From: Juan Gerrits <juan@mailunique.co.za>
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 8:00 AM
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT
Hi Larry thanks a mil.
I need to get started on my Marcos now.
Dumped the wife and got lots of spare time on hand ;-)
Keep well
Juan
From: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of larry meadows
Sent: 06 November 2012 02:23 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT
I will send you pics and dimensions for the roll around stand for the body and rotisery for the frame.
Best Regards,
Larry
From: Juan Gerrits <juan@...>
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 4:06 AM
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT
Hi Larry,
A while afgo one of the builders but a lot of before, and after pics on where he actually removed the body, painted the frame and built a stand for the body. Can you tell me who it was and where I can see these pics again
Thanks
Juan
South Africa
From: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of larry meadows
Sent: 18 October 2012 09:10 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT
Steve,
The factory seal has a closed round seal and some other seals have a curved lip seal. On the curved lip, I had to add a 1/8 x 3/8" soft rubber strip behind the lip to make it meet the windscreen post when the door is closed.
Best Regards,
Larry
From: Mark Doubet <madoubet@...>
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT
Steve I just finished my 3L restore. Seal from Rory was a two part. First the u shaped to trim the opening then a seperate D shaped rubber that is then glued in place. If you email them they will send a few pictures of how to install. If no luck let me know and I can resend what they sent me.
Mark
On Oct 18, 2012 10:31 AM, "larry meadows" <lmeadowsw@...> wrote:
Steve,
The rubber seal (kind of 'L' shape) looks like something that was added after it left the factory. I have worked on 3 1970's Marcos and have not seen that seal on any of them. Two of the cars were only 1 year old when I did the work on them (one of which is my own).
Best Regards,
Larry
From: Ron McLeod <ronald.mcleod@...>
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:52 AM
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT
Steve . . .
I got the Bristleflex door seal material from Martin MacGregor at MacGregor British Car Parts: http://www.macgregorukcarparts.com/
The company is based here in Ontario, Canada.
Regards . . . Ron McLeod
Marcos Mantis P8/5858
Marcos 3L GT 3V-5642
From: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of larry meadows
Sent: October-18-12 10:10 AM
To: MarcosManiacs@...m
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT
Steve,
Depending on where you live, The least expensive solution would be to order the seal from Rory at Heritage.
I used the Fur flex in the last Marcos I did for Ron McCleod, that he purchaced from a supplier he deal with. He wanted the seal to match the interior (blue), so used the blue covered seal.
When installing the seal, the starting and ending point is the square, lower front corner of the opening.
There should be a 3" piece if vinyl trim that is face glued to the 'down' lip of the aluminum door sill trim (back side), That closes out the gap between the sill and the pinch weld where the seal goes. The vinyl is held by the seal.
Best Regards,
Larry
3v5536
From: Stevefzr <steve_fzr@...>
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:10 AM
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Pics needed please of trim around door opening on a 1970ish GT
Hi Folks,
I'm making progress putting my 1970 3000GT back together. I'm ready to start putting the interior back in, but I don't have the original seals around the door opening so I don't know what to buy. There's a typical seam that goes all around the door opening. The seam is overlapped with the interior trim, so I expect that it should have a "U" shaped pinch channel like furflex, with a rubber seal on one side. The thing is, there are thousands of different profiles, and if I get the wrong one, either the seal woun't work or the door won't close properly. Can someone either point me to a supplier of the right seal, or a photo or drawing? Also, I found one piece of flat sponge rubber about 1" wide by 1/3" thick that looks like it fits at the top front edge of the door, just below the door glass. I'm not sure if this was an extra seal at this point to stop rain that runs back along the bonnet, or if this seal should have gone all the way around the door opening. If the latter, then I assume there was still some sort of pinch trim to cover the seam.
Here's some pics of the seam with the interior vinyl overlapping it, plus the bit of rubber seal that I found.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/stevefzr/marcos/trim%20oct%202012/IMG_0873.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/stevefzr/marcos/trim%20oct%202012/IMG_0874.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/stevefzr/marcos/trim%20oct%202012/IMG_0875.jpg
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n299/stevefzr/marcos/trim%20oct%202012/IMG_0872.jpg
Does anyone know of an assembled Marcos in Victoria or South Australia I can have a look at?
Regards,
Steve C.
steve_<remove this bit and the brackets but leave the underscore>mailto:fzr2%40yahoo.co.uk
