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| Alex_Rowbottom |
| Posted on: May 29th, 2014, 23:30:05 |
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Well I am keeping an eye out for a marcos shell at this moment in time. What I plan on doing is getting a shell repairing it if it needs to be. I will not paint incase I need to modify the engine bay of the shell itself. But while working on the shell I will be buying parts that are needed for the project and box them up for when I need them. I am currently looking at conversion sites such as 16v mini forum to see if there is anything that interests we.
I didn't think of the spreadsheet but I will do one when the project starts  |
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| Brian |
| Posted on: May 30th, 2014, 00:53:51 |
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As for a project spreadsheet -- I created one with multiple tabs. I created a list of all the parts needed for each section of the car. I forget now, but I think sections included:
* Engine
* Suspension/steering
* Cooling
* Brakes
* Electrical
* Instrumentation
* Interior
and some others. Then, I went through the parts diagrams for each section of the car, one line for each part. Then, I had columns with some possible sources for the parts. Ex: minispares, a local shop, new, used, whatever, and what it would cost from that source.
I ended up finding out that some of the bundled kits from shops, for example minispares, were actually more expensive than the sum of all their parts purchased from the same source.
Anyways, I used that list to filter down what I needed, and where I'd get it from, and used that for budgeting. Even though I ended up doing my own brake plumbing (with mostly -AN style flaring), the mini parts diagrams were able to remind me of some of the fittings and parts I'd need, and attachment points to the car. |
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| Neil KilBane |
| Posted on: May 30th, 2014, 06:59:08 |
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| Have you a time frame for this Alex ? |
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| Alex_Rowbottom |
| Posted on: May 30th, 2014, 07:32:02 |
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Brian is there any chance you could send me a copy so I roughly know what I'm doing with for the spread sheet.
No there's no time scale for the project
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| Tim_Greenhill |
| Posted on: May 30th, 2014, 09:29:08 |
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Brian is there any chance you could send me a copy so I roughly know what I'm doing with for the spread sheet.
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Would find that very useful too if you are happy to share. |
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| Brian |
| Posted on: May 30th, 2014, 16:28:10 |
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I'll dig it through early next week. Haven't used it in a while  . |
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| Alex_Rowbottom |
| Posted on: June 1st, 2014, 15:25:19 |
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That's great thank you.
Okay guys I'm looking for a marcos project is there any available? |
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| Neil KilBane |
| Posted on: June 2nd, 2014, 21:42:58 |
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| Alex_Rowbottom |
| Posted on: June 3rd, 2014, 21:58:10 |
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| Bit too much for me at the moment "/ |
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| Neil KilBane |
| Posted on: June 3rd, 2014, 22:17:20 |
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| They're only going to get dearer |
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| Alex_Rowbottom |
| Posted on: June 3rd, 2014, 22:19:25 |
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| I know they will but i need more of a project because of what I want to do "/ |
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| Brian |
| Posted on: June 3rd, 2014, 22:47:32 |
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| The 2k is just a drop in the bucket compared to what the rest of your project will cost . |
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| Neil KilBane |
| Posted on: June 4th, 2014, 07:31:34 |
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| A cheaper shell would probably cost more in the long run to get it to that stage, to be honest. |
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| Alex_Rowbottom |
| Posted on: June 8th, 2014, 15:24:22 |
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Right I'm starting to plan things now of how I want it to look, engine, running gear, breaks and so on I am looking into a shell at the moment but I need advice and help. I don't want to rush into anything so I am taking things slow and making careful decisions.
I would like to go with the look of something like this body wise http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/memcars/8241/index.html if anyone has an more pics that would be great as I can't seem to find one with the front end on the car.
Engine wise I'm looking at a suzuki hayabusa, I have been speaking to an engineer who has designed suspension for jaguar and billstein amongst other things who is willing to come on board with the project and I have also spoken to an auto electrician about wiring and so on so hopefully the project will be full steam ahead when I get a shell.
Oh I also have a question, if a shell doesn't have a vin number, logbook, registration plates, or any history is there anyway of getting it on the road without an Iva, I know you may be able to get a logbook but how would you come to get one?
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| mike brown |
| Posted on: June 8th, 2014, 16:34:40 |
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Simple answer to the IVA question is no not legally unless you can prove the car was on the road and correctly registered as a mini marcos. Many cars didn't get registered properly in the first place it difficult even to get this rectified. I'm currently building an ibex to go through IVA and I think you could get a mini marcos through with a little work.
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