An Englishman's Garage

Day 2. Well then. Let's begin with the easy stuff that I didn't achieve today. The fuel tank needs two people to remove it and my butler was on her day off so that'll have to wait. The idea is that you begin by removing the filler hose by loosening the jubilee clips then undo the fuel feed. Then move to beneath the tank to remove the three bolts that hold the bracket on. Unfortunately here's where you need a second person to get to the nuts underneath the car. But that'll happen soon. So then I removed the boot latch. Then moved back to the door hinges with my shiny new imperial spanners. All good there.  Next up the steering column. I removed the upright bolts in the above photo, then disconnected the column where it joins in the engine bay... ...gave it a good tug and managed to pull the steering column through the cockpit and out. Success! Keep the champagne on ice mind. The pedal box is proving a bit more tricky. I disconnected th...

Welcome to my blog in which I'll be detailing the journey of the restoration of my 1970 Marcos GT. Here she is, poor thing. Firstly here's what I know about the car. Sold new in Beverly Hills, California in 1970 this is a 3.0l Volvo B30 engined factory built car in U.S spec (left hand drive, auto gearbox) that originally left the factory in white. It was later painted gold and suffered some dubious chassis 'modifications' in an attempt to install A/C. This was never achieved but in the process the front lower chassis rails were cut and the steering rack was moved forward to allow room in the engine bay. Oh dear indeed. On a happier note the previous owner bought a J-type Laycock de Normanville overdrive gearbox so that came with the car. The plan is to convert the car to manual during the restoration which will involve removing the body tub from the chassis, a full restoration, or replacement, of all mechanical parts, re-glassing the body and strengthening where n...