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 OldNoccer |
I need a sun-visor in my Coupe |
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Posts: 787 Sat, 26-Sep-2009 23:13 |
Anyone fitted a sun-visor to a Marcos coupe ! Today's normal driving excitement was made even more exciting by moments when I turned straight into a low
sun (many more of these in the winter). By then it is too late to grope around for a peaked cap or shades, but a sun visor would have helped. I have the head
lining out, so it is a good time to attack the fibreglass and bond some mountings in if I could find a suitable visor ?
Steve
There's a lot of talk these days about green transport. Well, I am ahead of the game, I already have green transport ... British racing green.
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marcosgts |
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Posts: 8 Sun, 27-Sep-2009 10:14 |
Hi, don't know if it helps, but my mantara drophead has them, so may well work with the fixed head, unfortunately only recently got car so haven't got
far with sourcing where bits come from. MHS perhaps
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Posts: 171 Sun, 27-Sep-2009 13:37 |
You can get a Marcos baseball cap for £15 which may help or you can get two for £30.........
Regards, Martyn. |
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martineztop |
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Posts: 1412 Sun, 27-Sep-2009 19:00 Chief mechanic |
looked into this myself Noccer old mate, you could use something from any small car, so measure up, choose yer colour and check out ebay. make sure you get the
fittings too and if you can get them with the cutout for the rear view mirror, all the better. then you just need to bond some bits of wood above the
windscreen
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paulo |
I looked into this a while back... | #4 | ||
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Posts: 114 Sun, 27-Sep-2009 22:33 Apprentice mechanic |
...and it isn't quite that simple. We had a Moggy Minor and a Mk2 Mini Cooper at the time and neither of their sun visors would fit - too wide. I thought
they were bound to fit but the Marcos screen width at the top, with the rear view mirror, is actually quite narrow. I never did find a set that would fit but
something must do so good luck. There's always the custom option?
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OldNoccer |
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Posts: 790 Mon, 28-Sep-2009 00:15 |
Thanks for the replies, maybe one of those micro vans like a Bedford Rascal would have a narrow visor. It seems unusual that they weren't fitted in the
first place, and I wish now I had realised this before Prescott ! Someone there would surely have the perfect solution.
There's a lot of talk these days about green transport. Well, I am ahead of the game, I already have green transport ... British racing green.
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MarcosObsessive |
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Posts: 342 Mon, 28-Sep-2009 10:43 Apprentice mechanic |
Why not, as an alternative, try one of these tint films (you can buy a complete kit on ebay for around £15) and fix a thin strip along the top of your
windscreen. My Coupe came with this fitted and has proved very useful especially at this time of year when the sun is low in the sky. No drilling, no woodwork,
no adaptations needed......
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paulo |
Tell us what they're from if you find a pair that fit | #7 | ||
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Posts: 115 Mon, 28-Sep-2009 11:08 Apprentice mechanic |
The strip is easier for sure but, I don't know, I quite like the visor option. Our Stag has them and it somehow looks more 'complete'. So if
anyone finds a pair that fit, please let the rest of us know. Mind you, surely someone out there has fitted them?
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Posts: 23 Mon, 28-Sep-2009 18:18 |
Have got visors in the TS500 and windscreen is same as Mantula. There is nothing to identify where they came from and they have no doubt been stripped and
recovered in leather to match the car. The other TS500 does not have them. The ex Marcos Engineering lad with the white %@@ at the MOC Rally this year knew
where a lot of the components for the TS500 came from. His business was advertised in the mag I think. John Brookes would probably have his contacts.
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Posts: 327 Mon, 28-Sep-2009 18:46 |
Ditto above really the mantis and the mantara have them and it is the same windscreen, they certainly look like a standard item from somewhere.
I will try to investigate further for anything in the way of identification over the weekend |
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Posts: 793 Mon, 28-Sep-2009 19:20 |
For some reason it seems it is the coupes that don't have them, and I don't see why. They should be the same size as the open top cars if the screen is
the same size, but maybe the issue is mounting them.
There's a lot of talk these days about green transport. Well, I am ahead of the game, I already have green transport ... British racing green.
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mendamantis |
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Posts: 328 Mon, 28-Sep-2009 21:03 |
My Mantara is a coupe and has visors
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paulo |
Not seen them on Mantula Spyders | #12 | ||
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Posts: 118 Tue, 29-Sep-2009 10:45 Apprentice mechanic |
I've never seen them fitted to Mantula Spyders, unless I've simply not noticed. If they're on Mantaras and the TS500, surely someone, somewhere
will know what they're from...? I'd definitely be interested.
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Posts: 1516 Thu, 1-Oct-2009 01:48 Guru mechanic |
The Mantara/LM/Mantis sunvisors are from the mini and Marcos sprayed the white side black... for example:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1986-Classic-Mini-Piccadilly-Sun-Visors-brown_W0QQitemZ330357311219QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item4cead486f3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 |
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Posts: 121 Thu, 1-Oct-2009 11:27 Apprentice mechanic |
From a Mini...? Well ok. It was a while ago but I'm sure the ones from a Mk2 Cooper wouldn't fit. I might go for them then.
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Posts: 25 Thu, 1-Oct-2009 17:07 |
Jack wrote: They look very deep compared to those in the TS500 which reduce the field of vision as much as I feel comfortable with. |
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Jack |
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Posts: 1517 Fri, 2-Oct-2009 16:33 Guru mechanic |
I didn't say they were any good just where they came from, I find mine too deep too but only on the drivers side.
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Posts: 15 Wed, 31-Mar-2010 19:21 |
I spoke to Rory about sun-visors a couple of weeks ago and he said they were from a Metro but did not now which model , I was wondering if MG Midget ones would fit
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Posts: 947 Wed, 31-Mar-2010 21:23 |
Never did sort out the correct ones, there was always something more pressing. Right now it is the handbrake button sticking in. I am still keen to find the right type.
There's a lot of talk these days about green transport. Well, I am ahead of the game, I already have green transport ... British racing green.
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Posts: 210 Wed, 31-Mar-2010 22:33 |
Hi,
MG Midget never had sunvisors, must have been an after fitment if you have seen some with any fitted, Regards, Martyn........ P.S. Steve the handbrake is easily unbolted from the floor by two bolts so you can remove it to inspect, probably just needs greasing. |
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paulo |
Mini sun visors | #20 | ||
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Posts: 146 Thu, 1-Apr-2010 11:24 Apprentice mechanic |
After someone's suggestion that Mini sun-visors fit, I went ahead and bought a pair from eBay that I had been looking at. They simply screw into the headlining / windscreen surround on my Mantula Spyder. Bit of a risk I know but they went straight in with no problems and are quite secure. They just squeak past the rear-view mirror but apart from that, a very welcome addition. So, go for Mini ones. I think mine came from a common-all-garden Mini City or some such. So maybe aim for 1980's Minis in your search.
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