tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504395159942147195.post825588776455142882..comments2024-03-26T19:29:20.784+00:00Comments on Maximum Mini: Analyzing the Le Mans Mini Marcos (1)Maximum Minihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17278829448628021729noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504395159942147195.post-32337008950527987312016-12-12T13:43:39.537+00:002016-12-12T13:43:39.537+00:00Good question. I have been wondering about this my...Good question. I have been wondering about this myself. <br />I haven't seen if there is any black under the original white, which can be seen in the original build photographs by Guy Le Page, so I'll have to check this first. <br /><br />What's more: on a crystal clear (B&W) photograph that I have of the Dulles pick up delivering the black (dark?) Marcos body, it leaves no doubt that the car had wide rear wheel arches fitted with pop rivets or screws. I don't think this was the case with the Le Mans car, but I'm not sure. <br /><br />Time will tell though.<br />Maximum Minihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278829448628021729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504395159942147195.post-22831272256272572082016-12-12T13:28:02.913+00:002016-12-12T13:28:02.913+00:00Very nice to see the liniage in the paint layers, ...Very nice to see the liniage in the paint layers, to many times this is all missing from the story of "reappeared" cars.<br />The layers you have do crop up an other question, as Billy Dulles claims this to be a picture of him on his way to Hrubon with 6102;<br />http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/sport/lm66bd/pic2.jpeg<br />While the dark colour isn't in your layers, the white? of the pre-paint pictures at Hrubon is<br />http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/minimarcos/6102/p3.jpeg<br /><br />So did Billy get it wrong??<br /><br />Good luck with the hunt for all the by now very rare parts to bring the car back up to spec. I can imagine it being a mammoth task, but at least there's enough pictorial material to find out what's right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504395159942147195.post-51039398692744114522016-12-12T12:17:10.384+00:002016-12-12T12:17:10.384+00:00Great bit of Auto-archaeology Jeroen, looks a bit ...Great bit of Auto-archaeology Jeroen, looks a bit like those multi-layered gob- stoppers you could buy back in the day. It would also be interesting to establish the bare shell weight for the le Mans car, "sans peindre"<br /><br />Ian.Ian Shearernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504395159942147195.post-74432181433788230352016-12-12T12:06:51.660+00:002016-12-12T12:06:51.660+00:00always nice that a history trace can be proven in ...always nice that a history trace can be proven in the colours still on the shell. To many have been stripped to bare and all history lost. In proving the colours the next question comes to mind, as Billy Dulles claims that this is 6102 on it's way to Hrubon http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/sport/lm66bd/pic2.jpeg then a dark colour should appear under the light colour that the car had before the French blue paint thats clearly on your shell http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/minimarcos/6102/p2.jpeg.<br />Could Billy have got it wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504395159942147195.post-91749045570532724672016-12-12T11:52:52.305+00:002016-12-12T11:52:52.305+00:00I forsee many dusty days in your future .............I forsee many dusty days in your future ...........Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444212128757011467noreply@blogger.com