Marcos Maniacs

The other "Marcos" book is actually about Frank Costin.  Frank 
Costin was one of the original designers of the Marcos Cars and 
contributes the COS portion of his last name to the name MarCOS.  
The title of the book is "Flying on Four Wheels, Frank Costin and 
his car designs" by Dennis E. Ortenburger.  The original books are 
very hard to find but I believe it has been recently reprinted.  I was 
lucky enough to meet the author at a British Car show in Pacfic Grove, 
California in 1998.  He saw my Marcos and came over to talk to me.  I 
mentioned I was looking for a copy of his book and he sent me an 
autographed copy the next week. The book is well written, interesting, 
and has a full chapter on Frank's involvement with marcos cars.
Mike Denman
1966 Marcos 1800
#4079





--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Paul Weidner" <pweidn@c...> wrote:
> To All
> Thats the "book"(softcover) I used to educate myself on the Marcos 
> Marque before I bought mine this past Feb.   It is a great resource
> with many British articles with their sense of humour.  One of the 
> tests said that getting in was like putting a cushion on the floor 
> under your dining room table, and trying to sit on it! I also 
> recommend it as well. I also own "Marcos The Story of a Great 
British 
> Sportscar"  which I got from Marcos Heritage Spares and it's even 
> autographed by Jem Marsh. http://www.marcosheritagespares.com/
> or  
> www.rory.uk.com/marcos
> I recommend that as well.   
> Does anyone else have any other books about Marcos?
> Paul
> --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Tad Todd" <gtcoastie@m...> wrote:
> > Hey Mike,
> > 
> > Congrats on winning the auction.  I saw that item as well, but 
> wasn't 
> > going to bid against a fellow "Maniac"! I've seen the book retail 
> for 
> > $24.95 so you did well.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Tad
> > 
> > --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Mike Denman" <marcos18001966@y...> 
> wrote:
> > > There is a new or at least updated book on Marcos cars. Here is 
> the 
> > > description from an ebay auction I won. 
> > >  THIS IS A NEW BROOKLANDS BOOK. GOLD PORTFOLIO 1960-1997 COVERS 
> > ROAD 
> > > AND COMPARISON TESTS, TECHNICAL
> > > DATA,MODEL UPDATES,SPECS,HISTORY,SALON,GT,850,1600,1800,3.0 
> > > V6,LM500,MANTIS,MANTULA,MANTARA.172
> > > PAGES.
> > > It appears to be an updated version of their old book, Marcos 
> Cars 
> > > 1960-1988 which was a great reference book since it is comprised 
> of 
> > > the original road tests from various periodicals with lots of 
> > pictures 
> > > etc.  Well worth having if you own a Marcos.  I paid $15 plus $5 
> > for 
> > > shipping etc. for the new book on Ebay.This is about what I 
would 
> > > suspect it would cost from a regular book merchant.
> > > Mike Denman
> > > 1966 Marcos 1800
> > > Chassis # 4079