Marcos Maniacs

Laurie . . .
 
Welcome to the Marcos Maniacs.  Hope you have a lot of success, and fun,
with your new car !
 

Regards . . . Ron McLeod 
1970 Marcos Mantis P8/5858 

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurie Sellers [mailto:laurie.sellers@...] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:51 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Introducing Laurie Sellers


Hello fellow Marcos enthusiasts,
My name is Laurie (Laurence) Sellers. I am 54 and live in Sydney 
Australia.
I am the proud new owner of a Marcos 1800 GT chassis number 4026 
which is currently on the high seas making its way to Sydney from 
England. I recently purchased the car from Mike Bennion who has owned 
and raced it in Europe for the past few years. The car was originally 
prepared by David Methley with all the good stuff to full FIA race 
spec.

Up until now I have been racing a 1960 MGA in Group Sa, which is our 
class for Production Sports Cars up to and including 1960. The MGA 
has a racing log-book with competition history going back to 1982 and 
it has a very successful track record. I typically race against other 
MGA's, Elva Couriers, Sunbeam Alpines, Triumph TR3As and a Jaguar 
XK150.

Despite the fun I have had in the MGA, I felt ready to move into 
something with a much better power to weight ratio. I have often 
admired the Marcos 1800 GT belonging to Roger Ealand who is a racing 
friend, ex UK but now residing here in Australia. Roger, whom many of 
you may know, has owned his car for quite some years and has had 
several well-documented successes in it. I couldn't help noticing how 
often Roger was at the pointy end of the field. The Marcos qualifies 
for Group Sb racing which is our class for Production Sports Cars 
built between 1961 and 1969. There are other options of course, but 
after doing extensive research I felt that the Marcos would be the 
best all round choice. Apart from the fact that I just love the shape 
of it, it has one of the best specifications and one of the most 
interesting histories of any car of the period.

Decision made, it was Roger who recommended that I speak with David 
Methley, and David who put me on to Mike Bennion and the deal was 
done.
I have not seen the car in the flesh yet, but have quite a few 
digital photo's. Obviously I can't wait for it to arrive, which will 
be at the end of October. I will need to do a little bit of work to 
it to bring it up to the required standard of the Historic Sports and 
Racing Car Association (HSRCA) of Australia, but that only involves 
some minor additions to the trim.....such as a passenger seat!.
My plan is to race it in all HSRCA events next year starting in 
January, so it will become a regular competitor at Eastern Creek, 
Oran Park, Wakefield Park, Winton and Phillip Island Raceways. I will 
find myself competing against Roger at some of those meetings so it 
will be fun to have two Marcos's now running around the Australian 
raceways. Although I expect there will be a big gap between us for 
quite a while as I get used to the car and try to match Roger's very 
quick lap times. I will post an update now and then to let you all 
know how things progress.
Best regards
Laurie Sellers
Chassis # 4026




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