Marcos Maniacs

Checking the web site it looks like the Alaska show is July 20 at 
9:30 AM ET and July 21 at 3:00 AM. It did not go beyond that but I 
know I have seen the show on the west coast and not at those times.
That is what the site says.


--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, Ray Rawlinson 
<lotuseuropabrit@...> wrote:
>
> Is this info still good?  Looking forward to the Marcos bering 
featured, coming up real soon now.
> Regards,
> Ray
> 
> --- On Sun, 2/10/08, Don Lattimer <donlattimer@...> wrote:
> 
> From: Don Lattimer <donlattimer@...>
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Our Alaskan TV star ! **UPDATE**
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008, 1:44 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Here's the latest from Rick:
> 
> Hello Don,
> 
> I hope this finds you well and enjoying some quite winter months. 
> 
> I finally found out when my Marcos will be shown on My Classic Car 
on 
> the Speed Channel. It is set to air during the week of July 13th, 
> 2008 and then will be shown again during the week of January 11th, 
> 2009. It will be interesting to see how much of the 1-1/2 hours of 
> interviewing Dennis Gage did with me, will wind up on the show and 
> how much of it wound up on the cutting room floor. I look forward 
to 
> seeing how they put it together. It could be my Marcos' 4 minutes 
of 
> fameJ
> 
> Have you ever seen the article that might have gone into AutoWeek 
on 
> my Marcos?
> 
> Also, I have been hunting for the Motorsport magazine that contains 
> the 4 page article on Marcos' in the February issue but have had no 
> luck tracking it down in Anchorage. Did you by any chance get a 
copy 
> of that one and if so could you scan those pages and send them up 
to 
> me?
> 
> I am still moving forward on this winters restoration of a 1973 
> Norton 850 Commando Roadster and have it about 70% done. I found 
this 
> one in a guys shed in 14 boxes and bought it for about 5 cents on 
the 
> dollar. I restored a 1971 Norton Fastback LR two winters ago so 
have 
> a great source for parts now. I hope to have this one completed 
> before our big indoor motorcycle show in Anchorage this coming 
March 
> but if not it will definitely be done in time for our next riding 
> season.
> 
> Take good care,
> 
> Rick Harding
> 
> 5418
> 
> --- In MarcosManiacs@ yahoogroups. com, "Don Lattimer" 
> <donlattimer@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > Here is an email I received from Rick Harding in Alaska. 
> > Congratulations Rick !!
> > 
> > Hello Fellow Marcos Maniacs,
> > 
> > A few weekends ago I entered my 1969 3 Liter V-6, Wooden Chassis 
> > Marcos in
> > the Big Alaska Car Show down at the Park Strip with 286 cars in 
> > attendance.
> > Well this year, Dennis Gage with "My Classic Car" from the Speed 
> > Channel on
> > TV, brought his film crew up to Alaska to do a segment on 4 cars 
> > from this
> > Alaska show. This was a huge thing for the Alaska specialty car 
> > scene and as
> > it turns out, for Marcos' as well. Dennis is a BIG fan!!
> > When I pulled onto the park strip with my Marcos I heard a voice 
> > yelling out
> > "STOP". I looked over and there was Dennis Gage running up to my 
> car 
> > with
> > his eyes as big as his handle bar mustache yelling, "A Marcos in 
> > Alaska, I
> > can't believe it, where are you going to park, and you are going 
to 
> > be my
> > first interview". He could barley catch his breath. Dennis 
travels 
> > all over
> > world doing car shows and he had only seen 2 Marcos' up close and 
> > one more
> > in a magazine. Dennis has always liked the unusual and rare 
stuff, 
> > so went
> > absolutely nuts over the Marcos. He and his film crew did an hour 
> of 
> > filming
> > the car and interviewing me about it including where I found it, 
> how 
> > long I
> > had owned it, and what I had to do to it to get it to this 
> > condition. We had
> > a great time for about an hour and a half talking cars, 
> motorcycles, 
> > and
> > fast boats. 
> > Once he finished up with the Marcos and went on to shoot the 
other 
> > choices
> > he had made, George Blumberg from Auto Week walked up to me and 
> > asked if he
> > could also interview me for his magazine. What a day! Then during 
> > the awards
> > ceremony, Dennis Gage voted my Marcos "Best Of Show" so I will 
have 
> > a place
> > on the show trophy forever and next year's t-shits that they sell 
> at 
> > the car
> > show will have my Marcos on the front of it as well! This is the 
> > first time
> > a sports car has ever won this show as it is all about street 
rods 
> > and hot
> > rods. The folks that belong to the Midnight Sun Street Rod 
> > Association, that
> > puts on this show, were a bit put off by my win which is good for 
> > them! The
> > show on "My Classic Car" will air during their 2008 season which 
> > begins in
> > February. I will send out another email to announce that date 
when 
> I 
> > receive
> > it from them.
> > With all the people that watch "My Classic Car", a bunch more of 
> > them will
> > soon know what a Marcos is.
> > 
> > Take care,
> > 
> > Rick Harding
> > #5418
> >
>