Marcos Maniacs

On 13 Sep 2011 Robin Gilmour  wrote:

> How's life?

> Did you and the family get thru the civil unrest OK?

Carrying on as usual. I didn't see anything of the riots though I'm 
very familiar with the Croydon landmark (Reeves' Corner) that was 
burnt down. I was brought up around those parts.

> Any fun projects going on?

One not making much progress at the moment. The Jem needs a diff swap 
and the Marcos is making worrying noises so I'll have to have a look 
at that soon.

> I acquired a Yamaha R1 powered Lotus 7 project kit car.

> I have it running and have decided it will cure my "need for speed".
> The car is just brutal.  I drove it for 65 miles and could barely walk
> for three days....
> It also inspired me to put my marcos back to front engine front wheel drive.
> I hope to start the project in a few months.
> There is a big classic mini show in June 2012 in Prescott Arizona
> This might give me incentive to get her done.....

We could have shows at Prescott Arizona and Prescott Gloucestershire 
at almost the same time!

> Thanks for responding. I guess I should head up a campaign to get the
> other mini marcos on the list.

> Have you ever seen the Radical White Mini Marcos Race car for sale.
> I wish I had the money to buy it and bring it to the new world......

You mean the TransXL Mk.IV? Yes it was at Prescott for the Marcos 50 
celebrations in 2009, with Steve Roberts driving it up the hill. I put 
some pics on the web site:

http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/sport/marcos50/

It would be interesting to see how that car fared against Pete 
Crudgington's "Granny Smith Racing" Mk.IV.

Richard
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