Marcos Maniacs

Hi All,
I just got through reading the Marcos article in the British Car
magazine and thought I'd encourage everyone to get this edition if you
haven't already!
It's a great article with some nice shots and great comments on 4 of our
member's cars.
 
It's a must have!!!
 
Thanks to Mike, Don, Steve, and Mark for making this article possible
and giving Marcos such great exposure.
 
Jeff
#8052

Hello Maniacs,
I just got back from taking a look at the 68 Marcos in Fairfield and to say 
that it is in a sad way is an understatement ,I do covet the wind shield but 
$1500 is alot to pay for a piece of glass.
Last week a great fantasy of mine was made real I saw my car front and center 
on the cover of a nationally published magazine.This is a car guys dream come 
true and I could not be more pleased .This finally puts to rest the cosy to 
benefit issue to rest for a while.
It is a mystery to me why my car was chosen to grace the cover  but it is too 
late now and I am euphoric to say the least.
Thancks to lee Brinkley for the spot on information about the brake bits  
,This was a real time saver.
Regards Mark,OH and happy birthday to me

Steve,etal,
I did not intend to say  that the car is a total loss and should be scrapped 
,if there is someone out there  that want's to do the job I encourage them to 
do so .I would love to see another Marcos in the area and all the  parts of 
the car are more or less in one place .
Mark

Mark,

I just picked up a copy of the British Car Magazine and I share your excitement.  It is really great to see a Marcos grace the pages of a magazine especially the front cover!  I can only imagine it being my car.  The photos were great and the article was very complimentary.  

I was a little set back by the statement that "locating a Marcos might be a little tougher than finding an MGB".  I believe there are only about 40 or so Marcos cars in North America making them a whole lot rarer than an MGB in the US and Canada.  Great plug for Wire Wheel Classic Sports Cars though.

Michael Rogers
1969 1600GT #5241

There are about 40 in Canada (total for all models) based upon my research a
few years ago. I understand that about 200 or so went to the USA

David mccubbin

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Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:55 PM
To: McCubbin, David
Subject: FW: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos article in British Car Magazine



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Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 3:52 PM
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Mark,

I just picked up a copy of the British Car Magazine and I share your
excitement.  It is really great to see a Marcos grace the pages of a
magazine especially the front cover!  I can only imagine it being my car.
The photos were great and the article was very complimentary.  

I was a little set back by the statement that "locating a Marcos might be a
little tougher than finding an MGB".  I believe there are only about 40 or
so Marcos cars in North America making them a whole lot rarer than an MGB in
the US and Canada.  Great plug for Wire Wheel Classic Sports Cars though.

Michael Rogers
1969 1600GT #5241




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David,

I did not realize that that many were in Canada.  I had heard about ten years 
ago that quite a number had made it to the US and Canada but no one had an 
idea of how many.  My car was shipped over by the original owner from Africa 
so it certainly would have never been on anyone's list.  I am sure there are 
many others as well.  The Marco Owners Club did keep lists of its members but 
were very reluctant to just give out a complete list.  I was a member for 
many years and only dropped my subsciption after three unsuccessful attempts 
to send cashiers checks for the yearly dues.  Maybe we can try contacting the 
MOC publisher and see if the archives are still available to try and compile 
a more comprehensive list of the North American owners.  I do have an old 
list with around 21 owners from about 10 years ago but it does not have the 
chassis numbers so it would be difficult to cross reference it with todays 
owners.

Michael Rogers
1969 1600GT # 5241

Michael,
 
The Marcos Owners Club has a standing policy that they will not provide any
lists of members' names and addresses. They would probably let us know how
many current members are from the US and Canada, and they would probably
publish an ad asking North American members contact Marcos Maniacs. Dave
McCubbin is correct regarding the number of cars originally sent to the US
and Canada but there are others not on the original list, mine included. 
 
At one time I knew of 8 other coupes in the Toronto area alone but I've lost
touch with a lot of them. One, Owned by Duncan Day, moved out to British
Columbia and another owned by Ted McGregor moved to Alberta, but I
understand he's now living in Ottawa. One has been sitting for quite a few
years now with a crushed roof following a garage roof collapse. There's one
in Sudbury, Ontario, which is a few hours away. There is one in Oakville
(not including Dave's gullwing and Ron's Mantis) and one in Markham, both
quite close to Toronto. These two owners are friends who do a lot of racing,
though I don't think they're racing the Marcoses, and they prefer to go
racing on the weekend rather than attend local car shows. There was a green
one in Kitchener, about 1 1/2 hours away, but it was offered for sale a few
years ago and I haven't a clue what happened to it. And finally there was a
bastardised grey 3 litre Volvo in Toronto with a very low ratio rear diff
and Lotus shocks. The owner was a bit of a cowboy (with apologies to any
real cowboys among you) and not an enthusiast like the rest of us, and he
seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.
 
So, including Dave, Ron and me, there are/were 11 in this area that I know
of but only the three of us are known to the rest of you.
 
Regards,
 
Paul Dransfield
3 litre Volvo

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From: mikeyrog@... [mailto:mikeyrog@...]
Sent: May 25, 2002 10:26 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos article in British Car Magazine


David, 

I did not realize that that many were in Canada.  I had heard about ten
years ago that quite a number had made it to the US and Canada but no one
had an idea of how many.  My car was shipped over by the original owner from
Africa so it certainly would have never been on anyone's list.  I am sure
there are many others as well.  The Marco Owners Club did keep lists of its
members but were very reluctant to just give out a complete list.  I was a
member for many years and only dropped my subsciption after three
unsuccessful attempts to send cashiers checks for the yearly dues.  Maybe we
can try contacting the MOC publisher and see if the archives are still
available to try and compile a more comprehensive list of the North American
owners.  I do have an old list with around 21 owners from about 10 years ago
but it does not have the chassis numbers so it would be difficult to cross
reference it with todays owners. 

Michael Rogers 
1969 1600GT # 5241 
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Hey Paul,
         Don't forget about me I am only about an hour away from all
3 of you guys.... just south of Guelph .........Paul you are correct 
about the steering linkage I had to remove it on my car to replace the 
spherical(self aligning) rod ends........cleaning off the shafts and 
spraying a bit of WD-40 will add in sliding the shafts thru the rod
ends.
        Cheers Dave #5577








--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., pauldransfield@i... wrote:
> Michael,
>  
> The Marcos Owners Club has a standing policy that they will not 
provide any
> lists of members' names and addresses. They would probably let us 
know how
> many current members are from the US and Canada, and they would 
probably
> publish an ad asking North American members contact Marcos Maniacs. 
Dave
> McCubbin is correct regarding the number of cars originally sent to 
the US
> and Canada but there are others not on the original list, mine 
included. 
>  
> At one time I knew of 8 other coupes in the Toronto area alone but 
I've lost
> touch with a lot of them. One, Owned by Duncan Day, moved out to 
British
> Columbia and another owned by Ted McGregor moved to Alberta, but I
> understand he's now living in Ottawa. One has been sitting for quite 
a few
> years now with a crushed roof following a garage roof collapse. 
There's one
> in Sudbury, Ontario, which is a few hours away. There is one in 
Oakville
> (not including Dave's gullwing and Ron's Mantis) and one in Markham, 
both
> quite close to Toronto. These two owners are friends who do a lot of 
racing,
> though I don't think they're racing the Marcoses, and they prefer to 
go
> racing on the weekend rather than attend local car shows. There was 
a green
> one in Kitchener, about 1 1/2 hours away, but it was offered for 
sale a few
> years ago and I haven't a clue what happened to it. And finally 
there was a
> bastardised grey 3 litre Volvo in Toronto with a very low ratio rear 
diff
> and Lotus shocks. The owner was a bit of a cowboy (with apologies to 
any
> real cowboys among you) and not an enthusiast like the rest of us, 
and he
> seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.
>  
> So, including Dave, Ron and me, there are/were 11 in this area that 
I know
> of but only the three of us are known to the rest of you.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Paul Dransfield
> 3 litre Volvo
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikeyrog@a... [mailto:mikeyrog@a...]
> Sent: May 25, 2002 10:26 PM
> To: MarcosManiacs@y...
> Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos article in British Car Magazine
> 
> 
> David, 
> 
> I did not realize that that many were in Canada.  I had heard about 
ten
> years ago that quite a number had made it to the US and Canada but 
no one
> had an idea of how many.  My car was shipped over by the original 
owner from
> Africa so it certainly would have never been on anyone's list.  I am 
sure
> there are many others as well.  The Marco Owners Club did keep lists 
of its
> members but were very reluctant to just give out a complete list.  I 
was a
> member for many years and only dropped my subsciption after three
> unsuccessful attempts to send cashiers checks for the yearly dues.  
Maybe we
> can try contacting the MOC publisher and see if the archives are 
still
> available to try and compile a more comprehensive list of the North 
American
> owners.  I do have an old list with around 21 owners from about 10 
years ago
> but it does not have the chassis numbers so it would be difficult to 
cross

> reference it with todays owners. 
> 
> Michael Rogers 
> 1969 1600GT # 5241 
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