Marcos Maniacs

Dear Fellow Marcos Maniac Associates,

Please give me your opinion about something that I have heard once or 
twice.

It has been said that some little folk might have a problem driving a 
Marcos GT because of their height, or lack thereof.

What have any of you experienced or heard about this almost 
unforgivable rumor?

It's all relative, I suspect, as to what "short" is or is not 
considered to be.

Therefore, I am requesting a ruler or guage thing here from 
contributors to this posting subject.

I'm a big bat but in human measurement standards I'm considered to be 
somewhat diminitive, I suppose.

Any and all input would be appreciated. Perhaps one of you have a 
Marcos Slide Rule for guaging the range of the foot controls!

Thank You in Advance, I am ...

Svelte

>~v~<

In the Motor Road Test  of 1969 on the "3 litre Fireball" or the 
Essex V6 powered Marcos there is a picture of the "supplementary 
cushion that would be required by those under 5' 8"".


--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "sveltebat <sveltebat@a...>" 
<sveltebat@a...> wrote:
> Dear Fellow Marcos Maniac Associates,
> 
> Please give me your opinion about something that I have heard once 
or 
> twice.
> 
> It has been said that some little folk might have a problem driving 
a 
> Marcos GT because of their height, or lack thereof.
> 
> What have any of you experienced or heard about this almost 
> unforgivable rumor?
> 
> It's all relative, I suspect, as to what "short" is or is not 
> considered to be.
> 
> Therefore, I am requesting a ruler or guage thing here from 
> contributors to this posting subject.
> 
> I'm a big bat but in human measurement standards I'm considered to 
be 

> somewhat diminitive, I suppose.
> 
> Any and all input would be appreciated. Perhaps one of you have a 
> Marcos Slide Rule for guaging the range of the foot controls!
> 
> Thank You in Advance, I am ...
> 
> Svelte
> 
> >~v~<

Wow, something happened and that last message posted itself.

The rest of the story:  In the article it states "A feature on the 
Marcos has always been its fixed seat; a shaped supplementary cushion 
can be used to give extra height and a slightly less reclining back, 
but the only built-in adjustment are the pedals and the steering 
column.  On the latest models (1969) the seat has been raised 
slightly and none of us above 5' 8" needed the cushion....."

I'm about 5'9" and can adjust the pedals to suit me but I'm almost at 
the end of the adjustment.

Don Lattimer
#3m5759
Willits, CA




--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Don Lattimer 
<donlattimer@p...>" <donlattimer@p...> wrote:
> In the Motor Road Test  of 1969 on the "3 litre Fireball" or the 
> Essex V6 powered Marcos there is a picture of the "supplementary 
> cushion that would be required by those under 5' 8"".
> 
> 
> --- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "sveltebat <sveltebat@a...>" 
> <sveltebat@a...> wrote:
> > Dear Fellow Marcos Maniac Associates,
> > 
> > Please give me your opinion about something that I have heard 
once 
> or 
> > twice.
> > 
> > It has been said that some little folk might have a problem 
driving 
> a 
> > Marcos GT because of their height, or lack thereof.
> > 
> > What have any of you experienced or heard about this almost 
> > unforgivable rumor?
> > 
> > It's all relative, I suspect, as to what "short" is or is not 
> > considered to be.
> > 
> > Therefore, I am requesting a ruler or guage thing here from 
> > contributors to this posting subject.
> > 
> > I'm a big bat but in human measurement standards I'm considered 
to 

> be 
> > somewhat diminitive, I suppose.
> > 
> > Any and all input would be appreciated. Perhaps one of you have a 
> > Marcos Slide Rule for guaging the range of the foot controls!
> > 
> > Thank You in Advance, I am ...
> > 
> > Svelte
> > 
> > >~v~<