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Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

Re: [MarcosManiacs] Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

2009-02-20 by Donny Lang

Ther was a 1970 convertible conversion that just ended two days ago on eBay. See # 110349822170. It was in Miami, FL with a starting bid of $10,500 and there were no bids. I asked the seller a question while bidding was on, but never received a reply, so I wonder how serious the seller was.
I think Hampton Peterson's 1970 GT might be on the market around the $25,000 range. I saw it this past weekend at a British car show in Boca Raton/Palm Beach County, FL. I thought it was a really nice car - very well done! It might not be an absolutely perfect car, but it is very worthy of putting in a show.
If you leave some contact information, I will certainly pass it along to him.
-Donny
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:26 PM
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

There are two for sale in Hemmings:

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/marcos/

There was one on Ebay recently for $35k on Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Also I believe John's is still for sale in Vancouver, BC and mine will be up for sale soon!

Happy hunting!

Don Lattimer (Moderator)

Willits, CA, USA

Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

2009-02-21 by David Mensh

--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang" <indigo@...> 
wrote:
>The $10.5K Marcos is owned by Hayes Harris of Wirewheel in Vero 
Beach.  He has had this car for sale for a few years now (started at 
$12K) with no bites.  Someone took a hack saw to the roof to make 
the conversion and it is not pretty!  It also appears that the body 
panel fit is poor.  The car has been covered or stored inside Hayes' 
shop but needs a lot of work to make right.  He does have the top 
and glass to make it a coupe.  He does sell many quality British 
cars, mostly race cars of which he is a great source.  His cars are 
usually fairly priced and usually not negotiable.  Take a look at 
www.wirewheel.com for a look at his stock.
Regards, Dave
> Ther was a 1970 convertible conversion that just ended two days 
ago on eBay. See # 110349822170. It was in Miami, FL with a starting 
bid of $10,500 and there were no bids. I asked the seller a question 
while bidding was on, but never received a reply, so I wonder how 
serious the seller was.
> I think Hampton Peterson's 1970 GT might be on the market around 
the $25,000 range. I saw it this past weekend at a British car show 
in Boca Raton/Palm Beach County, FL.  I thought it was a really nice 
car - very well done! It might not be an absolutely perfect car, but 
it is very worthy of putting in a show. 
> If you leave some contact information, I will certainly pass it 
along to him.
> -Donny 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Don Lattimer 
>   To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:26 PM
>   Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Looking to buy a Marcos in North 
America ?
> 
> 
> 
>   There are two for sale in Hemmings:
> 
>   http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/marcos/
> 
>   There was one on Ebay recently for $35k on Prince Edward Island, 
Canada.
> 
>   Also I believe John's is still for sale in Vancouver, BC and 
mine will be up for sale soon!
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> 
>   Happy hunting!
> 
> 
> 
>   Don Lattimer (Moderator)
> 
>   Willits, CA, USA
>

Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

2009-02-21 by Donny Lang

Dave,
The convertible Marcos that ended last week WAS NOT the one Hayes has for sale. This is ANOTHER one! Hayes's is yellow and your description applies to his and I have personally seen it several times. The one that recently ended on eBay looks to be dark (BRG) green with a tan or beige interior. Pull up the item on eBay (#260363180252) and check out the car before stating that is the one you were thinking Hayes has. That's why I supplied the item number.
There are several more Marcos cars hiding in the woodwork of south/central Florida than meets the eye. I was not that suprised to hear of ANOTHER convertible down here. I have heard stories of the green convertible in Miami for the past several years, as well as at least two more coupes on the gulf coast of Florida, not including Larry's and Ron's two cars.
-Donny
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Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:52 AM
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang"
wrote:
>The $10.5K Marcos is owned by Hayes Harris of Wirewheel in Vero
Beach. He has had this car for sale for a few years now (started at
$12K) with no bites. Someone took a hack saw to the roof to make
the conversion and it is not pretty! It also appears that the body
panel fit is poor. The car has been covered or stored inside Hayes'
shop but needs a lot of work to make right. He does have the top
and glass to make it a coupe. He does sell many quality British
cars, mostly race cars of which he is a great source. His cars are
usually fairly priced and usually not negotiable. Take a look at
www.wirewheel.com for a look at his stock.
Regards, Dave
> Ther was a 1970 convertible conversion that just ended two days
ago on eBay. See # 110349822170. It was in Miami, FL with a starting
bid of $10,500 and there were no bids. I asked the seller a question
while bidding was on, but never received a reply, so I wonder how
serious the seller was.
> I think Hampton Peterson's 1970 GT might be on the market around
the $25,000 range. I saw it this past weekend at a British car show
in Boca Raton/Palm Beach County, FL. I thought it was a really nice
car - very well done! It might not be an absolutely perfect car, but
it is very worthy of putting in a show.
> If you leave some contact information, I will certainly pass it
along to him.
> -Donny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Lattimer
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:26 PM
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Looking to buy a Marcos in North
America ?
>
>
>
> There are two for sale in Hemmings:
>
> http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/marcos/
>
> There was one on Ebay recently for $35k on Prince Edward Island,
Canada.
>
> Also I believe John's is still for sale in Vancouver, BC and
mine will be up for sale soon!
>
> Happy hunting!
>
>
>
>; Don Lattimer (Moderator)
>
> Willits, CA, USA
>

Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

2009-02-21 by Don Lattimer

The $25000 Marcos for sale in Hemmings is Hampton Peterson's car.  Looks
nice.  I saw it in Portland about 8 years ago and it was in pretty sad
shape back then.  Looks like a lot of work has gone into it.

Don Lattimer

1971 Marcos #3M5759

Willits, CA


--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang" <indigo@...> wrote:
>
> Dave,
> The convertible Marcos that ended last week WAS NOT the one Hayes has
for sale. This is ANOTHER one! Hayes's is yellow and your description
applies to his and I have personally seen it several times. The one that
recently ended on eBay looks to be dark (BRG) green with a tan or beige
interior. Pull up the item on eBay (#260363180252) and check out the car
before stating that is the one you were thinking Hayes has. That's why I
supplied the item number.
> There are several more Marcos cars hiding in the woodwork of
south/central Florida than meets the eye. I was not that suprised to
hear of ANOTHER convertible down here. I have heard stories of the green
convertible in Miami for the past several years, as well as at least two
more coupes on the gulf coast of Florida, not including Larry's and
Ron's two cars.
> -Donny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Mensh
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:52 AM
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America
?
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>
>
> --- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang" indigo@
> wrote:
> >The $10.5K Marcos is owned by Hayes Harris of Wirewheel in Vero
> Beach. He has had this car for sale for a few years now (started at
> $12K) with no bites. Someone took a hack saw to the roof to make
> the conversion and it is not pretty! It also appears that the body
> panel fit is poor. The car has been covered or stored inside Hayes'
> shop but needs a lot of work to make right. He does have the top
> and glass to make it a coupe. He does sell many quality British
> cars, mostly race cars of which he is a great source. His cars are
> usually fairly priced and usually not negotiable. Take a look at
> www.wirewheel.com for a look at his stock.
> Regards, Dave
> > Ther was a 1970 convertible conversion that just ended two days
> ago on eBay. See # 110349822170. It was in Miami, FL with a starting
> bid of $10,500 and there were no bids. I asked the seller a question
> while bidding was on, but never received a reply, so I wonder how
> serious the seller was.
> > I think Hampton Peterson's 1970 GT might be on the market around
> the $25,000 range. I saw it this past weekend at a British car show
> in Boca Raton/Palm Beach County, FL. I thought it was a really nice
> car - very well done! It might not be an absolutely perfect car, but
> it is very worthy of putting in a show.
> > If you leave some contact information, I will certainly pass it
> along to him.
> > -Donny
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Don Lattimer
> > To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:26 PM
> > Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Looking to buy a Marcos in North
> America ?
> >
> >
> >
> > There are two for sale in Hemmings:
> >
> > http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/marcos/
> >
> > There was one on Ebay recently for $35k on Prince Edward Island,
> Canada.
> >
> > Also I believe John's is still for sale in Vancouver, BC and
> mine will be up for sale soon!
> >
> > Happy hunting!
> >
> >
> >
> > Don Lattimer (Moderator)
> >
> > Willits, CA, USA
> >
>

Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

2009-02-21 by David Mensh

--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang" <indigo@...> 
wrote:
>Sorry Donny,
Responding to the convertible in Hemmings that was cited, not the 
ebay car. Hayes did sell a nice silver '67 1600 crossflow, RHD coupe 
to someone there in Florida a little over a year ago.  Do you know 
where that one ended up?
Regards,  Dave
> Dave,
> The convertible Marcos that ended last week WAS NOT the one Hayes 
has for sale. This is ANOTHER one! Hayes's is yellow and your 
description applies to his and I have personally seen it several 
times. The one that recently ended on eBay looks to be dark (BRG) 
green with a tan or beige interior. Pull up the item on eBay 
(#260363180252) and check out the car before stating that is the one 
you were thinking Hayes has. That's why I supplied the item number.
> There are several more Marcos cars hiding in the woodwork of 
south/central Florida than meets the eye. I was not that suprised to 
hear of ANOTHER convertible down here. I have heard stories of the 
green convertible in Miami for the past several years, as well as at 
least two more coupes on the gulf coast of Florida, not including 
Larry's and Ron's two cars.
> -Donny 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: David Mensh 
>   To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:52 AM
>   Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North 
America ?
> 
> 
>   --- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang" <indigo@> 
>   wrote:
>   >The $10.5K Marcos is owned by Hayes Harris of Wirewheel in Vero 
>   Beach. He has had this car for sale for a few years now (started 
at 
>   $12K) with no bites. Someone took a hack saw to the roof to make 
>   the conversion and it is not pretty! It also appears that the 
body 
>   panel fit is poor. The car has been covered or stored inside 
Hayes' 
>   shop but needs a lot of work to make right. He does have the top 
>   and glass to make it a coupe. He does sell many quality British 
>   cars, mostly race cars of which he is a great source. His cars 
are 
>   usually fairly priced and usually not negotiable. Take a look at 
>   www.wirewheel.com for a look at his stock.
>   Regards, Dave
>   > Ther was a 1970 convertible conversion that just ended two 
days 
>   ago on eBay. See # 110349822170. It was in Miami, FL with a 
starting 
>   bid of $10,500 and there were no bids. I asked the seller a 
question 
>   while bidding was on, but never received a reply, so I wonder 
how 
>   serious the seller was.
>   > I think Hampton Peterson's 1970 GT might be on the market 
around 
>   the $25,000 range. I saw it this past weekend at a British car 
show 
>   in Boca Raton/Palm Beach County, FL. I thought it was a really 
nice 
>   car - very well done! It might not be an absolutely perfect car, 
but 
>   it is very worthy of putting in a show. 
>   > If you leave some contact information, I will certainly pass 
it 
>   along to him.
>   > -Donny 
>   > ----- Original Message ----- 
>   > From: Don Lattimer 
>   > To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com 
>   > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:26 PM
>   > Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Looking to buy a Marcos in North 
>   America ?
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > There are two for sale in Hemmings:
>   > 
>   > http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/marcos/
>   > 
>   > There was one on Ebay recently for $35k on Prince Edward 
Island,
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>   Canada.
>   > 
>   > Also I believe John's is still for sale in Vancouver, BC and 
>   mine will be up for sale soon!
>   > 
>   > Happy hunting!
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > Don Lattimer (Moderator)
>   > 
>   > Willits, CA, USA
>   >
>

Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

2009-02-22 by Donny Lang

Dave,
I remember seeing that car offered for sale, but didn't know it stayed in Florida. I may be talking to Hayes later this week , and will ask him where it ended up.
I think that Ron McLeod and Larry Meadows are going to meet at another car show in central Florida (I met them both with their cars last month at a show in Sarasota), and they would like to get Hampton to bring his car too. Three Marcos at the same show would be great! When I bought my car from Hayes back in '01, he had no less than FIVE Marcos on his lot at the same time. I think he is down to only the Yellow roadtser now.
-Donny
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 5:19 PM
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang"
wrote:
>Sorry Donny,
Responding to the convertible in Hemmings that was cited, not the
ebay car. Hayes did sell a nice silver '67 1600 crossflow, RHD coupe
to someone there in Florida a little over a year ago. Do you know
where that one ended up?
Regards, Dave
> Dave,
> The convertible Marcos that ended last week WAS NOT the one Hayes
has for sale. This is ANOTHER one! Hayes's is yellow and your
description applies to his and I have personally seen it several
times. The one that recently ended on eBay looks to be dark (BRG)
green with a tan or beige interior. Pull up the item on eBay
(#260363180252) and check out the car before stating that is the one
you were thinking Hayes has. That's why I supplied the item number.
> There are several more Marcos cars hiding in the woodwork of
south/central Florida than meets the eye. I was not that suprised to
hear of ANOTHER convertible down here. I have heard stories of the
green convertible in Miami for the past several years, as well as at
least two more coupes on the gulf coast of Florida, not including
Larry's and Ron's two cars.
> -Donny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Mensh
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:52 AM
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North
America ?
>
>
> --- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang"
> wrote:
> >The $10.5K Marcos is owned by Hayes Harris of Wirewheel in Vero
> Beach. He has had this car for sale for a few years now (started
at
> $12K) with no bites. Someone took a hack saw to the roof to make
> the conversion and it is not pretty! It also appears that the
body
> panel fit is poor. The car has been covered or stored inside
Hayes'
> shop but needs a lot of work to make right. He does have the top
> and glass to make it a coupe. He does sell many quality British
> cars, mostly race cars of which he is a great source. His cars
are
> usually fairly priced and usually not negotiable. Take a look at
> www.wirewheel.com for a look at his stock.
> Regards, Dave
> > Ther was a 1970 convertible conversion that just ended two
days
> ago on eBay. See # 110349822170. It was in Miami, FL with a
starting
> bid of $10,500 and there were no bids. I asked the seller a
question
> while bidding was on, but never received a reply, so I wonder
how
> serious the seller was.
> > I think Hampton Peterson's 1970 GT might be on the market
around
> the $25,000 range. I saw it this past weekend at a British car
show
> in Boca Raton/Palm Beach County, FL. I thought it was a really
nice
> car - very well done! It might not be an absolutely perfect car,
but
> it is very worthy of putting in a show.
> > If you leave some contact information, I will certainly pass
it
> along to him.
> > -Donny
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Don Lattimer
> > To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:26 PM
> > Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Looking to buy a Marcos in North
> America ?
> >
> >
> >
> > There are two for sale in Hemmings:
> >
> > http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/marcos/
> >
> > There was one on Ebay recently for $35k on Prince Edward
Island,
> Canada.
> >
> > Also I believe John's is still for sale in Vancouver, BC and
> mine will be up for sale soon!
> >
> > Happy hunting!
> >
> >
> >;
> > Don Lattimer (Moderator)
> >
> > Willits, CA, USA
> >
>

Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

2009-02-25 by lxado63

I can clear things up a little.  The 1970 BRG Marcos convertible that was on Ebay is my car.  
I first came across it back in 1996 when it was up for sale at Hayes but it sold to someone 
else before I could get to see it.  The guy that I bought it from is a pilot in the Tampa Fl 
area and kept it in his hangar for weekend use.  I purchased the car with the intention of 
restoring it but unfortunately have not had the time so I have decided to put it up for sale.

--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang" <indigo@...> wrote:
>
> Dave,
> The convertible Marcos that ended last week WAS NOT the one Hayes has for sale. This 
is ANOTHER one! Hayes's is yellow and your description applies to his and I have 
personally seen it several times. The one that recently ended on eBay looks to be dark 
(BRG) green with a tan or beige interior. Pull up the item on eBay (#260363180252) and 
check out the car before stating that is the one you were thinking Hayes has. That's why I 
supplied the item number.
> There are several more Marcos cars hiding in the woodwork of south/central Florida 
than meets the eye. I was not that suprised to hear of ANOTHER convertible down here. I 
have heard stories of the green convertible in Miami for the past several years, as well as 
at least two more coupes on the gulf coast of Florida, not including Larry's and Ron's two 
cars.
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> -Donny 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: David Mensh 
>   To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:52 AM
>   Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?
> 
> 
>   --- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Donny Lang" <indigo@> 
>   wrote:
>   >The $10.5K Marcos is owned by Hayes Harris of Wirewheel in Vero 
>   Beach. He has had this car for sale for a few years now (started at 
>   $12K) with no bites. Someone took a hack saw to the roof to make 
>   the conversion and it is not pretty! It also appears that the body 
>   panel fit is poor. The car has been covered or stored inside Hayes' 
>   shop but needs a lot of work to make right. He does have the top 
>   and glass to make it a coupe. He does sell many quality British 
>   cars, mostly race cars of which he is a great source. His cars are 
>   usually fairly priced and usually not negotiable. Take a look at 
>   www.wirewheel.com for a look at his stock.
>   Regards, Dave
>   > Ther was a 1970 convertible conversion that just ended two days 
>   ago on eBay. See # 110349822170. It was in Miami, FL with a starting 
>   bid of $10,500 and there were no bids. I asked the seller a question 
>   while bidding was on, but never received a reply, so I wonder how 
>   serious the seller was.
>   > I think Hampton Peterson's 1970 GT might be on the market around 
>   the $25,000 range. I saw it this past weekend at a British car show 
>   in Boca Raton/Palm Beach County, FL. I thought it was a really nice 
>   car - very well done! It might not be an absolutely perfect car, but 
>   it is very worthy of putting in a show. 
>   > If you leave some contact information, I will certainly pass it 
>   along to him.
>   > -Donny 
>   > ----- Original Message ----- 
>   > From: Don Lattimer 
>   > To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com 
>   > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:26 PM
>   > Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Looking to buy a Marcos in North 
>   America ?
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > There are two for sale in Hemmings:
>   > 
>   > http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/marcos/
>   > 
>   > There was one on Ebay recently for $35k on Prince Edward Island, 
>   Canada.
>   > 
>   > Also I believe John's is still for sale in Vancouver, BC and 
>   mine will be up for sale soon!
>   > 
>   > Happy hunting!
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > Don Lattimer (Moderator)
>   > 
>   > Willits, CA, USA
>   >
>

Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

2009-02-26 by John Carroll

Hello Group,
As far as Marcos for sale in N.America goes, I did reply to Donny, to aid him in his quest for a Marcos, but no reply.
My aim is to do some historic racing, I would like to do it in a Marcos, ideally my 1964 ex-hillclimber (still in boxes) to do this I need to sell either the 1967 Marcos or my Ginetta G27. I believe I am not asking anywhere near what I have invested in the Marcos, but when you consider I have put on 50 miles since her completion, I would love her to go to someone who will drive and enjoy what she has become. So if any of you guy's are serious about a Marcos.........
Regards to All,
John.

Re: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

2009-02-26 by Donny Lang

John,
Donny here. Sorry I didn't clarify, but my earlier post was a reply to assist that person seeking a Marcos in North America. I was tagging my reply onto the reply from Don Lattimer, and was offering some additional info on cars I knew were for sale . I have had a Marcos since late 2001, so I am not in the market for another one. If I hear of anyone else in the market for a Marcos, especially a wood-chassied car, I will be happy to to pass your name along. I may know someone that may possibly be interested in your Ginetta (not sure what model he wants), and can put the two of you in touch if this helps. EMail me off group (indigo@...) if you wish.
-Donny
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:29 PM
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Looking to buy a Marcos in North America ?

Hello Group,
As far as Marcos for sale in N.America goes, I did reply to Donny, to aid him in his quest for a Marcos, but no reply.
My aim is to do some historic racing, I would like to do it in a Marcos, ideally my 1964 ex-hillclimber (still in boxes) to do this I need to sell either the 1967 Marcos or my Ginetta G27. I believe I am not asking anywhere near what I have invested in the Marcos, but when you consider I have put on 50 miles since her completion, I would love her to go to someone who will drive and enjoy what she has become. So if any of you guy's are serious about a Marcos.........
Regards to All,
John.

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