Marcos Maniacs

Don Lattimer with his girlfriend Tish, met me in San Jose in their 
new (1971)Marcos.  I was in my 1966 Marcos 1800 and together we drove 
down to Monterey/Pacific Grove for the British Car meet registration.  
We intended to drive over the senic Santa Cruz mountains but traffic 
was backed up so we went the longer but faster and less senic route 
down highway 101.  After we arrived we went to a local resturant 
called Tarpey's which is a favorite with the racing crowd party 
because it has good food and partly because it is near Laguna Seca 
race track.  We had lunch and spent the next couple of hours talking 
Marcos stuff.  Tish was a good sport to put up with all of this.  Don 
has a really neat Marcos which he practically stole from one of the 
founders of Silicon Graphics.  Both cars made the trip with no 
problems as we cruised at 80 mph.  The weather ranged from the high 
nineties inland to a cool 65/70 degrees inland.  We will post pictures 
soon.  Since the Palo Alto event was cancelled, we are going to try 
and get all the local Marcos Owners to meet at a British car show in 
San Juan Bautista on Oct. 20 and 21.  I can tell you that it is a lot 
of fun to tour with another Marcos. Judging from the amount of 
gawlking by the locals they liked it as well.
Mike Denman
1966 Marcos 1800
Chassis # 4079

I can tell you that it is a lot 
> of fun to tour with another Marcos. Judging from the amount of 
> gawlking by the locals they liked it as well.
> Mike Denman
> 1966 Marcos 1800
> Chassis # 4079

Maniacs,

Mike didn't have the best position tho. He was ahead of me on the 
ride. To watch peoples reactions to first seeing one Marcos and then 
a second following was priceless.  Only had to stay out of their way 
when they swerved.  Best time I ever had driving a British Car!

The show had about 55 British cars.  Needless to say I had the only 
Marcos present but a number of people mentioned they had seen the two 
of us riding thru town on Saturday.  I even won a tire pressure gauge 
for being the only "Marlos" present (announcer was a local Kiwanis 
member with limited British car knowledge).

Halfway thru the show a gent from Christie's Auction House parked 
next to me with an Aston Martin DB3S.  Guess only 9 are left in the 
world.  Price tag at recent auction was $850,000.  Nice car but the 
Marcos held it's own in the "oohs and ahhs" department.  When told it 
had cost me 100 times less than the Aston, it was the instant 
favorite.  

On the way back home Sunday eve I drove up Camino Real in Silicon 
Valley (San Jose, etc.)  While sitting smugly at a traffic light, a 
Lamborghini Diablo VT ($295,000 new) sidled up next to me.  If the 
guy driving wasn't Howard Stern it was his twin.  He fought with his 
ego momentarily and finally succumbed; "what is that?" he asked 
increduluosly.  "Just like the license plate says" I replied, "a 
Marcos".  With that the light turned and for a micro-second I had him 
off the line........ahhhh, what dreams are made of.......

All in all a delightful weekend filled with new friends, old friends, 
British cars and credit card bills from Cannery Row (Tisha had a 
great time also!)

Put 900 miles on the car in 3 days, new tires (another post) and all.

Happy motoring!!
Don Lattimer
'71 Marcos #3M5759
Willits, CA