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As I've got lots of spare time on my hands( ahum) I decided it was time to do the Marcos up, as it has been sitting in and around my shop for about 4 years now.

I bought it a a bare shell some 5 years ago, kept it for dustcollection, and just before IMM denmark we decided to take it to the IMM so mounted parts and did a testdrive to Denmark :p

then it sat infront of my shop for a year, I took it to IMM Netherlands, to MITP that year, and left it sitting again afterwords.

Now I have taken some ( late) eveninghours to do the bodywork needed, and now it's ready to go for the painter!

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lovely! I've always fancied a nice early Marcos as a stripped out track car.

this wasn't the car Jim Lowrey had for sale for a while? Chassis number 4 or 7, I think. Maybe his was blue?
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very cool!!! this was mine that i built, i regret selling it so much!!! such a great car! and with i 103 noddys it was blummin quick!!

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Pandora wrote:lovely! I've always fancied a nice early Marcos as a stripped out track car.

this wasn't the car Jim Lowrey had for sale for a while? Chassis number 4 or 7, I think. Maybe his was blue?
Well done old boy, keep on going doing the nice work.

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Pandora wrote:this wasn't the car Jim Lowrey had for sale for a while? Chassis number 4 or 7, I think. Maybe his was blue?
This one has spent most of it's life in Holland, so I don't think so. We are led to believe it used to belong to one of the Dutch racing teams. However research is still being done to back the story up.
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Well... here's the result, last sunday it's debute at Zandvoort!!

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Lovely!

I notice the first letter has fallen oo the writing on the wing - I assume it was run by the French automobile racing team ? :?
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Looking very nice Oliver!!

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That looks stunning, great colour sceme!!! there much nicer the earlyer shells! well done!
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VERY, VERTY NICE MARCOS.

How did it perform?
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Pandora wrote:Lovely!

I notice the first letter has fallen oo the writing on the wing - I assume it was run by the French automobile racing team ? :?
You mean F.A.R.T ? :lol:
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alexdenevers wrote:You mean F.A.R.T ? :lol:
:D :D

A.R.T. stands for Algemeen Racing Team, it was a Dutch team that raced on the Zandvoort track, to just mention one

The Marcos is a replica of the one they raced back in the day. Here are some pictures of the car it is based on :

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Great Photos!

I'll still send you and 'F' in the post if you like?

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and up for sale.. to bad it has to go.. hopefully will find a nice new owner
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Is it this one : http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/162091455.htm?ca=12_s

or this one : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mini-Marcos-MK3-/ ... 43a5988ab3

?

There's a small difference with the price, maybe the taxes between £ and €... ! :lol:
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Well spotted :lol:

The price difference is the fact that the french askingprice is a askingprice, and the Ebay price is the minimum price to start with...

you interested? ;)
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Chris Pilling,

That is one crisp red Marcos, I like that.
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chris-pilling wrote:very cool!!! this was mine that i built, i regret selling it so much!!! such a great car! and with i 103 noddys it was blummin quick!!

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You weren't by any chance influenced by this when you built it?

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Great looking Marcus by the way.
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