Marcos Maniacs

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@... [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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