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Jeff . . .

This happens to Paul Dransfield and me every year. We take our cars to the Bronte Park British Car ;show in September. This is a huge show (over 1000 cars last year), with over 40 classes. It's run by the Toronto Triumph Club, so of course there are classes for every Triumph variant. But they also have separate classes for chrome and rubber bumper MGBs, and even a class for TVRs, for Jensens, for . . . You get the idea. Our Marcos cars get lumped into the ubiquitous "Other" class, where we compete against Aston Martins, Cobras, Allards, a fake Bugatti, Bonds, Gilberns, Reliants, and everything else that can't find a home in one of the available categories. Every year an Aston Martin wins the class. However, the crowds gather around our cars, and, like you, we spend most of the day answering questions, and raising and lowering the hood (bonnet) to satisfy the curious.

Regards . . . Ron McLeod
1970 Marcos Mantis P8/5858

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Caraway [mailto:DovenWolf@...]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 8:30 AM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos wins again

Congrats Ron!

My first car show experience wasn't as good. It was a local show with a WIDE variety of cars. I was placed in the "sports car" category which had everything from a 50s MGTD to a brand new Corvette and Acura NSX. I had a constant stream of people and questions all day, but the awards in my class went to the AC Cobras (1 original and 1 replica) which, oddly enough, win this show EVERY year.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald McLeod [mailto:ronald.mcleod@...]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 7:33 AM
To: MarcosManiacs (E-mail)
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos wins again

Maniacs . . .

Took the Mantis to a British Car show in Port Perry (northeast of Toronto)
on Saturday. Since I live southwest of Toronto, I got to enjoy a 2-hour 100
mile drive on the backroads to get around Toronto, and another 2 hours back
again, in perfect weather. Entrants got to vote for 3 awards - best saloon,
best production sports car, and best limited production sports car. Believe
it or not, my Mantis won first place in the limited production category.

Regards . . . Ron McLeod

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