Marcos Maniacs

Re Chris Lawrence.

He's now (I think the title's correct) production manager at Morgan. 
He's the man behind the boss-eyed Aero 8 seen at Le Mans this year.

Cheers.

Mark

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "mcaqmd" <donlattimer@p...> wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> The Marcos Coupes and Spyders book says the Lawrencetune cars had 
> 1650cc displacement, a hotter cam, and the Tecalemit Jackson fuel 
> injection system.  Also had a Hewland 5-speed gearbox in its 
standard 
> Cortina gearbox casing.  The Hewland gears did not have synchros so 
> shifting took a little work.  Had a rev limit of 9000RPM!!
> 
> I know that Chris Lawrence also did the motors for some special 
> Morgans.
> 
> That's about all the info I know.  I've only seen one Turner in my 
> life!
> 
> Don Lattimer
> #3m5759
> 
> 
> --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "michael hullevad" <hullevad@m...> wrote:
> > Hi Don!
> > 
> > All I know about the Lawrence tuned engine is that it is a 4 
> banger. Do You know what went in to it. Reason: I am buying a 
Turner 
> MK.3 (ford) with a bum engine. If I can use the one from the 
Marcos, 
> it will help getting things done. The old Ford engines are hard to 
> come by now a days! 
> > 
> >                                      Michael hullevad
> > 
> >                                      1,6m5183 
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: Don Lattimer 
> >   To: MarcosManiacs@y... 
> >   Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 8:25 PM
> >   Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] New members/lurkers
> > 
> > 
> >   Welcome Mike!
> > 
> >   Lee Brinkley in England has an original Lawrence-tuned car but 
> has replaced the engine with a 1600 Crossflow.  Mike Denman (US) 
has 
> a highly tuned B20 (maybe B-22 now?) in his 1966 Marcos.
> > 
> >   Lots of other folks with plenty of info and advice on the 
list.  
> If you haven't already, check out the Marcos Maniacs 
site "registry" 
> at www.greyraven.tzo.com/marcosmaniacs   Love to have your car on 
> it!  Contact Jeff.
> > 
> >   Don Lattimer
> >   #3m5759
> >   Willits, CA
> >     ----- Original Message ----- 
> >     From: michael hullevad 
> >     To: MarcosManiacs@y... 
> >     Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 10:48 AM
> >     Subject: Re: [MarcosManiacs] New members/lurkers
> > 
> > 
> >     Hi!
> > 
> >     My name is Michael Hullevad, I live in Horsens, Denmark. I 
have 
> just bought a Marcos 1600GT(with 1650 Chris Lawrence engine) frame 
> number 5183, previously owned by Pete Buckle, Calne, GB.
> >     It is to get a Volvo b20 engine (steel crank and all) 
producing 
> 185hp, I think it will be great fun!
> > 
> >                                       Regards
> > 
> >                                          Mike 
> >     ----- Original Message ----- 
> >     From: "mcaqmd" <donlattimer@p...>
> >     To: <MarcosManiacs@y...>
> >     Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 7:03 PM
> >     Subject: [MarcosManiacs] New members/lurkers
> > 
> > 
> >     > Hi all,
> >     > 
> >     > Noticed that we have 70+ members now with quite a few new 
> ones!  
> >     > Seems amazing as we only started a year ago.
> >     > 
> >     > For the new folks or for those who just lurk on the list, 
> please 
> >     > join us by letting us know if you have a Marcos; if so what 
> >     > make/model,serial#,etc.  If you don't own one, let us know 
> what 
> >     > you're looking for.  Recently we found a wood chassis 
Marcos 
> in our 
> >     > own back yard here in northern California for $1500 US!
> >     > 
> >     > Personally I belong to the TVR, Cortina, Reliant-Scimitar, 
> Zephyr-
> >     > Zodiac, and Capri lists just to get info on my Essex V6.
> >     > 
> >     > So come on and join us!  The more discussion, the more I 
> learn!
> >     > 
> >     > Regards,
> >     > 
> >     > Don Lattimer
> >     > #3m5759
> >     > Willits, CA (3 hours north of San Francisco on Rt.101)
> >     > 
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