Marcos Maniacs

Hello Laurie,

gratulations to get this car. I think I know this car from the 
entries on the "oldtimer Grand Prix" at the Nürburgring in the last - 
at least two years - and I will find some digital photos from the 
pits perhaps as well as from the track. As far as I remember he 
brought the car to the grid as well to the "Eifel-Klassik" on 
the "old Nürburgring = Green Hell".

Some of the pictures of the "OGP 2003" are published on the now 3 
months old "german Marcos website". Also you find on this website a 
link to a Marcos fellow from Luxemburg who took pictures from this 
year "Zolder" Oldtimer Grand Prix.

You find the website under: www.marcos-cc.de

I wish good luck and lot of success with this very competitive Marcos.

CF-1700 GT
#5552


--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Laurie Sellers" 
<laurie.sellers@i...> wrote:
> Hello fellow Marcos enthusiasts,
> My name is Laurie (Laurence) Sellers. I am 54 and live in Sydney 
> Australia.
> I am the proud new owner of a Marcos 1800 GT chassis number 4026 
> which is currently on the high seas making its way to Sydney from 
> England. I recently purchased the car from Mike Bennion who has 
owned 
> and raced it in Europe for the past few years. The car was 
originally 
> prepared by David Methley with all the good stuff to full FIA race 
> spec.
> 
> Up until now I have been racing a 1960 MGA in Group Sa, which is 
our 
> class for Production Sports Cars up to and including 1960. The MGA 
> has a racing log-book with competition history going back to 1982 
and 
> it has a very successful track record. I typically race against 
other 
> MGA's, Elva Couriers, Sunbeam Alpines, Triumph TR3As and a Jaguar 
> XK150.
> 
> Despite the fun I have had in the MGA, I felt ready to move into 
> something with a much better power to weight ratio. I have often 
> admired the Marcos 1800 GT belonging to Roger Ealand who is a 
racing 
> friend, ex UK but now residing here in Australia. Roger, whom many 
of 
> you may know, has owned his car for quite some years and has had 
> several well-documented successes in it. I couldn't help noticing 
how 
> often Roger was at the pointy end of the field. The Marcos 
qualifies 
> for Group Sb racing which is our class for Production Sports Cars 
> built between 1961 and 1969. There are other options of course, but 
> after doing extensive research I felt that the Marcos would be the 
> best all round choice. Apart from the fact that I just love the 
shape 
> of it, it has one of the best specifications and one of the most 
> interesting histories of any car of the period.
> 
> Decision made, it was Roger who recommended that I speak with David 
> Methley, and David who put me on to Mike Bennion and the deal was 
> done.
> I have not seen the car in the flesh yet, but have quite a few 
> digital photo's. Obviously I can't wait for it to arrive, which 
will 
> be at the end of October. I will need to do a little bit of work to 
> it to bring it up to the required standard of the Historic Sports 
and 
> Racing Car Association (HSRCA) of Australia, but that only involves 
> some minor additions to the trim…..such as a passenger seat!.
> My plan is to race it in all HSRCA events next year starting in 
> January, so it will become a regular competitor at Eastern Creek, 
> Oran Park, Wakefield Park, Winton and Phillip Island Raceways. I 
will 
> find myself competing against Roger at some of those meetings so it 
> will be fun to have two Marcos's now running around the Australian 
> raceways. Although I expect there will be a big gap between us for 
> quite a while as I get used to the car and try to match Roger's 
very 
> quick lap times. I will post an update now and then to let you all 
> know how things progress.
> Best regards
> Laurie Sellers
> Chassis # 4026