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Re: British Car Magazine Photo shoot

2001-12-10 by gtcoastie

Hi Dan,

Actually, I was up at Hayes' place (Wire Wheel Sports Cars) one time 
last year when he actually had 5 MARCOS sitting side by side.  Pretty 
cool sight to behold.  Still don't know if that's the record though.

-Tad


--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., Dan Orie <dorie@s...> wrote:
> When 4 Marcos cars get together does that set a record for the most 
gathered
> in one place in the US?
> I was curious about your comment about Don's car being more 
civilized - in
> what way do you mean?
> I can't wait for the article!
> Thanks,
> Dano
> 70 Essex 3M/5463
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	marcos18001966 [mailto:marcos18001966@y...] 
> Sent:	Saturday, December 08, 2001 11:08 PM
> To:	MarcosManiacs@y...
> Subject:	[MarcosManiacs] British Car Magazine Photo shoot
> 
> Hi Marcos Maniacs,
> I have posted two new photos.  These photo's were taken today at 
the 
> British Car Magazine "photo shoot" for an upcoming article on 
Marcos 
> cars.  Pictured by their cars are Don Lattimer (foreground blue 
> Marcos), Stephan Spalding (left side Yellow car) Mike Denman (that 
> would be me! Right side red car), Mark Petrinovich (background, 
yellow 
> car with burgandy accent stripes).  We all met in Novato which is 
20 
> North of S.F..  Then we toured over to the coast on some twisty 
roads, 
> being led by the British Car Magazine people, Gary and Travis, in 
an 
> XK8. They had the top down on the Jag and were taking pictures.  We 
> stopped in a somewhat senic area and they took some more photos.  
At 
> this point Don Lattimer and I switched cars so we could compare 
them 
> for the Magazine people.  Don has a really great car.  Much more 
> civilized than mine.  I really enjoyed the experience of driving 
> his... thanks Don!  Then we stopped for lunch and had a great meal 
and 
> a lot of Marcos conversation (food for the soul).  After lunch was 
> more touring and more photos. The two people from the Magazine, 
Travis 
> and Gary, took turns driving the different Marcos cars.  Finally we 
> were through and we stopped one last time for desert and more 
> conversation.  All in all, a great day.  The weather which had been 
> bad all week, cleared for the day.  I got to meet Stephan Spalding 
and 
> see his very rare Triumph power Marcos which is really neat.  It 
was 
> fun getting together and comparing the four cars and the company 
and 
> conversation were outstanding.  I had a great time and I think 
> everyone else did as well.  Stay tuned for the upcoming article.  
Oh 
> yes, the back end of my car is finished and painted but I forgot to 
> take a picture of it for the Mike Denmans project album.
> 
> Mike Denman
> 1966 Marcos 1800
> Chassis #4079 
> 
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