Marcos Maniacs

All this talk of a Marcos/Ford USA connection in the early 70s brings 
to mind a conversation I had regarding the use of Mustang V8s in the 
latest Mantis models.

The person I was talking to (and now I can't recall who it was, but 
someone related either to the factory or a dealer) made the comment 
that buying Mustang engines and running gear opened up the 
possibility of selling the cars in the US and, specifically, through 
Ford dealerships (much as Saleen do).

Wouldn't that have been something!

Cheers,

Mark

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., Dan Orie <dorie@s...> wrote:
> Yes,
>    I wonder if everyone who currently has a Marcos were to order 
the build
> sheet, just how much more we could have? It's pretty funny to read 
that Jem
> Marsh was offering the head of Kar Kraft, Marcos merchandise such 
as cuff
> links, pens, notepads, and the like to try and generate more 
interest in Kar
> Kraft (really Ford USA) becoming the east/central US importer. But 
the guy
> was pretty annoyed that my car was a bad seed from the beginning 
and just
> wanted the car to be right. My next step is to try and research 
this from
> the Kar Kraft angle to see if they have additional information.
> Marcos seemed to be on the verge of greatness toward the end of 
the '60's,
> but couldn't quite pull it off for a variety of reasons. Fitting a 
familiar
> US Ford drivetrain that had already met emissions standards to the 
beautiful
> body could have changed their fortunes forever - much like it did 
with the
> Pantera.
> Dano
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	gt4me84 [mailto:DovenWolf@c...] 
> Sent:	Monday, January 28, 2002 11:28 AM
> To:	MarcosManiacs@y...
> Subject:	[MarcosManiacs] Re: More historical tidbits - a bit 
long
> 
> Hi Dan,
> Thanks for posting this fascinating info!!!
> I remember seeing Prestige Imports mentioned in one of the articles 
> in the Brooklands Marcos book, but had no idea that all that was 
> going on behind the scenes.
> Great stuff!!! Now, I have to figure out how to roll that into the 
> web-site!
> 
> 
> Jeff
> #8052 1984 Ford V6 GT