Marcos Maniacs

I can tell you that it is a lot 
> of fun to tour with another Marcos. Judging from the amount of 
> gawlking by the locals they liked it as well.
> Mike Denman
> 1966 Marcos 1800
> Chassis # 4079

Maniacs,

Mike didn't have the best position tho. He was ahead of me on the 
ride. To watch peoples reactions to first seeing one Marcos and then 
a second following was priceless.  Only had to stay out of their way 
when they swerved.  Best time I ever had driving a British Car!

The show had about 55 British cars.  Needless to say I had the only 
Marcos present but a number of people mentioned they had seen the two 
of us riding thru town on Saturday.  I even won a tire pressure gauge 
for being the only "Marlos" present (announcer was a local Kiwanis 
member with limited British car knowledge).

Halfway thru the show a gent from Christie's Auction House parked 
next to me with an Aston Martin DB3S.  Guess only 9 are left in the 
world.  Price tag at recent auction was $850,000.  Nice car but the 
Marcos held it's own in the "oohs and ahhs" department.  When told it 
had cost me 100 times less than the Aston, it was the instant 
favorite.  

On the way back home Sunday eve I drove up Camino Real in Silicon 
Valley (San Jose, etc.)  While sitting smugly at a traffic light, a 
Lamborghini Diablo VT ($295,000 new) sidled up next to me.  If the 
guy driving wasn't Howard Stern it was his twin.  He fought with his 
ego momentarily and finally succumbed; "what is that?" he asked 
increduluosly.  "Just like the license plate says" I replied, "a 
Marcos".  With that the light turned and for a micro-second I had him 
off the line........ahhhh, what dreams are made of.......

All in all a delightful weekend filled with new friends, old friends, 
British cars and credit card bills from Cannery Row (Tisha had a 
great time also!)

Put 900 miles on the car in 3 days, new tires (another post) and all.

Happy motoring!!
Don Lattimer
'71 Marcos #3M5759
Willits, CA