From: Don Lattimer
[mailto:donlattimer@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 2:03
PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re:
[MarcosManiacs] Marcos wins again
I run into the same thing. For ten years with
my Jensen-Healey I was always in that "class" and never even came close!
Twice this year tho I have won with the Marcos. At Hayward Show it was
called "Unique British" and at the Chico Show it was "Special Interest under
$10000". That might be a suggestion for those who run the shows, i.e. have
a split in the "special" class also. Heck, the MGs' are split into A's,
B's (both chrome and rubber bumper), etc.
The "under $10000 class(when new) that I won
did not have the Aston Martins, Bentleys', Rolls, etc. Sort of helped my
chances!
Don Lattimer
#3m5759
Willits, CA
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:47
AM
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Marcos wins
again
Jeff
. . .
This
happens to Paul Dransfield and me every year. We take our cars to the
Bronte Park British Car show in September. This is a huge show
(over 1000 cars last year), with over 40 classes. It's run by the
Toronto Triumph Club, so of course there are classes for every Triumph
variant. But they also have separate classes for chrome and rubber
bumper MGBs, and even a class for TVRs, for Jensens, for . . . You get
the idea. Our Marcos cars get lumped into the ubiquitous "Other" class,
where we compete against Aston Martins, Cobras, Allards, a fake Bugatti,
Bonds, Gilberns, Reliants, and everything else that can't find a
home in one of the available categories. Every year an Aston Martin wins
the class. However, the crowds gather around our cars, and, like you, we
spend most of the day answering questions, and raising and lowering the hood
(bonnet) to satisfy the curious.
Regards . . . Ron McLeod
1970 Marcos Mantis P8/5858
Congrats
Ron!
My first car show
experience wasn't as good. It was a local show with a WIDE variety of cars. I
was placed in the "sports car" category which had everything from a 50s MGTD
to a brand new Corvette and Acura NSX. I had a constant stream of people and
questions all day, but the awards in my class went to the AC Cobras (1
original and 1 replica) which, oddly enough, win this show EVERY
year.
Jeff
-----Original
Message-----
From: Ronald
McLeod [mailto:ronald.mcleod@...]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 7:33
AM
To: MarcosManiacs
(E-mail)
Subject:
[MarcosManiacs] Marcos wins again
Maniacs . . .
Took the Mantis to a British Car show in Port Perry
(northeast of Toronto)
on
Saturday. Since I live southwest of Toronto, I got to enjoy a 2-hour
100
mile drive on the backroads to
get around Toronto, and another 2 hours back
again, in perfect weather. Entrants got to vote for 3
awards - best saloon,
best
production sports car, and best limited production sports car.
Believe
it or not, my Mantis won
first place in the limited production category.
Regards . . . Ron
McLeod
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