Marcos Maniacs

> Another book to look for is "Legend of the Lotus Seven", also by
> Ortenburger.
> 
> This has a brief mention on the original Marcos "ugly duckling", also
> known as the Xylon, as well as a couple of pictures.
> 
> The book was out of print but a reprinted version is now supposedly
> available. Original copies are very hard to find.
> 
> 
> David McCubbin
> Mosaix Campaign Administrator
> Loyalty/Telesales
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mike Denman [SMTP:marcos18001966@...]
> Sent:	Sunday, September 23, 2001 10:59 PM
> To:	MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:	[MarcosManiacs] Re: New Marcos book
> 
> The other "Marcos" book is actually about Frank Costin.  Frank 
> Costin was one of the original designers of the Marcos Cars and 
> contributes the COS portion of his last name to the name MarCOS.  
> The title of the book is "Flying on Four Wheels, Frank Costin and 
> his car designs" by Dennis E. Ortenburger.  The original books are 
> very hard to find but I believe it has been recently reprinted.  I was 
> lucky enough to meet the author at a British Car show in Pacfic Grove, 
> California in 1998.  He saw my Marcos and came over to talk to me.  I 
> mentioned I was looking for a copy of his book and he sent me an 
> autographed copy the next week. The book is well written, interesting, 
> and has a full chapter on Frank's involvement with marcos cars.
> Mike Denman
> 1966 Marcos 1800
> #4079
> 
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