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New "Car of the Month"

New "Car of the Month"

2003-06-02 by Don Lattimer

Hi all,

"Car of the Month" for June is Ron Mcleod's 1970 Mantis.  Only 32 were built
and they are powered by the Triumph 2500 PI (petrol injected) engine.  A
beautiful car!

Take a look:

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/MarcosManiacs/

Don Lattimer (Moderator)
#3m5759
Willits, CA, USA

Re: New "Car of the Month"

2003-06-06 by Don Lattimer

With the intro of the Marcos TS500 I've put the factory picture of 
the car on the homepage.  I will leave it until the end of June and 
then return Ron's car to the spotlight.



Don Lattimer (Moderator)
#3m5759
Willits, CA, USA


--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Don Lattimer" 
<donlattimer@p...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> "Car of the Month" for June is Ron Mcleod's 1970 Mantis.  Only 32 
were built
> and they are powered by the Triumph 2500 PI (petrol injected) 
engine.  A
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> beautiful car!
> 
> Take a look:
> 
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/MarcosManiacs/
> 
> Don Lattimer (Moderator)
> #3m5759
> Willits, CA, USA

RE: [MarcosManiacs] Re: New "Car of the Month"

2003-06-08 by ronald.mcleod@aspentech.com

Don . . .
My Mantis thanks you for its 15 minutes of fame.
At long last we are getting some reasonable weather up here in Ontario, and Saturday saw the first British Car show of the season, in London, Ontario. The Mantis was in fine tune for its first lengthy outing of the year - 120 miles from here to London in 2 hours flat, on largely deserted 2-lane back roads posted at 50 MPH, with several towns and villages along the route where it's prudent to at least flip off the overdrive in observance of their 30 MPH signs. At the show, the Mantis was in the "Orphans" class (where else?), and came second in the popular vote to a beautiful and immaculate Morgan, but beating out a freshly restored Lotus in third.
For several years now, the Mantis has had a sort-of howling noise that increased with speed. I had assumed that it was the tires, which have a rather aggressive all-weather tread. Well, it was the rear axle bearings - having replaced them last month, the car now glides along in comparative silence. I guess we tend to automatically adjust to things that deteriorate slowly over the years. However, those with 30+ year old rear axle bearings might we well advised to check the play in the bearings, particularly if they're hearing increased "tire noise".

Regards . . . Ron McLeod
1970 Marcos Mantis P8/5858

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-----Original Message-----
From: Don Lattimer [mailto:donlattimer@...]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 2:04 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: New "Car of the Month"

With the intro of the Marcos TS500 I've put the factory picture of
the car on the homepage. I will leave it until the end of June and
then return Ron's car to the spotlight.



Don Lattimer (Moderator)
#3m5759
Willits, CA, USA


--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Don Lattimer"
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> "Car of the Month" for June is Ron Mcleod's 1970 Mantis. Only 32
were built
> and they are powered by the Triumph 2500 PI (petrol injected)
engine. A
> beautiful car!
>
> Take a look:
>
> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/MarcosManiacs/
>
> Don Lattimer (Moderator)
> #3m5759
> Willits, CA, USA



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New "Car of the Month"

2003-08-01 by Don Lattimer

Car of the Month for August is Mike Roger's 1600GT.  Got any details for us
Mike??

Have a great weekend!

Don Lattimer (Moderator)
#3m5759
Willits, CA, USA

New "Car of the Month"

2003-09-04 by Don Lattimer

Hi all,

Rick Harding's V6 is this months pic.  Car lives in Anchorage, Alaska.  Very
nice!

Don Lattimer
#3m5759

New "Car of the Month"

2003-10-01 by Don Lattimer

Paul Dransfield's 1972 Marcos is October's COM.  Paul just completed
installation of 17 inch wheels/tires.  Take a look !

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/MarcosManiacs/

Don Lattimer (Moderator)
#3m5759
Willits, CA, USA

New "Car of the Month"

2004-03-01 by Don Lattimer

This months car is from Australia.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/MarcosManiacs/

Very nice looking!  Owned by John Faturic.  I assume it's an Essex V6 but
not sure.  Care to jump in and give us the details John??

I'll post some more pics of his car in the "photos" section in a few days.

Don Lattimer
#3m5759

Re: [MarcosManiacs] New "Car of the Month"

2004-03-31 by Richard Porter

We have a real cracker this month!

-- 
Richard Porter           M I N I   M A R C O S   O W N E R S   C L U B
ricp@...   MINI JEM * KINGFISHER  SPRINT * MINI SPECIALS
                                 http://www.minimarcos.org.uk/

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