New Member Sends Greetings!
2003-10-01 by minimarcos1967
To All Marcos Maniacs, Please allow me to introduce myself; my name is Andy Seward and it is a real pleasure for me to join the Marcos Maniacs group. My wife, Alison, and our two small children have just returned to the USA after living the past two years in the town of Holtum, Limburg, Netherlands (not far from you, Maarten Krikken!). We now live in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. We brought 1967 Mini Marcos chassis 7073 (nicknamed "Elmo" by my 3.5 year old daughter) with us from Europe. This little car has an interesting history, having been a Group 4 racecar from new, driven in events in Scandanavia by the BMC Competition Director, Sweden, Mr. Bo Elmhorn and his driver / partner, Mr. Picko Troberg (see http://www.picko.com). "Elmo's" racing days are over, but he remains a remarkably well-preserved example of a Mini Marcos Mk III. More importantly, he's great fun to drive on the twisty Pennsylvania backs roads, and the kids like to crawl around inside him and flip all the switches while I'm working in the garage. Having Elmo is like having a new member in the family. In the mid-1990s, I raced an older (1962) Marcos Luton Gullwing in historic events in Europe. This car, chassis M2006, was also a racecar from new. It is perhaps best known as Stephen Minoprio's car in the 1962 Autosport Trophy racing series, which it very nearly won outright. I made a terrible mistake selling this car in 1997, when my tour of duty ended in Germany and I was to return to the USA. Chassis M2006 is now sadly in Japan, and I miss it. However, through my earlier racing days in Germany, I did make a wonderful friend at the Eifel Klassik race in 1996 -- a fellow by the name of Klaus Tweddell -- and we have remained close ever since. Klaus owns some wonderful cars and, more importantly, is a kind and friendly man. I've posted photos of these two Marcos cars in a new photo album (thanks to Mike Denman for all his help!). Hope you enjoy them. Well, enough rambling chatter! I am sincerely pleased to join your Marcos Maniacs Forum, and I look forward to hearing from any of you, anytime. Best Regards, Andy LTC Andrew B. Seward 505 Garland Drive Carlisle, PA 17013 USA