Marcos Maniacs

Here is an email I received from Rick Harding in Alaska.  
Congratulations Rick !!

Hello Fellow Marcos Maniacs,

A few weekends ago I entered my 1969 3 Liter V-6, Wooden Chassis 
Marcos in
the Big Alaska Car Show down at the Park Strip with 286 cars in 
attendance.
Well this year, Dennis Gage with "My Classic Car" from the Speed 
Channel on
TV, brought his film crew up to Alaska to do a segment on 4 cars 
from this
Alaska show. This was a huge thing for the Alaska specialty car 
scene and as
it turns out, for Marcos' as well. Dennis is a BIG fan!!
When I pulled onto the park strip with my Marcos I heard a voice 
yelling out
"STOP". I looked over and there was Dennis Gage running up to my car 
with
his eyes as big as his handle bar mustache yelling, "A Marcos in 
Alaska, I
can't believe it, where are you going to park, and you are going to 
be my
first interview". He could barley catch his breath. Dennis travels 
all over
world doing car shows and he had only seen 2 Marcos' up close and 
one more
in a magazine. Dennis has always liked the unusual and rare stuff, 
so went
absolutely nuts over the Marcos. He and his film crew did an hour of 
filming
the car and interviewing me about it including where I found it, how 
long I
had owned it, and what I had to do to it to get it to this 
condition. We had
a great time for about an hour and a half talking cars, motorcycles, 
and
fast boats. 
Once he finished up with the Marcos and went on to shoot the other 
choices
he had made, George Blumberg from Auto Week walked up to me and 
asked if he
could also interview me for his magazine. What a day! Then during 
the awards
ceremony, Dennis Gage voted my Marcos "Best Of Show" so I will have 
a place
on the show trophy forever and next year's t-shits that they sell at 
the car
show will have my Marcos on the front of it as well! This is the 
first time
a sports car has ever won this show as it is all about street rods 
and hot
rods. The folks that belong to the Midnight Sun Street Rod 
Association, that
puts on this show, were a bit put off by my win which is good for 
them! The
show on "My Classic Car" will air during their 2008 season which 
begins in
February. I will send out another email to announce that date when I 
receive
it from them.
With all the people that watch "My Classic Car", a bunch more of 
them will
soon know what a Marcos is.

Take care,

Rick Harding
#5418

On 25 Aug 2007 Ray Rawlinson wrote:

>   I actually visited the Marcos factory at Stratford on Avon when I
> picked up my Mini Marcos.  I had a friend that owned two Marcos Cars a
> 2 litre and a 3 litre both steel chassis and we would take the Mini
> and one of the others out together back in Hertfordshire, UK.

Hi Ray. I'm sure you meant Bradford-on-Avon, although the current 
Marcos factory is in fact not too far from Stratford-on-Avon. 
Different Avon, btw.

You'll be pleased to know that LUR is now back on the road and looking 
very nice too! See the MMOC home page.

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

Here's the latest from Rick:

Hello Don,

I hope this finds you well and enjoying some quite winter months. 

I finally found out when my Marcos will be shown on My Classic Car on 
the Speed Channel. It is set to air during the week of July 13th, 
2008 and then will be shown again during the week of January 11th, 
2009. It will be interesting to see how much of the 1-1/2 hours of 
interviewing Dennis Gage did with me, will wind up on the show and 
how much of it wound up on the cutting room floor. I look forward to 
seeing how they put it together. It could be my Marcos' 4 minutes of 
fameJ

Have you ever seen the article that might have gone into AutoWeek on 
my Marcos?

Also, I have been hunting for the Motorsport magazine that contains 
the 4 page article on Marcos' in the February issue but have had no 
luck tracking it down in Anchorage. Did you by any chance get a copy 
of that one and if so could you scan those pages and send them up to 
me?

I am still moving forward on this winters restoration of a 1973 
Norton 850 Commando Roadster and have it about 70% done. I found this 
one in a guys shed in 14 boxes and bought it for about 5 cents on the 
dollar. I restored a 1971 Norton Fastback LR two winters ago so have 
a great source for parts now. I hope to have this one completed 
before our big indoor motorcycle show in Anchorage this coming March 
but if not it will definitely be done in time for our next riding 
season.

 

Take good care,

 

Rick Harding

5418


--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Don Lattimer" 
<donlattimer@...> wrote:
>
> Here is an email I received from Rick Harding in Alaska.  
> Congratulations Rick !!
> 
> Hello Fellow Marcos Maniacs,
> 
> A few weekends ago I entered my 1969 3 Liter V-6, Wooden Chassis 
> Marcos in
> the Big Alaska Car Show down at the Park Strip with 286 cars in 
> attendance.
> Well this year, Dennis Gage with "My Classic Car" from the Speed 
> Channel on
> TV, brought his film crew up to Alaska to do a segment on 4 cars 
> from this
> Alaska show. This was a huge thing for the Alaska specialty car 
> scene and as
> it turns out, for Marcos' as well. Dennis is a BIG fan!!
> When I pulled onto the park strip with my Marcos I heard a voice 
> yelling out
> "STOP". I looked over and there was Dennis Gage running up to my 
car 
> with
> his eyes as big as his handle bar mustache yelling, "A Marcos in 
> Alaska, I
> can't believe it, where are you going to park, and you are going to 
> be my
> first interview". He could barley catch his breath. Dennis travels 
> all over
> world doing car shows and he had only seen 2 Marcos' up close and 
> one more
> in a magazine. Dennis has always liked the unusual and rare stuff, 
> so went
> absolutely nuts over the Marcos. He and his film crew did an hour 
of 
> filming
> the car and interviewing me about it including where I found it, 
how 
> long I
> had owned it, and what I had to do to it to get it to this 
> condition. We had
> a great time for about an hour and a half talking cars, 
motorcycles, 
> and
> fast boats. 
> Once he finished up with the Marcos and went on to shoot the other 
> choices
> he had made, George Blumberg from Auto Week walked up to me and 
> asked if he
> could also interview me for his magazine. What a day! Then during 
> the awards
> ceremony, Dennis Gage voted my Marcos "Best Of Show" so I will have 
> a place
> on the show trophy forever and next year's t-shits that they sell 
at 
> the car
> show will have my Marcos on the front of it as well! This is the 
> first time
> a sports car has ever won this show as it is all about street rods 
> and hot
> rods. The folks that belong to the Midnight Sun Street Rod 
> Association, that
> puts on this show, were a bit put off by my win which is good for 
> them! The
> show on "My Classic Car" will air during their 2008 season which 
> begins in
> February. I will send out another email to announce that date when 
I 

> receive
> it from them.
> With all the people that watch "My Classic Car", a bunch more of 
> them will
> soon know what a Marcos is.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Rick Harding
> #5418
>

Is this info still good?  Looking forward to the Marcos bering featured, coming up real soon now.
Regards,
Ray

--- On Sun, 2/10/08, Don Lattimer <donlattimer@...> wrote:

From: Don Lattimer <donlattimer@...>
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Our Alaskan TV star ! **UPDATE**
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008, 1:44 PM






Here's the latest from Rick:

Hello Don,

I hope this finds you well and enjoying some quite winter months. 

I finally found out when my Marcos will be shown on My Classic Car on 
the Speed Channel. It is set to air during the week of July 13th, 
2008 and then will be shown again during the week of January 11th, 
2009. It will be interesting to see how much of the 1-1/2 hours of 
interviewing Dennis Gage did with me, will wind up on the show and 
how much of it wound up on the cutting room floor. I look forward to 
seeing how they put it together. It could be my Marcos' 4 minutes of 
fameJ

Have you ever seen the article that might have gone into AutoWeek on 
my Marcos?

Also, I have been hunting for the Motorsport magazine that contains 
the 4 page article on Marcos' in the February issue but have had no 
luck tracking it down in Anchorage. Did you by any chance get a copy 
of that one and if so could you scan those pages and send them up to 
me?

I am still moving forward on this winters restoration of a 1973 
Norton 850 Commando Roadster and have it about 70% done. I found this 
one in a guys shed in 14 boxes and bought it for about 5 cents on the 
dollar. I restored a 1971 Norton Fastback LR two winters ago so have 
a great source for parts now. I hope to have this one completed 
before our big indoor motorcycle show in Anchorage this coming March 
but if not it will definitely be done in time for our next riding 
season.

Take good care,

Rick Harding

5418

--- In MarcosManiacs@ yahoogroups. com, "Don Lattimer" 
<donlattimer@ ...> wrote:
>
> Here is an email I received from Rick Harding in Alaska. 
> Congratulations Rick !!
> 
> Hello Fellow Marcos Maniacs,
> 
> A few weekends ago I entered my 1969 3 Liter V-6, Wooden Chassis 
> Marcos in
> the Big Alaska Car Show down at the Park Strip with 286 cars in 
> attendance.
> Well this year, Dennis Gage with "My Classic Car" from the Speed 
> Channel on
> TV, brought his film crew up to Alaska to do a segment on 4 cars 
> from this
> Alaska show. This was a huge thing for the Alaska specialty car 
> scene and as
> it turns out, for Marcos' as well. Dennis is a BIG fan!!
> When I pulled onto the park strip with my Marcos I heard a voice 
> yelling out
> "STOP". I looked over and there was Dennis Gage running up to my 
car 
> with
> his eyes as big as his handle bar mustache yelling, "A Marcos in 
> Alaska, I
> can't believe it, where are you going to park, and you are going to 
> be my
> first interview". He could barley catch his breath. Dennis travels 
> all over
> world doing car shows and he had only seen 2 Marcos' up close and 
> one more
> in a magazine. Dennis has always liked the unusual and rare stuff, 
> so went
> absolutely nuts over the Marcos. He and his film crew did an hour 
of 
> filming
> the car and interviewing me about it including where I found it, 
how 
> long I
> had owned it, and what I had to do to it to get it to this 
> condition. We had
> a great time for about an hour and a half talking cars, 
motorcycles, 
> and
> fast boats. 
> Once he finished up with the Marcos and went on to shoot the other 
> choices
> he had made, George Blumberg from Auto Week walked up to me and 
> asked if he
> could also interview me for his magazine. What a day! Then during 
> the awards
> ceremony, Dennis Gage voted my Marcos "Best Of Show" so I will have 
> a place
> on the show trophy forever and next year's t-shits that they sell 
at 
> the car
> show will have my Marcos on the front of it as well! This is the 
> first time
> a sports car has ever won this show as it is all about street rods 
> and hot
> rods. The folks that belong to the Midnight Sun Street Rod 
> Association, that
> puts on this show, were a bit put off by my win which is good for 
> them! The
> show on "My Classic Car" will air during their 2008 season which 
> begins in
> February. I will send out another email to announce that date when 
I 

> receive
> it from them.
> With all the people that watch "My Classic Car", a bunch more of 
> them will
> soon know what a Marcos is.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Rick Harding
> #5418
>

Checking the web site it looks like the Alaska show is July 20 at 
9:30 AM ET and July 21 at 3:00 AM. It did not go beyond that but I 
know I have seen the show on the west coast and not at those times.
That is what the site says.


--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, Ray Rawlinson 
<lotuseuropabrit@...> wrote:
>
> Is this info still good?  Looking forward to the Marcos bering 
featured, coming up real soon now.
> Regards,
> Ray
> 
> --- On Sun, 2/10/08, Don Lattimer <donlattimer@...> wrote:
> 
> From: Don Lattimer <donlattimer@...>
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Our Alaskan TV star ! **UPDATE**
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008, 1:44 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Here's the latest from Rick:
> 
> Hello Don,
> 
> I hope this finds you well and enjoying some quite winter months. 
> 
> I finally found out when my Marcos will be shown on My Classic Car 
on 
> the Speed Channel. It is set to air during the week of July 13th, 
> 2008 and then will be shown again during the week of January 11th, 
> 2009. It will be interesting to see how much of the 1-1/2 hours of 
> interviewing Dennis Gage did with me, will wind up on the show and 
> how much of it wound up on the cutting room floor. I look forward 
to 
> seeing how they put it together. It could be my Marcos' 4 minutes 
of 
> fameJ
> 
> Have you ever seen the article that might have gone into AutoWeek 
on 
> my Marcos?
> 
> Also, I have been hunting for the Motorsport magazine that contains 
> the 4 page article on Marcos' in the February issue but have had no 
> luck tracking it down in Anchorage. Did you by any chance get a 
copy 
> of that one and if so could you scan those pages and send them up 
to 
> me?
> 
> I am still moving forward on this winters restoration of a 1973 
> Norton 850 Commando Roadster and have it about 70% done. I found 
this 
> one in a guys shed in 14 boxes and bought it for about 5 cents on 
the 
> dollar. I restored a 1971 Norton Fastback LR two winters ago so 
have 
> a great source for parts now. I hope to have this one completed 
> before our big indoor motorcycle show in Anchorage this coming 
March 
> but if not it will definitely be done in time for our next riding 
> season.
> 
> Take good care,
> 
> Rick Harding
> 
> 5418
> 
> --- In MarcosManiacs@ yahoogroups. com, "Don Lattimer" 
> <donlattimer@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > Here is an email I received from Rick Harding in Alaska. 
> > Congratulations Rick !!
> > 
> > Hello Fellow Marcos Maniacs,
> > 
> > A few weekends ago I entered my 1969 3 Liter V-6, Wooden Chassis 
> > Marcos in
> > the Big Alaska Car Show down at the Park Strip with 286 cars in 
> > attendance.
> > Well this year, Dennis Gage with "My Classic Car" from the Speed 
> > Channel on
> > TV, brought his film crew up to Alaska to do a segment on 4 cars 
> > from this
> > Alaska show. This was a huge thing for the Alaska specialty car 
> > scene and as
> > it turns out, for Marcos' as well. Dennis is a BIG fan!!
> > When I pulled onto the park strip with my Marcos I heard a voice 
> > yelling out
> > "STOP". I looked over and there was Dennis Gage running up to my 
> car 
> > with
> > his eyes as big as his handle bar mustache yelling, "A Marcos in 
> > Alaska, I
> > can't believe it, where are you going to park, and you are going 
to 
> > be my
> > first interview". He could barley catch his breath. Dennis 
travels 
> > all over
> > world doing car shows and he had only seen 2 Marcos' up close and 
> > one more
> > in a magazine. Dennis has always liked the unusual and rare 
stuff, 
> > so went
> > absolutely nuts over the Marcos. He and his film crew did an hour 
> of 
> > filming
> > the car and interviewing me about it including where I found it, 
> how 
> > long I
> > had owned it, and what I had to do to it to get it to this 
> > condition. We had
> > a great time for about an hour and a half talking cars, 
> motorcycles, 
> > and
> > fast boats. 
> > Once he finished up with the Marcos and went on to shoot the 
other 
> > choices
> > he had made, George Blumberg from Auto Week walked up to me and 
> > asked if he
> > could also interview me for his magazine. What a day! Then during 
> > the awards
> > ceremony, Dennis Gage voted my Marcos "Best Of Show" so I will 
have 
> > a place
> > on the show trophy forever and next year's t-shits that they sell 
> at 
> > the car
> > show will have my Marcos on the front of it as well! This is the 
> > first time
> > a sports car has ever won this show as it is all about street 
rods 
> > and hot
> > rods. The folks that belong to the Midnight Sun Street Rod 
> > Association, that
> > puts on this show, were a bit put off by my win which is good for 
> > them! The
> > show on "My Classic Car" will air during their 2008 season which 
> > begins in
> > February. I will send out another email to announce that date 
when 

> I 
> > receive
> > it from them.
> > With all the people that watch "My Classic Car", a bunch more of 
> > them will
> > soon know what a Marcos is.
> > 
> > Take care,
> > 
> > Rick Harding
> > #5418
> >
>

Anyone else see the show? It looks to be about 5 minutes of air time. 
Dennis talks to Rick about the XKE bonnet look and the low heigth. 
GT40 type. It would be nice to saw all the raw tape but the Marcos 
looked good. Dennis was pretty excited to see a Marcos.



--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, Ray Rawlinson 
<lotuseuropabrit@...> wrote:
>
> Is this info still good?  Looking forward to the Marcos bering 
featured, coming up real soon now.
> Regards,
> Ray
> 
> --- On Sun, 2/10/08, Don Lattimer <donlattimer@...> wrote:
> 
> From: Don Lattimer <donlattimer@...>
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Our Alaskan TV star ! **UPDATE**
> To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008, 1:44 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Here's the latest from Rick:
> 
> Hello Don,
> 
> I hope this finds you well and enjoying some quite winter months. 
> 
> I finally found out when my Marcos will be shown on My Classic Car 
on 
> the Speed Channel. It is set to air during the week of July 13th, 
> 2008 and then will be shown again during the week of January 11th, 
> 2009. It will be interesting to see how much of the 1-1/2 hours of 
> interviewing Dennis Gage did with me, will wind up on the show and 
> how much of it wound up on the cutting room floor. I look forward 
to 
> seeing how they put it together. It could be my Marcos' 4 minutes 
of 

> fameJ
> 
>> > With all the people that watch "My Classic Car", a bunch more of 
> > them will
> > soon know what a Marcos is.
> > 
> > Take care,
> > 
> > Rick Harding
> > #5418
> >
>

I caught the show and recorded it on the DVR.  Enjoyed it very much, amazing they condensed 1.5 hours of talking and filming into 5 minutes.  
Thanks for the e-mail reminding us about the show.
Regards,
Ray

--- On Wed, 7/23/08, Ed <emcman97015@...> wrote:

From: Ed <emcman97015@...>
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Our Alaskan TV star ! **UPDATE**
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 1:11 PM






Anyone else see the show? It looks to be about 5 minutes of air time. 
Dennis talks to Rick about the XKE bonnet look and the low heigth. 
GT40 type. It would be nice to saw all the raw tape but the Marcos 
looked good. Dennis was pretty excited to see a Marcos.

--- In MarcosManiacs@ yahoogroups. com, Ray Rawlinson 
<lotuseuropabrit@ ...> wrote:
>
> Is this info still good?  Looking forward to the Marcos bering 
featured, coming up real soon now.
> Regards,
> Ray
> 
> --- On Sun, 2/10/08, Don Lattimer <donlattimer@ ...> wrote:
> 
> From: Don Lattimer <donlattimer@ ...>
> Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Our Alaskan TV star ! **UPDATE**
> To: MarcosManiacs@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008, 1:44 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Here's the latest from Rick:
> 
> Hello Don,
> 
> I hope this finds you well and enjoying some quite winter months. 
> 
> I finally found out when my Marcos will be shown on My Classic Car 
on 
> the Speed Channel. It is set to air during the week of July 13th, 
> 2008 and then will be shown again during the week of January 11th, 
> 2009. It will be interesting to see how much of the 1-1/2 hours of 
> interviewing Dennis Gage did with me, will wind up on the show and 
> how much of it wound up on the cutting room floor. I look forward 
to 
> seeing how they put it together. It could be my Marcos' 4 minutes 
of 

> fameJ
> 
>> > With all the people that watch "My Classic Car", a bunch more of 
> > them will
> > soon know what a Marcos is.
> > 
> > Take care,
> > 
> > Rick Harding
> > #5418
> >
>