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Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: nopanic - neil on February 02, 2018, 12:57:36 am

Title: Mini Marcos
Post by: nopanic - neil on February 02, 2018, 12:57:36 am

For those who know about or even seen one - Mini Marcos

Good article in the Oz BMC experience mag

http://www.bmcexperience.com.au/bmce-issue22/mighty-marcos

and here

https://www.minimarcos.org.uk/sport/lm66bd/index.html


Could imagine this -  "was clocked at 146 mph on the Mulsanne straight"

in this - (https://www.minimarcos.org.uk/sport/lm66/mm42.jpeg)

:o

Great race car transporter

(https://www.minimarcos.org.uk/sport/lm66bd/pic2.jpeg)

Title: Re: Mini Marcos
Post by: Grand_Fromage on February 02, 2018, 03:38:03 pm

I had a Mini Marcos back in 1977. It was tons of fun.

The 1966 15th place for Claude Ballot-Léna and Jean-Louis Marnat remains Marcos' best result at Le Mans despite many later attempts with much more powerful and exotic GTs.

Title: Re: Mini Marcos
Post by: Lorry on February 02, 2018, 05:30:19 pm

The poor thing did get "monstered" a bit