Vintage European Classic & Sports Cars, GTs
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"Another" Triumph; The Triumph Italia. Designed by Michelotti, built by Vignale in Turin between '59 - '62. 330 produced - unknown how many are left.
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BroncoJimbo
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The Italia's are beautiful cars. The running gear is TR3 but the coachwork is 100% Italian. When you bought one, it was understood there would be no replacement panels available. Ever.
I have a friend in San Diego who is resurrecting a fairly well-known Italia.
I have a friend in San Diego who is resurrecting a fairly well-known Italia.
Old Ears too
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Old Ears too
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that Triumph looks like a baby Aston Martin
Beobloke
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Can I throw in my own?
1995 Marcos LM400 Spyder. 33,000 miles from new and fully re-sprayed and re-built on a galvanised chassis 10 years ago.
Marcos were one of those cottage industry British companies that started out in the 1960s making kit cars, before going bust a few times, then switching to fully assembled cars only in 1993 with the launch of the Mantara. They had a good reputation but were always over-shadowed by TVR. That said, one of my favourite review quote of the 1990s described a Marcos as being "like a TVR, but built properly"
The LM was developed from the Mantara for a return to Le Mans racing (that's what LM stands for) and they never intended to make a road car but the team driver wanted one, so they did. They made 34 in the end - most with 5 litre Rover V8s, a handful with the smaller, standard 3.9 litre Rover V8 (as mine is) and two with a 6 litre Chevrolet V8 - one of which survives.
I have a personal connection as my mother was born and raised in Westbury, the town in Wiltshire, UK where Marcos had their factory. A family friend worked there (he would have built the chassis on mine originally) and I was given a tour round the facilities back in 1994, plus a blast round the B-roads of Wiltshire in the demonstrator Mantara. It stayed with me and I vowed i would own one, one day. Sadly my dream only came true when mum died back in 2020 - after doing lots of sensible things with my inheritance, I decided that she would approve if i bought one of these!
More Marcos info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Engineering
1995 Marcos LM400 Spyder. 33,000 miles from new and fully re-sprayed and re-built on a galvanised chassis 10 years ago.
Marcos were one of those cottage industry British companies that started out in the 1960s making kit cars, before going bust a few times, then switching to fully assembled cars only in 1993 with the launch of the Mantara. They had a good reputation but were always over-shadowed by TVR. That said, one of my favourite review quote of the 1990s described a Marcos as being "like a TVR, but built properly"
The LM was developed from the Mantara for a return to Le Mans racing (that's what LM stands for) and they never intended to make a road car but the team driver wanted one, so they did. They made 34 in the end - most with 5 litre Rover V8s, a handful with the smaller, standard 3.9 litre Rover V8 (as mine is) and two with a 6 litre Chevrolet V8 - one of which survives.
I have a personal connection as my mother was born and raised in Westbury, the town in Wiltshire, UK where Marcos had their factory. A family friend worked there (he would have built the chassis on mine originally) and I was given a tour round the facilities back in 1994, plus a blast round the B-roads of Wiltshire in the demonstrator Mantara. It stayed with me and I vowed i would own one, one day. Sadly my dream only came true when mum died back in 2020 - after doing lots of sensible things with my inheritance, I decided that she would approve if i bought one of these!
More Marcos info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Engineering
Very cool Marcos and I like the idea of a galvanized tube frame versus the wood used in earlier models.Can I throw in my own?
1995 Marcos LM400 Spyder. 33,000 miles from new and fully re-sprayed and re-built on a galvanised chassis 10 years ago.
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Marcos were one of those cottage industry British companies that started out in the 1960s making kit cars, before going bust a few times, then switching to fully assembled cars only in 1993 with the launch of the Mantara. They had a good reputation but were always over-shadowed by TVR. That said, one of my favourite review quote of the 1990s described a Marcos as being "like a TVR, but built properly"
The LM was developed from the Mantara for a return to Le Mans racing (that's what LM stands for) and they never intended to make a road car but the team driver wanted one, so they did. They made 34 in the end - most with 5 litre Rover V8s, a handful with the smaller, standard 3.9 litre Rover V8 (as mine is) and two with a 6 litre Chevrolet V8 - one of which survives.
I have a personal connection as my mother was born and raised in Westbury, the town in Wiltshire, UK where Marcos had their factory. A family friend worked there (he would have built the chassis on mine originally) and I was given a tour round the facilities back in 1994, plus a blast round the B-roads of Wiltshire in the demonstrator Mantara. It stayed with me and I vowed i would own one, one day. Sadly my dream only came true when mum died back in 2020 - after doing lots of sensible things with my inheritance, I decided that she would approve if i bought one of these!
More Marcos info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Engineering
Here’s a picture of an earlier version with a Volvo engine owned by one of our local SCCA members taken at the track in 2017 - quite a difference though i see some similar styling cues.
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