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[Edited on 23/10/07 by David Jenkins]
I stumbled across this car on Pistonheads:
Martina
and wondered about a few things:
1) would it be feasible to use as an everyday car?
2) To how much trouble would I need to go to get a replacement bonnet for it?
3) What does Cat-C mean? I'm Dutch, so don't know anything about these (presumably insurance related) codes.
4) does anyone on here own one? What are they like to live with?
Cheers,
Sebastiaan
Cat-C means written off on cost grounds only --- eg light damage but cost of parts and labour exceed what the insurance company want to pay. However
check carefully for damage the insurance company may have missed.
Marcos have been building cars that shape for more than 40 years they have an active owners club for spares see http://www.marcos-oc.com/links.asp
[Edited on 23/10/07 by britishtrident]
I believe that the Marcos company has just folded...
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[Edited on 23/10/07 by David Jenkins]
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I believe that the Marcos company has just folded...
Confirmation
[Edited on 23/10/07 by David Jenkins]
and it will be reborn again
If its been built well i cant imagine it being any less reliable than any other kit car. There will always be little bits to do but it looks like a
nice car. Bonnet and rad might be easy repair. i guess the screen will be harder to come by.
Looks cheap to me. As long as impact was light and no chassis damage it should be OK. Just needs good inspection as you would do for a non-acident
damaged kit car anyway.
looks quite nice if a bit dated now. always suspicious of damaged cars for sale where the pics don't show you the full extent of the damage!
is marcos a kit manufacturer? i thought they made fully built production cars.
I think this was a re-incarnation using the name only.
The moulds for the old kit cars are with someone else.
Another question: will I be able to fit into a martina / mantula. I'm 6ft. 3" tall.
Marcos is still alive but not cheap.
http://www.vikingengineering.nl/site_nl/index_marcos.php
http://www.marcos-eng.com/
nice!!
[Edited on 23/10/07 by t.j.]
IIRC Marcos went bust in the last week or so?