sebastiaan
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Marcos Martina
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
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britishtrident
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 07:55 AM |
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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
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[Edited on 23/10/07 by britishtrident]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 08:22 AM |
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I believe that the Marcos company has just folded... 
Confirmation
[Edited on 23/10/07 by David Jenkins]
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StevieB
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 09:26 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I believe that the Marcos company has just folded...
Confirmation
[Edited on 23/10/07 by David Jenkins]
Again!
I'd iamgine that even a TVR would be more reliable as a daily runner too!
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britishtrident
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 10:35 AM |
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and it will be reborn again
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DarrenW
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 10:48 AM |
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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.
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Phil.J
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 01:53 PM |
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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!
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 05:32 PM |
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is marcos a kit manufacturer? i thought they made fully built production cars.
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designer
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 05:43 PM |
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I think this was a re-incarnation using the name only.
The moulds for the old kit cars are with someone else.
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 06:16 PM |
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Another question: will I be able to fit into a martina / mantula. I'm 6ft. 3" tall.
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t.j.
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 08:11 PM |
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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.]
Please feel free to correct my bad English, i'm still learning. Your Dutch is awfull! :-)
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 08:52 PM |
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IIRC Marcos went bust in the last week or so?
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