Marcos Mantula

Welcome to my blog on the journey of buying and restoring a very special Ex Works lightweight Marcos Mantula

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 And a few more of how i found her

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 Hi, Long time no update on here,  Fast forward to the 2024 i am now the owner of a 69v6 Marcos that has sat unused in a garage for over 30 ...

No Super Car yet

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Hi, Long time since any update but have been a little busy, no super car or car project yet as funds not available so enjoying the Honda...

Good Morning !

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Hi, Just a little update that yes i am getting the "Marcos Pings" which was recently diagnosed by my GP and is a caused by the m...

Goodnight !

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With some sadness i have to announce that my Marcos Mantula has been sold. It has been a lot of fun and learning for me during the restora...

Curborough Sprint

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After many years of watching i finally got to take to the track at the annual Club Marcos day at Curborough Sprint near Lichfield. There w...

Poster print

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Following the recent article in Speedhunters they have released for sale a poster print of my car, ordered mine already, the link is, Here...

Magazine article

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Just love the headline "Long low and dangerous to know", a feature by Jonathan Moore on my Marcos in Speedhunters magazine, Maga...

Sprint Event

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Have just sent off payment for the annual sprint day at Curborough, Lichfield on Saturday 6th June 2015 organised by Club Marcos Internation...

Club Event

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Have decided to organise my first Club Event with a visit to the Morgan Factory for one of their very popular tours on Monday 15th June foll...

Headlight update

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Just driven home night time with new headlights for the first time and WOW what a improvement and when switching to full beam on the country...

Headlight Upgrade

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I have been planning on upgrading the sealed beam headlights for some time but after somebody pulled out on me a couple of weeks ago at nigh...

Rain Rain Rain

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Rain Rain Rain, will it ever stop ? It's been a while since i updated this page so thought it was about time. Not a lot of news on m...

Tyre pressures

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Messing about trying different tyre pressures to see how it affects the handling and really surprised at what a difference a small increase ...

Prescott 2014

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Finally dry after a very mixed weather weekend at Prescott to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Marcos Coupe. Saturday was lovely and ...

Engine tuning

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Just got back from taking the Marcos to a local engine tuner with a rolling road facility, this was a first for me and quite nervous seeing ...

Not much news

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Not much news other than just enjoying the sunshine and driving the Marcos whenever possible, i do still find it a little hot inside when re...

Bucket List

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Of course finally getting a Marcos after some wanting of 25 years plus was the biggest tick ever on my Bucket List but really pleased yeste...

Mother in Law

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Had a little sunshine today so decided to take Margaret for a little drive, had been promising this for some time so it had to be done. So...
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Tv Cars

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I had heard the story about John Noakes from Blue Peter owning a Marcos but thought it was just a tale. Just been sent this video clip, w...
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Just

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Just been for a "spirited" drive in the sun, cobwebs blown away, Martyn 01/02/2014.

Magazine feature

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Just received the latest Marcos Owners Club magazine "Torque" and they have done a feature on my car following the recent NEC show...

Air filter

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Seasons Greetings to everybody.......... Not much chance to drive the Marcos recently due to the lousy weather but hoping for a little sun...

Fame at last

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Speedhunters.com give my car a complimentary mention and a couple of nice photographs in their review of the NEC Classic Car Show, have a lo...
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Video clip from the NEC

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Here is a brief video clip during one of the quieter moments at the weekend, http://youtu.be/2joDraWsKG4 Martyn 19/11/2013.

NEC Classic Car Show 2013

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Just returned home tired and hungry but what a fantastic 3 days i have had, many thanks to John and Isobel from the respective clubs who put...

Shiny shiny

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Just started the big clean/polish in preparation for the NEC Classic Car show   in a weeks time, might even have a bath myself, hope the rai...
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