HSCC Finals Silverstone

[coppice]

Originally Posted by andy97

Why did you choose the Marcos over the G4R?

The mate I mentioned, who used to have a Marcos, wondered why they put a Volvo engine in it and didn’t put a Lotus Twin Cam in; I replied with no knowledge what so ever, that Chapman probably didn’t want to sell his engines to a direct rival. And yet he sold the engines to Ginetta; and I am told by those that seem to know that the G4R is actually a better car than the Elan, but I have no idea!

Marcos installed just about every engine in the GT EXCEPT the Lotus twin cam. If memory serves , they used Ford Crossflow in 1600 and 1650 form , Volvo 1800 , Volvo 3 Litre six, Ford V6 , Ford V4 , and Triumph straight six ...

[Peter Mallett]

Delta sent the attached pic of Cor Euser's Marcos in the Portimao pit. A slightly modified example. And while we are at it, I spotted the green one at the recent Pistons and Prop weekend.