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The Quiffster wrote: Mr Brookes was also there providing moral support. Good news is he was there in his Marcos. Yaay!
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Still on a high after the most incredible weekend ever. But let's start with the journey home, with 5 Marcos in convoy, heading south through Winchcombe to the A40. Not content with having been at a hill climb all day, the Satnav decided that we'd like to partake off a few more runs, at least five, up and down, with the roads narrowing by the minute and lots of grounding for most of us, and, for the 1800 at least, a first gear up hill corner. The sight of 4 'Corgi' models disappearing up-hill through the trees was quite special; one green, one blue, one red and one @!%$!%; why does this 'colour' look as if I'm swearing?. But you know you could be in trouble when the road starts to grow grass in the middle.... Never been so glad to see a main road!
A personal thank you from me to all those who attended, with great company throughout, the best display (probably ever) of Marcos, not forgetting the Costin and the Probe, and so many old and new faces, quite mind blowing. Remember, without you, there is no event. Great to see so many stalwarts of the Marque, including you Jem...
A few memorable moments for me. A humble thank you for the presentation on Saturday, and yes Roger, I was almost stuck for words. The chance to welcome so many international visitors. Just the variety of Marcos on display. And the icing on the cake was being taken up the hill in the XP, my Corgi model come to life with me sat inside it, hurtling round the corners at quite an astonishing rate. A truly awesome experience and thanks Ned for the opportunity. Still smiling!!
If you know of anyone who attended, it might be you, who didn't sign on, i.e. did not go up the hill at any time, let me know as we want to get a full list of attendees. We'll also put this in the club mags.
With that, good night....
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Aug 16 09 10:51 PM
Just a Fantastic Day at Prescott - where did the time go!!!
It was amazing to meet up with so many old friends that I'd not seen for so many years, most notably Roberta, Chris and Ned nearly twenty years since I had last seen them and the XP in California. So in addition to my thanks to the organisors of the weekend, an also massive thanks to Ned and the family for bring this XP back home for the very memrable day. No easy task!!! There's going to be many pictures of the event and the XP posted in the next few days I'm sure, but feel that I must share this image of the Morris family. Thanks again. http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/3641694d5e8fe6008d7095631f88ca7c094e7300.jpg I intend to add a full set to the XP Web site in the next week or two. I would appreciate any images of the XP especially on the hill, I never seemed to be in the right place at the right time. Cheers, Dave.
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Hello Everybody, It was a real delight to see so many of you at the celebration at Prescott. I did in fact do an interview with Nick Upton on the PA system but unfortunately it wasn't working particularly well and very few people heard it! So on behalf of Marcos Heritage and the three Marcos clubs, I would like to thank everyone for making the event such a memorable occasion. Special thanks to Jem and for his wonderful book, thanks to Marcos designer's Peter Adams and his brother Dennis who could unfortunately not attend, and to Leigh Adams who followed the family tradition and did such excellent work on the later cars - without whom the event probably wouldn't have taken place. Thanks to Cor Euser, the Bordet brothers, Barry Sewell, Michael Royson, Warren at Topcat, and all of the other race cars drivers who provided us with such a wonderful display showing the racing pedigree of the cars through the years. A big thank you to all the ex-employees who attended - Stan Gray, Terry Sanger, Graham Coombes, Brian Cunnington to name but a few, and to all the helpers, marshals, and fellow organisers. A very special thank you to Ned, Chris and Roberta Morris owners of the Mantis XP, who did such a wonderful job of restoring the car and bringing it home for the 50th Anniversary - Ned you have made a lot of people very happy and very envious! Many many thanks. And finally to everyone who turned up to help us celebrate 50 years of a great true British sports car. Kind Regards Rory Marcos Heritage.
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thank you. two days after the meeting we still can't find the right words to express the time we had ! We'd like to thank each one of you, the 50th Committee for organising that once in a lifetime journey, every single Marcos owner for bringing their Marcos along and especially Jem Marsh for what he has done in the last 50 years. Also big thanks to Cor Euser for taking us up the hill in his Mantis! (can't find word for that experience either). It definitely worth the trip to spend that weekend with all of the Marcos owners great, magnificent awesome people ! Thanks again ! Hope to see you all very soon.
Now, we'll keep on working to get that "soon" replaced by finally
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