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Avenue of the Giants Weekend Run - Sat. March 23, 2024

Saturday will be a very full day of cruising from Novato up through the Avenue of the Giants and ending at Eel River Brewing in Fortuna. Sun...

Look What Bring A Trailer Found


A factory built 1967 Mini Marcos GT. It was designed by Marcos Cars (UK) in the mid-1960s as a special 2-seat sports car body and chassis for Austin or Morris Mini and Cooper S drivetrain and suspension components. The chassis is a two-seat fiberglass right-hand drive monocoque with Mini Mk1 subframes front and rear.

Here are the specs -

The engine is an Austin 1275GT bored to 1380cc (73.5mm bore); Horsepower: ~100; Twin SU H4 (not HS4) carbs on MOWOG 12A661 inlet manifold; Derrington formula junior intake trumpets / velocity stacks (homologated for side draft weber); SPQR throttle cable and quadrant; M.E.D. (UK) Rally spec cylinder head with ported, unleaded fuel valve seats; Derrington alloy rocker / valve cover; Engine block is a 1275GT BMC A-series (not later A+ block); 1275GT crankshaft and connecting rods; Hepolite pistons; Piper 270 camshaft; M.E.D. full roller rocker valve train with oversized valves; Long Center Branch (LCB) works type header and stainless steel single-box exhaust from Mini Mania.

Oil/Water System: Custom aluminum radiator with expansion tank, front mounted (original side-mount radiator goes with car); Austin Mini water pump; Aluminum Oil Cooler.

Electrical System: Aldon modified Lucas distributor; 1960s Champion WCX600 spark plug caps (now off because they did not work well); Lucas generator / dynamo with 1960s Lucas gold sports coil; 12-volt battery; Lucas 4FJ fuse box and Lucas RB106 voltage regulator; SEV Marchal Amplilux headlamps; BMC Mini Traveller van rear lamps; Clear glass Lucas indicator / turn signal lamps.

Transmission / Gearbox: Four-speed Austin A-series remote Type 12G288 and 3.4 final drive (rebuilt with less than ten miles).
Body and Chassis: Fiberglass monocoque body construction, painted in red enamel over gel-coat. Monocoque / unibody Right Hand Drive (RHD) chassis built by Marcos Cars Ltd. UK in fiberglass with reinforced stress areas.

Front Suspension: Mk 1 Mini with recent (2004) Dunlop rubber cones; fully adjustable Rip-Speed Hi-Lo units; Spherical-joint (rose-joint) adjustable lower arms; Spherical-joint tie rods; SPAX adjustable shocks / dampers.
Rear Suspension: Mk 1 Mini with recent Dunlop rubber cones; Fully adjustable Rip-Speed Hi-Lo; SPAX shocks / dampers .
Brakes: 1960s Mk1 Cooper S disc front brakes; Super Mini Fin alloy drum rear brakes; MkI Mini servo mounted in engine compartment.
Steering: Mini Mk 1 steering column and rack; Minilite magnesium 5.5 inches x 10 inch wheels; Yokohama A008 tires.

Interior: Black/red color scheme; Original Marcos seats, recently restored with leather facing surfaces, vinyl backs and Recaro-type black cord centers and with adjustable fore-aft sliders; Marcos original carpeting; Original Triplex windows except side windows; Britax 3-point rally harness (later style) seat belts; 1960s Jaeger gauges / instruments (8K electric tach, cable-driven speedo with gear box, oil pressure, oil temp, water temp, fuel gauges); Twin Heuer stop watches mounted with a 12-hour mechanical clock in aluminum navigator panel; Lucas switches + Wipac rally high/lo beam long arm flasher; Speedwell switch grip extensions; oil pressure and high beam warning lamps; Neiman ignition switch with steering column lock; 1960s Moto-lita 13.5 inch diameter leather-rimmed steering wheel with tulip mounting boss.

Accessories: Factory installed original roll bar with additional crossbar fitted using 1960s John Aley cast alloy clamps; Les Leston shift knob on Speedwell 3 inch gear shift extension; Fire extinguisher; Barnacle rear view mirror; Talbot Green Dot Berlin side mirrors; 1960s S.P.Q.R. Adjusta-Throttle accelerator pedal; Mini heater with fresh air intake modification; Enots chrome Aston flip filler petrol cap.

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