Only just back from my holidays in Sweden, I went to the very south of the Netherlands for the Euregio Meeting 2019 last weekend. And there were some good surprises there, first of them being Tobias Kasimirowicz' Mk2 Mini Jem. Tobias of Germany owned another Mk2 Jem in the 1990s, but was involved in a heavy crash in 1997 in Ireland when the car, in his own words 'totally carambolized'. He came out unhurt and has now just finished the 12-year long restoration of a second Jem, which is absolutely stunning in its golden paint job.
Another great surprise from Germany came in the shape of Klaus Tweddell. Klaus is well-known in racing circles, with his great love for anything produced in small numbers in general and for Marcos cars in particular. He races a 1965 Marcos Fastback and took that car with him, too. But he also took some of his slides for a very entertaining talk held before dinner. It was great to finally meet up and hear him comment his own great photographs, some of which he took as a 12-year old boy. Another talk was held by Joost van Dien, who went into detail about the differences between Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3 Mini Marcoses as there was one by myself about the Minis with Italian 'carrozzeria' bodies. Pictures below will give you an impression about the meeting.
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Another great surprise from Germany came in the shape of Klaus Tweddell. Klaus is well-known in racing circles, with his great love for anything produced in small numbers in general and for Marcos cars in particular. He races a 1965 Marcos Fastback and took that car with him, too. But he also took some of his slides for a very entertaining talk held before dinner. It was great to finally meet up and hear him comment his own great photographs, some of which he took as a 12-year old boy. Another talk was held by Joost van Dien, who went into detail about the differences between Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3 Mini Marcoses as there was one by myself about the Minis with Italian 'carrozzeria' bodies. Pictures below will give you an impression about the meeting.
A lovely line-up, starting with Tobias Kasimirowicz' freshly restored Mini Jem. Frank Morskate's Mk3 Le Mans replica is third in line
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The Mk2 Mini Jem with owner Tobias (right) and his dad Helmut of Dusseldorf
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Tobias owned another Mk2 Jem before, but crashed that heavily in Ireland in 1997
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The restoration of this car took twelve years and was finished just before the meeting. There's a 1275 Cooper 'S' unit under the bonnet
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And the car's interior is just as good as it is from the outside. Star of the show!
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Lillo Trovato's Mk4 Mini Marcos with its signature carbon fibre bonnet
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Joel Nootermans' Midas. He thinks it may well be the only one on the roads in Belgium
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Jouke and Daphne Boersen with little Tess and their Mini Marcos.
You may have seen this picture before..?
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Organizer Rolf Roozenboom's Domino Pimlico was driven over b-roads to the location.
Thanks for another great meeting Rolf!
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Anne Nobels and Joost van Dien were there, too, and took my Marcos' doors with them as Joost will now be further preparing them for paint. Stay tuned.
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Marcos historian Klaus Tweddell had come over from Germany to share some of his tales
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Klaus showing his slides. He photographed races at the Nurburgring and other European circuits since 1958, when he went there for the first time with his dad
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Klaus Tweddell's racing Marcos Fastback: an early plywood car with appropriate registration
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Low slung and fast - This historical Marcos is still being raced and hill climbed regularly
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More big Marcoses: Robin Hughes 1969 1800 and Wim van Steijn's Mantara Spyder
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And a rare Minus Maxi. This one is owned by Keith Rose for a couple of years now
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Keith with the car. He's had a variety of Mini based vehicles in the last 30-odd years
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