Marcos TSO - did anyone actually buy one?
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No I'm not the owner of the Blue TSO, but I know them well. The silver grey one
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/garyharman/148660196...
Is also unlikely to be up for sale.
There is another one, possibly the Orange in the north of the country, but it's not been seen at Marcos events.
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/garyharman/148660196...
Is also unlikely to be up for sale.
There is another one, possibly the Orange in the north of the country, but it's not been seen at Marcos events.
The first car on your list is a TS500 and not a TSO. It has a Rover v8 further developed by PTP which they called a Javelin. I used to own this car and regretted selling it so much I later purchased the only other and I still have it today. If you are in the market for this kind of thing then I would urge you to take a look.
The TSO is completely different and has an LS2. The last one I know of which sold was up for £57500 some time ago. The guy that sold it, Giles Cooper, was the sales director at Marcos at the end. He sold me the silver TS500 and told me the car in the advertisement went to Germany for near the asking price.
http://www.adoos.co.uk/postx/3610863868faf4d8b8baf...
I believe the red car and the orange prototype are now in Germany also, owned by brothers.
There is a blue car in France owned by the same guy who has the LM600 Le Mans Cars.
As far as I know there are only 3 cars in the UK, the Top Gear car owned by a friend, the blue one listed in this thread and mine.
The only other car I know of is a cherry black one last saw wearing California plates.
The TSO is completely different and has an LS2. The last one I know of which sold was up for £57500 some time ago. The guy that sold it, Giles Cooper, was the sales director at Marcos at the end. He sold me the silver TS500 and told me the car in the advertisement went to Germany for near the asking price.
http://www.adoos.co.uk/postx/3610863868faf4d8b8baf...
I believe the red car and the orange prototype are now in Germany also, owned by brothers.
There is a blue car in France owned by the same guy who has the LM600 Le Mans Cars.
As far as I know there are only 3 cars in the UK, the Top Gear car owned by a friend, the blue one listed in this thread and mine.
The only other car I know of is a cherry black one last saw wearing California plates.
Du1point8 said:
if you can find then £20k or around there is the norm
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C525198
I prefer the beast
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C491073
but alas no parking means its off limits for me.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C525198
I prefer the beast
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C491073
but alas no parking means its off limits for me.
Edited by vmhb on Sunday 15th February 23:16
mrmaggit said:
What happened to the black convertible, the "mule'?
There are some stories about the convertible but nothing certain.It seems the car was painted a number of colours, black, green and possibly orange.
Some say the car was written off on a test drive, on a rainy day in a car park.
Others say it is still in a container somewhere.
If anyone knows for sure I would love to know.
Boosted LS1 said:
^ Wasn't it grey initially and then after an accident painted black along with a change of rear lights? It drove like a crab after the accident or looked that way because the body wasn't fitted properly.
Boosted LS1 I am curious. Back in 2007 I owned the silver TS500 prototype and in a post regarding the cars which were auctioned off you made this comment"The silver one was nicknamed the crab because if you followed it down the road you could see the body didn't seem to be on straight. I followed it once and it was really quite strange from behind".
This was somewhat confusing to me as the car was not like that during my ownership. I never did see the TSO convertible in the flesh. Can you please clarify which car you saw with an ill fitting body?
To help here is a link to a page with a picture of the TSO convertible
http://www.netcarshow.com/marcos/2004-tso_converti...
Here is a link to a page talking about the silver TS500, which is still silver and to the best of my knowledge has never been black
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/2730835/Britis...
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