Joint Magazine with Midas Owners Club
| Issue | Contents |
|---|---|
| 147 Spring 2018
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Covers: Gordon Murray’s Midas, Stoneleigh advert.
Midas Owners Club AGMAgenda; Mini Marcos Owners Club AGM announcement. Le Mans 1966 Mini Marcos Pewter Model. Mini Briefs and Bloomers; MMOC membership renewal reminder. DEWS Downton Engineering - meeting report by Kelvin Kincaid. Cable-Tec cables and controls ltd. (advertisement) Never Used - Old Stock - Clearance Bargains. and the prize goes to .... Steve Schmidt by Philip Smethurst - Steve gets a class win at Geelong Revival. Classic Car Show NEC - November 2017: report be Neil Franklin (Midas OC). Mini Marcos Mk.III SOLD (7144), Another Mini Marcos SOLD - a Mk.IV. Launch of a New Midas - Midas Mk.1 paper cut-out model. The Book Club - Maximum Mini 2, Anatomy of the Classic Mini. One Formula - 50 Years of Car Design by Gordon Murray - article by Alistair Courtney. Vehicles of Historical Interest (VHI) - Substantial Change Guidance - within the UK. Another car rescued from a stalled restoration, now back on the road by Jonathan Bullock (7323). (Almost) Springing into Action by Justin King (Midas Cortez). |
| 148 Summer 2018
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Covers: Patrick Gicquel’s Mini Jem Mk.1;
Mervyn Johnson’ race/rally Midas
Stoneleigh 2018 - a personal perspective by Michael Horsley. Midas Owners Club - new Membership Co-ordinator. Mini Marcos Owners Club - Annual General Meeting Notes and Treasurer’s Report. More on MoT Tests in the UK; Disturbing Publicity - Electric Vehicles. Important Legal Stuff for Members of Both Clubs - GDPR. Midas Owners Club AGM 2018. Race Query - Gp 2 with a Weslake 8-port head. The Comeback Kid (part 5) by Jeroen Booij. (Almost) Springing into Action by Justin King - the second instalment. Ludlow Spring Festival & Marches Transport Festival. Racing at Folembray (2017) by Patrick Gicquel, Mini Jem Mk.1. Midas and Mini Marcos Windscreen Rubber with Extra Wide Weather Strip - strong, soft and supple. Photo opportunity at the original Oldham factory combined with a trip to the new Oil Can Café. Marcos Diaries 104 by Joost Van Diën (Mini Marcos 6140). Midas Owners Club Regalia; Midas Gold Coupé for sale. |
| 149 Autumn 2018
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Covers: Midas cars at Prescott Hillclimb; Eddy Jassieaux’s Mini Marcos Mk.IV, 8010.
One of the Joys of Driving Old Cars - Bernard Cettour’s Mini Marcos Mk.III, 7230. Mini Action Day, Castle Combe - preview. Le Mans 1966 Mini Marcos Pewter Model. Mini Marcos Mk.IV (ZG 9907) Luxembourg from Eddy Jassieaux. Old Seat for a (not so) Old Car. Mini Briefs and Bloomers; BMW Isetta Mini. Gordon Murray could be on the Midas OC stand at the NEC Classic Car Show. Euregio Meeting 8/9 September - All Welcome. Mini Cooper Register’s Beaulieu Mini Day. An Advert from 45 Yerars Ago - Something Different: HPM Mini Jem ad. Photo Opportunity and the D&H Fibreglass Oldham Site combined with a trip to the new Oil Can Café celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the end of Mini Marcos Mk.IV and the start of Midas Mk.1 production. A Dorset Life for Me by Roger Guttridge, illustration by Betty Blake. The Comeback Kid (Part 6) by Jeroen Booij - 1966 Le Mans Mini Marcos. (Almost) Springing Into Action by Justin King - the third instalment. Midas and Mini Marcos Windscreen Rubber with Extra Wide Weather Strip from Alistair Courtney, Alternative Cars, Ltd. A Fifty Year Wait by Jonathan Cunnington - Mini Jem RS-M2-1090. The “New” Midas? ... If Only. Marcos Diaries 105 by Joost van Diën. The Bristol Classic Car Show 2018 (Midas cars). A New Mini Bomb - A Mini Marcos ad from Belgium. The Smith Report - Restoration Update by Craig Smith. |
| 150 Winter 2018
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Covers: Alloy wheel with Mini Marcos centre; Midas at NEC show.
Shows and events for 2019 - urgent action needed. Marcos OC’s Marcos 60 Event. Mini Briefs and Bloomers - Geoff Dunlop writes from Australia. (Almost) Springing into Action by Justin King: The fourth instalment - Hydragas suspension. Midas at the NEC Classic Car Show. The Comeback Kid (part 7) by Jeroen Booij. Specific Mini Marcos Radiators by Joost Van Diën. Classic British Welcome - Mini Marcoses at Le Mans. The Midas Owners Club at the Practical Classics Restoration Show by Alistair Courtney. Mini Marcos 8221 XRV 742 - enquiry from original builder Tony Ingram. American Mini Marcos - Dave Munsey’s Mk.IV 8102 gets side swiped by a Honda. Is there a definitive MM Mark 2 and MM Mark 3? - one man’s observations by Joost Van Diën. Mini Marcos - the very early days by Roger Garland including advert from 1965. The Smith Report - Craig Smith is restoring Mini Marcos 8399 in Lancashire. Mini Marcos 7418 model. Corgi Mini Marcos - Miniature Datafile. Marcos Diaries 106 from Joost Van Diën - restoring a Mk.1 Mini Marcos 6140. |
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