Funny how three cars can be similar in a lots of ways, built in the same era, but have no connection
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Funny how three cars can be similar in a lots of ways, built in the same era, but have no connection
Markson
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Nope, 5 stud @ rear, 4 @ front:)...
One major reason many cars of this era look similar ( not including the thing in this post ) is the influence of the Ferrari GTO & Daytona coupe along with all similar class of cars that ran @ Le Mans & other European championships
It Must be running a 9 bold diff same as the Markson
,someone went to a lot of trouble to change the stud pattern .Markson
Another interesting feature in common with a Bowell
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More differences than similarities, surely?
Rear hatch profile, placement, window proportion, and hinging is different, rear quarter is a different shape as is rear end and tail lights.
At the end of the day so many of the 'GT' styled cars of the era share the same basic styling cues. I wouldn't be surprised if the Bolwell was an inspiration though - plenty of talented guys have made 'copies' from photos and given it their own flavour on the way. I doubt very much that the car is a Bolwell, the proportions etc are very different. On a positive note though, you've got something much more exclusive. I think it is a neat wee car.
Hi Paul
Thanks for your input ,I would agree refuring to the fact there appears to be more differances than similarities
but its the similarities that keep me going down the Bolwell track, along with the info that I have been able to obtain
As far as the car goes, it is what it is, and thats a one off Markson, which as I said in my very first post that I consider it to be unique as far as the build goes ,but as I have also said, all I am trying to do is find out by who?
I do not believe for one minute that it is the only body ever built of its type, as having had many many years experiance in the field know what work would be required to make the body, especially in the mid sixties here in NZ, and dont believe that it was made in someones shed at home, and would have taken many many hours of work to achieve and certainly would have involved more than one person,so someone must know,if in fact the body was built here in NZ, from start to finish. Markson
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It is quite common though for a car to be made with the intention of manufacture but then fate or economics intervene. Specialty/kit car history is full of beautiful prototypes that went no further and frustratingly is also full of very ugly cars that were made and sold by the boat-load. We also have a lot of talented people in NZ that have made some very professional 'specials' for themselves. Maybe the Markson was simply made by a talented person, with more skill/time than money, who wanted an exotic looking GT?
Hi Paul
We are talking about the mid sixties here, and although there were many projects undertaken, as you say by talented people, which in my opinion, were pretty rough examples of peoples talent,take the Trekka as an example, and I consider the AMERO to be at poorly copied example of someone else's work at that time, as I said before I dont think for one minute that this car was built by one person, and it can be cleary seen that the person who started this car,in my opinion was definitely not the person or person' who finished it off, that is why I find it hard to believe that no one has any info on it,taken into consideration all the info that every one seems to have on things that every one knows about on this forum ,but to use OLD FARTS words ,maybe they just dont care. Markson
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Hi Malcom
,Thank you for your input
Please excuse me for my naivety, but maybe I have a differant tool bar on my computer to access this site than other's
On the heading on my computer it states, historic motor racing ,motorsport history,and for sharing photos and (OTHER INFO)
I guess my post would come under the catagory of OTHER INFO. Also I do believe that the Markson at some time, maybe long before your conception, was, or was intended to participate in some form of motor racing ,as I cannot see any reason why someone would go to the trouble of fitting racing type seats, have an integral inbuilt roll cage of sort's, and have gone to the trouble and fitted a 4 point harness seat belt, if motor racing of sort's, was not intended, as in those days, calling on my memory, boy racing consisted of people like Mike Marshall and others, racing up and down Queen St and terrorising the streets in general, driving MORRIS 8s and the like
May I suggest to you, that you ignore my posts and concentrate on post of more interest to you, and maybe just one day someone will come up with the answers that I am seeking to find.Graham
Hi Malcom
Just incase you are having a sideway's peak at my post's
I note with interest in my relentless pursuit for info on this car, having a closer look at the registration papers, I see although the papers say that it is a 1967 Markson, I have reason to believe that the car in fact was registed much later than 1967. Going by the almost un ledgerable date stamp on the papers, it would appear that the car was not in fact registered until around 1970, I find it hard to believe that the car only travelled 4376 odd miles in the first owner name in a period of 10 years, if in fact it was registed in 1967 untill 1977, when it was sold for the first time in November of 1977 with only 4376 miles on the speedo ,again it then only travelled 600 odd miles until it was again sold in 1979 with 4981 miles on the speedo. It then only travelled 100 miles again until sold.with 5180 on the speedo It then only travelled 300 miles until it was again sold to a James Douglas Hendry in August 1980, with 5477 miles on the speedo, who as a matter of interest lived, at PUKEKOHE.I was just wondering going by the fact that the car lived near the race track, if it would qualify me to post on this site, and was just wonder just maybe??? how many sneaky laps, maybe Possum and Hendry raced together on the track at night at Puke, Possum may have even driven it.I think it might have been quicker than Possums Mum's Humber 80. LOL. Hendry only travelled 1500 odd miles in the car, untill he sold it to the last registed owner, being Janice Joyce Burrows in February 1981 with 7000 miles on the clock . Markson
It must have changed hand's after winning or coming last at Puke,at Christmas
around 1980-81 (LOL)
.Markson
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Hi Malcom
Just as well I saved your post's, but I would like to thank you and Oldfart and others, for your comments, as it has served to make me become more dogged and persistent in my pursuit to find out more info on this car,although you state that you dont think this is the right place or forum to be looking for info on a particular car, as no one on this forum has any info to provide, or cares,at least 20.000 odd members have looked at my post's and I only need one person to give me the info that I am looking for. Markson
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Hi Markson. I'm too lazy to trawl through all the related postings to check but has Patrick Harlow commented? I've got a feeling he probably has but if not, he would be a good person to ask.
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Hi Paul
Patrick has been to Auckland and seen the car
and is of the same opinion as myself as to it's history
I have posted a few differant photos of a MK7 Bolwell Nadala
,so it can be seen that there were many different builds, of the car
depending on who put the kit together
According to my Bolwell freinds in Australia ,that is normal
Also I have had a very resent conversation with Gordon Hook
who provided me with some very interesting info ,which I will post later .Markson
Have you tried www.bollyblog.blogsport.com
Hi Alan
I follow bollyblog
I have read every post since 2008 and found very interesting info .Markson