Hi Oldfart
That would appear to be the case with the Markson ,the only differance is I have all the paper work, and most of its history ,but I have not been able to find the original person who completed it,but believe that my post 14 is pretty close to the mark. It's just a pity that the person or person' who finished off did not do as good a job as the person who started it. Markson
Hi Jac Mac
Thanks for the proof reading
At 73 years of age, you sometimes have to rely on spell check
It looks like Microsoft got it wrong I will be a little more diligent in the future.
Looks like I better go back over my previous post's.
I cannot do much about the spelling of INFORMATION though in my site heading
It looks like I had better send Steve a message Markson
Gordon was a master at making very quick plaster bucks to take moulds from. He was not, to my knowledge' one who took moulds from other peoples products. He was very good at being able to look at other stuff and come up with a very near replica, without it being an absolutely accurate copy.
Hence why if you have any lineage of your car to him I would doubt the Bolwell link. There are just too many subtle differences. Inspired by, no issue. Moulded from, I would doubt. The chassis comparisons you have posted are way too different to be a Bolwell chassis IMHO.
Not according to some of the Bolwell owner's in Australia Oldfart
And I dont think you have seen many Bolwells, or know much about them for that matter
I am a member of the Bolwell owners club in Australia and get regular info from them
and they have been very supportive in my pursuit for info
One of the older members of the club stated that he was pretty sure that it was indeed a Bolwell and would walk bare arsed to Oodnadatta, where ever that maybe, if he was wrong
You yourself must know how difficult it is try to get info sometimes,and establish
orthentisy,and heritage of something, take your so called Buckler as an example.Markson
Hi Oldfart
Getting back to Gordon ,his name was just another that was thrown into the hat at the time from so called experts.
But if you read a little of Gordon's history, you will indeed find that Gordon did take mould,s off other cars ,and possibly? the Markson being one of them, I believe ??? which sometime later became his Amero,also the moulds for his Corvette were taken off a genuine Corvette
Maybe we have been reading differant book's.The only part that is not correct in the article below, is that Mark Stacey, does not, and never has had,the so call original body that was used to make the Amero moulds
He does though remember seeing the original complete car that was used to make the moulds for the Amero many many year ago, driving around and he thinks from memory that it was painted Iridescent dark blue in colour
Funny how after scratching around the Markson, that one of the first of it's many colours would appear to have been a dark Iridescent blue in colour . Markson
Also Oldfart just to comment on the chassis
The dimensions off the drawing's that I have, that were sent to me by Bolwell in Australia
are pretty much spot on in relation to the tub section, with the exception.of the Kiwi made,bolt on tubular section, which bolts to the firewall simular to an E type Jag .Markson
HI Oldfart,Sorry not sure who you are ? Re your commments about flop moulding from other manufacturers products.Was this in NZ ? I was in the Fibreglass Industry as a manufacturer and management position from 1976 to 2000,had contact with 99% of laminators in NZ during this period and being involved with various GRP car projects.Did meet on occasion Gordon Hook.Some flop moulding did take place, Lotus 7 kits being very popular.It was an interesting 24 years to say the least.Interested to hear your GRP History.
Hi Ross just to add to your info to Oldfart
I believe that somehow Gordon was involved somehow, somewhere, along the line, in stiching the sections of the Bolwell body back together when it came over from Australia in sections when he worked for the company in Henderson back in the sixeties
I believe at that time a product was taken off the body and put away in a corner somewhere, and at a later date a new body was made off of that product by Gordon which became the Amero.I could be totally incorrect with my assumptions but all the info that I have points that way. Markson
Well here we are after nearly 3 years of talking with people, asking lots of questions, and doing a lot of research,I am still no further ahead as to finding out who (really) was the first builder of this car. At this stage I can really only assume that my own assumptions and theories are correct, based on the info that I have been able to gather and put together over the last 3 years as to its origin,but I guess after 50 odd years its a lot to expect, But I shall keep on digging .
Happy New Year to every one, and as BOB DYER used to say on the radio 65 odd years ago at the end of his program Happy Motoring customers. Markson
Hi Oldfart I would just like to point out a to you a contradiction to the info that you posted re your knowledge of Gordon Hook
In post 71 you stated that he, with greatest respect was never totally up front about taking moulds off other peoples products to your knowledge, and in post 163 you state that he was not one to take moulds from other peoples products ???Markson
Whatever. To be brutally honest, as we had extensive phone discussions, you want to believe your car is a Bolwell. I don't think anybody else cares.
Why don't you ask Ross Hollings, he seems to have known most people in the industry.
Hi Oldfart
I dont really care who cares what it is ,what I do know is, that it definitely is a 1967 Markson, put together here in NZ and the papers prove that, I dont really care if its a Bolwell,Ferrari, Ford Daytona,AC coupe,Aston Martin DB5 or the for runner of the Amero for that matter.I do know that it is mine, and all I am trying to do is establish ,who built it, and out of what, because I dont believe only one of them was ever built, if there was only one built ,that makes it pretty unique in my book I place no $$$ value on it, just as I did the DD2 Buckler DA5574, that I had many years ago, and swapped to Bruce Sutcliffe for a 12ftx12ft square of white shag pile carpet, and way back then, the Bucklers carried as much interest then, as what the Markson does now, but things sure change .The photo of the Buckler today below, is of it sitting in Japan somewhere, after Peter Sunburge sold it for over $70.000, thing's sure change over time ??? Markson
I will be a little more diligent in the future.
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