Marcos 3 Litre - new perspective

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Marcos 3 Litre - new perspective

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Created on December 19, 2020

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Bruno von Rotz

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - the driver sits very low

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - left-hand drive Ford V6 coupés are rare

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - the Ford version has two separate exhaust tailpipes

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - the rear window distorts the view to the rear

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - in summer you'll be glad of the sunroof, because the Marcos can heat up tremendously

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - the shape was chosen primarily for aerodynamic reasons

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - around 200 km/h was possible back then

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - just over 4 meters long and very flat at 1.08 meters high

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - spectacular design by Dennis and Peter Adams

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - with open sunroof

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - the whole front hood opens

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - a sports car and not a means of transportation

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - unlike its predecessor, the three-liter version had rectangular headlights under the glass covers

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - the rear lights are from the large series

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - you can only see how dainty the Marcos is when you compare it with other sports cars that aren't exactly big either

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - the tapered rear end is typical

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - the steering wheel covers the main instruments a little

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - voluminous cardan tunnel in the Ford V6 version

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - the V6 engine is mounted behind the front axle as a front mid-engine

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - only just found space in the Marcos engine compartment

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - V6 engine in the front of the coupé

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - long hood and view of the Marcos sign

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - this is where the cooling air should escape

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - 13-inch alloy wheels

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - fuel filler cap, as used on many small series cars from England

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Marcos 3 Litre (1971) - memories of the early years

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Marcos 2000 GT (1968) - Jem Marsh and John Quick present the Le Mans sports car with Volvo engine

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Marcos 1600 GT (1968) - at a service station in England

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Marcos 1800 (1964) - View through - Illustration from 1964 leaflet

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Marcos 3000 GT (1971) - Presentation at the Motor Show

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - Insect-like front design

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Marcos 3 Litre Volvo (1970) - side view of the Volvo motorized version

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Marcos 2 Litre (1970) - sporty line on the 2-liter

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Marcos 1600 (1967) - the Marcos 1600 had a Ford engine and a folding sunroof as standard equipment

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - tubular frame chassis instead of the previous wooden construction, V6 engine from Ford

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - tubular steel frame

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - side view of the 3-liter version

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Marcos 3 Litre Volvo (1971) - The Marcos with Volvo engine from the side

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - available as 2- and 3-liter versions with engines from Volvo and Ford, here the version with Volvo inline six-cylinder engine

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - when getting into the flat sports car, the lady perhaps reveals more than she would like to

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - the typical owner was also a man rather than a woman

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - Test drive in Lignières

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - tapered rear end

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - Measuring runs with the Peiseler wheel

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - narrow and sporty cockpit

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - Interior of the left-hand drive automatic version

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Marcos 3 Litre (1970) - Volvo inline six-cylinder with SU carburetors

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Marcos 3 Litre Volvo (1970) - Engine compartment with the Volvo engine

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Marcos 3 Litre Volvo (1970) - Chassis with rectangular profiles

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Marcos 3 Litre at the plastic car meeting Fantastic Plastic 2014

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Marcos GT 3L (1970) - at the "Fantastic Plastic" meeting 2013

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Marcos GT 3L (1970) - at the "Fantastic Plastic" meeting 2013

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Marcos 3 Litre - striking in yellow - Fantastic Plastic 2015

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - completely restored

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - in the same ownership for over 30 years

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - the later models have a tubular steel frame

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - still the same with a tubular steel chassis

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - the large hood gives access to the longitudinally mounted six-cylinder engine

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - the front of the car can be almost completely uncovered

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - you can see immediately that the Marcos GT is very flat

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - and off we go

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - with Volvo B30 engine

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - small leather steering wheel

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - Leather interior

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - SU carburetor on the Volvo B30 engine

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Marcos GT 3 Litre (1971) - Rear lights and reversing light

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Marcos - Color Palette - Standard Color Range (1970)

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Summary

Initially, only four-cylinder engines were installed, but from 1968 six cylinders were also available and the Marcos 3 Litre became a fast sports car that could also compete with Porsche and co. The version with the Ford V6 engine was only built for just over a year and while the first cars were still equipped with the famous Marcos wooden chassis, the later models were given a tubular steel frame. This vehicle report is dedicated to the Marcos 3 Litre with tubular frame and shows it in current and historical images, as well as in the unusually designed sales literature.

This article contains the following chapters

Beginning with four-cylinder engines and lots of wood
Search for more power
The three-liter version at the 1968 London Motor Show
Moving away from the wooden chassis
Classic sports car architecture
Short life of the Ford V6
Flat

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

A Marcos 3 Litre looks like no other car and is downright dainty, even though it has a six-cylinder three-liter Ford engine under its hood. But that was not what it was originally intended for. When Marcos presented the GT, a super-flat coupé, at the London Racing Car Show in 1964, the company already had a five-year history in which it had already celebrated several racing successes and produced a few dozen cars. However, the new sports car was made of different wood, even if the chassis was still made of glued plywood. Dennis Adams had designed the sensational plastic body and it looked almost like something from another planet. The B18 four-cylinder engine from Volvo was initially installed.

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