‘68 Marcos 1600 GT

[tahiti7]

Just throwing this out there….does or has anyone ever made a kit of a Marcos 1600 GT?

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1968-marcos-1600-gt
 

[stitchdup]

theres a few toyish curbside 3d files.  with some extra work they can look decent

[NOBLNG]

Cool looking little car!😎

[Bainford]

A Marcos kit would be awesome. Unfortunately, I don't recall ever seeing one in any scale.

[Belugawrx]

Very nice looking car..wish they would have put it on a lift to check out the ....wooden chassis..?!?

[Bainford]

1 hour ago, Belugawrx said:

Very nice looking car..wish they would have put it on a lift to check out the ....wooden chassis..?!?

Yes, that would be the work of Frank Costin. Below is a bare Marcos chassis.

Frank was also the genius behind the Nathan Costin wood chassis. Wood always seemed to me like a heavy chassis material, but in fact they were quite light and very strong. For quite some time now I have been wanting to do a scratch build of a Costin Nathan complete with actual wood chassis, but I know it is a project I would get stuck into and take me ten years to build, to the exclusion of all my other projects.

[tahiti7]

Cool car Trevor! I've never seen that car before.

Here is an article about Frank and the 1600:

https://silodrome.com/marcos-gt-plywood-chassis/

Before the Marcos 1600,Frank was involved in the development and design of the de Havilland Mosquito airplane, also known as the “Wooden Wonder.” 

[tahiti7]

On 3/21/2025 at 8:28 AM, Bainford said:

A Marcos kit would be awesome. Unfortunately, I don't recall ever seeing one in any scale.

I had a diecast one (an 1800 GT) as a kid, a Corgi Toy. I don't remember mine having a driver figure though. Hoping that one in 1/24 or 1/25 would be available. 

 

Edited March 24 by tahiti7

[Bainford]

4 hours ago, tahiti7 said:

Cool car Trevor! I've never seen that car before.

Here is an article about Frank and the 1600:

https://silodrome.com/marcos-gt-plywood-chassis/

Before the Marcos 1600,Frank was involved in the development and design of the de Havilland Mosquito airplane, also known as the “Wooden Wonder.” 

Cheers Steve. A good high-level article on the work of Frank Costin, and great reference photos of the Marcos.