{"id":28873,"date":"2024-02-08T17:14:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T17:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=28873"},"modified":"2024-02-08T17:14:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T17:14:30","slug":"marcos-checker-mini-cooper-mk1-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/marcos-checker-mini-cooper-mk1-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"MARCOS CHECKER MINI COOPER MK1 TRIBUTE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STEVE HOLE tells the story of the Marcos Checker Mini<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A relatively little-known model from Marcos Sales was this Cooper S Mk1 Tribute. It was commissioned by Marcos&#8217; dealer in Japan, Checker Motors in 1995.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Marcos-Checker-Mini-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Marcos-Checker-Mini-1-300x229.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A claimed limited edition of 100 cars &#8211; although I don&#8217;t think they made anywhere near that number &#8211; in either BRG with white roof or white with a BRG roof.<\/p>\n<p>They were nicely built and were powered by special Richard Longman-tuned 1300 A-Series engines, with big valve cylinder head, gas-flowed inlet manifold, Kent 285 cam, twin SU HS4 carbs and a performance exhaust.<\/p>\n<p>Exterior featured 10in steels or optional four-spoke Revolutions, a sixties-style chrome grille and lighting, along with twin petrol tanks and Aston Martin-style &#8216;Monza&#8217; fuel caps. A Tony Chamings-designed Hi-Lo suspension was also standard.<\/p>\n<p>Interiors were luxuriously appointed, with Cobra bucket seats, Moto-Lita steering wheel<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Jeroen Booij of Maximum Mini for the image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>STEVE HOLE tells the story of the Marcos Checker Mini A relatively little-known model from Marcos Sales was this Cooper S Mk1 Tribute. It was <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/08\/marcos-checker-mini-cooper-mk1-tribute\/\" title=\"MARCOS CHECKER MINI COOPER MK1 TRIBUTE\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}