Songs From the Wood

There has been some debate within these pages about the wood used to make Frank Costin’s Protos F2 cars. The original (wooden) Marcos was said to have been made from “laminated marine ply,” because Frank’s partner, Jem Marsh, felt that window dressing was needed. Frank told me that the Marcos was made from what he could buy in his local hardware store.

At the time of Frank’s death, I was working on his biography. At about the same time, the commissioning publisher went bust…so a motor racing classic was lost.