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The Last Marathon

@thelastmarathon.bsky.social

Ottawa, Ontario - group of amateur nerds working to preserve a weird, unique piece of Canadian car history- the last complete surviving Marathon C360.

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The Last Marathon @thelastmarathon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today was a big day! #classiccar #restoration #ev #electric_vehicle

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The Last Marathon @thelastmarathon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Oh, whoops, didn't get the edited video out on time, or... ever. Enough waiting around though, folks- here it is. Don't mind the state of things, we've been hard at work... #ev #electric_vehicle #classic_car #restoration #thread

Our 1981 Marathon C360 electric van, partly disassembled with a blanket thrown over it.

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The Last Marathon @thelastmarathon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Ah, I missed my own deadline! I'll have a proper edited video out soon documenting the whole rescue process, but for now here it is- our Marathon C360, the last surviving one in the world. youtu.be/CqJIg-Kc5ig #EV #history #carculture #cars

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State of the Marathon

YouTube video by Infinity Systems

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The Last Marathon @thelastmarathon.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The Marathon C360 is one of the most interesting and certainly most forgotten EVs of the 1970s "crap era". Somewhat uniquely among the offerings on the North American market at the time, it wasn't designed as a gas-saving commuter vehicle- but as a genuine workhorse. Thread: #carculture #EV #history

A worker hangs out the open side door of a Transport Canada-liveried Marathon C360.

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The Last Marathon @thelastmarathon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

#didyouknow that Québec hosted a pioneering EV manufacturer in the late 1970s and early 1980s? Marathon Electric Vehicles made a good first impression during the gas crunch of the 70s, but quickly fell from grace once fuel became cheap again. Now almost all trace of it is gone. Almost...

A press photo of the Marathon C-360 Electric Utility Van, a wedge-shaped six-wheeled compact van.

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