Silver high-mirrored F1 spotted in London

WaZzZuPpP

08-10-2009, 02:36 PM

Now thats interesting :rolleyes:

http://img198.imagevenue.com/loc697/th_32247_c214748364810082009154331_1_122_697lo.jpg (http://img198.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=32247_c214748364810082009154331_1_12 2_697lo.jpg) http://img215.imagevenue.com/loc191/th_32260_c214748364810082009154331_2_122_191lo.jpg (http://img215.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=32260_c214748364810082009154331_2_12 2_191lo.jpg)

Did Ralph Lauren sold one of his road cars?

Peloton25

08-10-2009, 02:49 PM

hurstg01

08-10-2009, 03:13 PM

This one must be the final high mirrored car yet to be identified, and must be the one the owner who contacts me from time to time commented on recently.....

Peloton25

08-10-2009, 04:44 PM

Now, where have we seen that plate before?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20H/negative105011cm0.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20H/negative420041wd0.jpg

And if this plate is real, XP1 LM carried it briefly too:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20H/P151_Large.jpg

From the DVLA lookup:

The vehicle details for F1 MCL are:

Date of Liability 01 10 2009
Date of First Registration 01 09 1999
Year of Manufacture 1999 <-- Really now?
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 6064CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour SILVER
Vehicle Type Approval null

>8^)
ER

Le Man

08-10-2009, 05:06 PM

Peloton25

08-10-2009, 05:36 PM

I think it's one of those optical illusions. The high mirrors sit lower and closer to the body than they might seem. Maybe we should call them medium mirrors. :grinno:

I cycled through all my high-mirrored F1 shots looking for something similar, and found this one of Flemke's from less of an angle, but you can see the right side mirror is only barely visible. Move the camera another inch to the left and you'd lose it completely.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20H/mclarenf1s_windsor30.jpg

Also, I'd expect to see a portion of the second mirror in these two shots of #071, but it is also "missing".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20H/29167_P1000860_122_576lo.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20H/29163_P1000859_122_818lo.jpg

>8^)
ER

Le Man

08-11-2009, 04:16 AM

I was thinking more like this pic,

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3519/0741rl.th.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/0741rl.jpg/)

OK its further away, but its also showing more of the right hand side of the car and lower down. Maybe I,m a sceptic, but now the car is out and about, more pics will appear.

I mentioned before about the silver 99 car a while back, which I think belongs to Ron Dennis. He is known to own several, modified F1,s in his personal car collection.

hurstg01

08-11-2009, 12:52 PM

Remember when the Testarossa's had one wing mirror?

http://www.qv500.com/Ferrari%20Testarossa%20P1%201.jpg

;)

I can see the 2nd mirror in the front-on shot. Hopefully we'll see more of this car now it's out and about

microsup

08-11-2009, 07:24 PM

Its also interesting to see that this car F1 MCL has had no previous owners: -

Manufacturer: MCLAREN Colour: Silver
Engine Size (cc): 6064
Type: Sports/Convertible

Model Year (YYYY): 19990000
Date of 1st Registration (DD/MM/YYYY): 19990901
Vehicle Registration Mark: ***** Get the Vehicle Status Report
Number of Previous Owners: 0

Fuel: Petrol

mini magic

08-12-2009, 12:00 PM

Hopefully it'll be floating around next week :)

mclarenman

08-16-2009, 09:01 PM

found a youtube vid of the unkown f1 :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOraUAdFWPw

EDIT: Moved your post in here to keep it with the rest of the discussion.

Le Man

08-18-2009, 06:41 AM

I,m pleased the vid has proved its a high mirror spec car.

Strange how some images can play tricks on the mind, or perhaps I should look like this :cool: instead of :smokin:

Now its made me really curious, to know its chassis #

Peloton25

08-18-2009, 11:28 AM

I wholeheartedly encourage that curiosity. :wink:

I have a couple of guesses, but two things seem certain. This is a 1996 or earlier car - surely that helps narrow it down. :grinno: Of the five high mirrored F1s, it was one of two that had the mirrors added after production in a retrofit scenario.

>8^)
ER

andybee

09-03-2009, 12:10 AM

I dont know the chassis, but I remember when the Z1 mirrors were originally mocked up, it was being mocked up on a Silver chassis. No idea if the mirror ended up on that particular F1.

Sami Aaltonen

09-03-2009, 02:03 AM

Now, where have we seen that plate before?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20H/negative420041wd0.jpg

And if this plate is real, XP1 LM carried it briefly too:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20H/P151_Large.jpg

From the DVLA lookup:

The vehicle details for F1 MCL are:

Date of Liability 01 10 2009
Date of First Registration 01 09 1999
Year of Manufacture 1999 <-- Really now?
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 6064CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour SILVER
Vehicle Type Approval null

>8^)
ER

I have allways wondered, was those XP1 LM register plate just "show" plate or was it really registered before those media shots about LM were taken?

Those LM shots in the woods, open door and sort of images which were seen right after the LM lounch (if I remember right), were those some kind of Media shots, pictures for the media to print their magazines?

andybee

09-06-2009, 10:47 PM

yes, McLaren arranged shoot and included in press release

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