Leno F1. Are these new to anyone?

http://www.xjjaguar.com/LAcarmeet.html

I posted the link so not to waste anyone's time if they're old.

New for me - and I'm glad to see that the photos are from a very old event or I would have been unhappy to know that I missed out on something recent.

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I was about to make a thread on a new Leno article I found, but if you don't mind, I'll just piggyback the info in here.

Here's a link to the article:

http://www.channel4.com/4car/feature/features-2004/jay-leno/jay-leno.html

There's only one photo of his F1 included:

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/features/2004/jay-leno/03-large/leno-9.jpg

In case you are wondering, the tarp underneath the F1 is part of the Car Capsule (http://www.carcapsule.com/) that he stores the F1 inside.

There's also a few pics of his LCC Rocket:

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/features/2004/jay-leno/03-large/leno-27.jpg

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Nice find to both of you. Surprisingly there are a lot of articles about his collection and barely even mention the F1 and I think thats kinda weird. Like in an Autoweek article about his collection all they said was like "he also has a McLaren F1." :confused: :headshake:

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/features/2004/jay-leno/03-large/leno-9.jpg

That has got to be the sweetest painting ever.

You can get a smaller version if you are interested:

http://www.artforall.co.uk/ar-Watts_Le_Mans_1995.htm

I've held a copy in my hands, but they wanted $450 for it and I wasn't willing to pay that much. I'm guessing that Jay's enlarged version was a little bit more than that. :D

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Man, it would be awsome to meet Jay in real life. People say he isn't just one of those celebrities that seems cool, but ends up being a dick in person. They say that Leno is a genuinely nice guy.

Also, that Car Capsule thing is insane. I have never seen that before.

The website mentions that it can protect against a 5 pound sledgehammer, but if someone really wanted to damage the car, couldn't they just puncture through the PVC?

So it can protect agains a sledgehammer, but is useless against a knife? That doesn't make sense.

That has got to be the sweetest painting ever.

U mean this picture :biggrin:.

http://daisukestar10.hp.infoseek.co.jp/car/car71.jpg

A local car repair shop usually has a Ferrari Dino inside one of those car capsules.

an E30 M3 just came out of one of them. It is/was one of the lowest mile E30 M3's out there. I can't remember how many miles but i think the asking price was about 45k. Drew will remember

The website mentions that it can protect against a 5 pound sledgehammer, but if someone really wanted to damage the car, couldn't they just puncture through the PVC?


I think they are implying that if a 5lb sledgehammer fell on it that it would protect the car, not if someone maliciously wanted to do damage to the car inside the bubble. ;)

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I think they are implying that if a 5lb sledgehammer fell on it that it would protect the car, not if someone maliciously wanted to do damage to the car inside the bubble. ;)

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Oh, that makes a lot of sense. :eek7:

I mean where else would buyers hang their sledgehammers, if not directly above their valuable cars. :rofl:

wow. you are thinking about that way too much ;)

wow. you are thinking about that way too much ;)

Relax mini magic, I'm only kidding. :thumbsup:

an E30 M3 just came out of one of them. It is/was one of the lowest mile E30 M3's out there. I can't remember how many miles but i think the asking price was about 45k. Drew will remember
Yup, Gary Bosserts car. He is a big E30M3 and BMW nut. Asking price was 45k.

hehe.

Although this was requested in a different thread, I figured I would toss it in here to keep the recent Leno content all in one spot. This photo comes from Phil Berg's "Ultimate Garages" book and is sadly the only shot of Leno's F1 in the coverage of his garage in this book.

Shockingly to me, his McLaren F1 is not even mentioned one time in the text on Leno's garage, including in the caption under the photo. :screwy: :disappoin

http://a8.cpimg.com/image/20/5B/34841888-827e-028001AA-.jpg (http://speed.supercars.net/boardpics/2004-5-8/2341985-Peloton25a.jpg)
Clickable for high res... :cool:

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Shockingly to me, his McLaren F1 is not even mentioned one time in the text on Leno's garage, including in the caption under the photo.
I wonder why nobody ever mentions it. I mean you think in a coffee table book like the one this picture is from, they sure have enough space to mention the fastest production road car :sly:

Nice pic I like the f1 in that shot it looks good.

Although this was requested in a different thread, I figured I would toss it in here to keep the recent Leno content all in one spot. This photo comes from Phil Berg's "Ultimate Garages" book and is sadly the only shot of Leno's F1 in the coverage of his garage in this book.

Shockingly to me, his McLaren F1 is not even mentioned one time in the text on Leno's garage, including in the caption under the photo. >8^)
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Hey Peloton, do you have a pic of his F1's interior? What is the color scheme for his F1?

I have one, but it's not great. If I recall correctly, the interior is just a mix of black and grey. I don't have it handy, but I'll post what I have later.

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That LCC Rocket has to be one of the most awful car ever!
The exterior looks like something I've could have made in my own garage :lol2:

Well, regardless of the looks, Leno happens to love the car and claims it's one of the quickest cars he owns. No surprise there, when you have almost 150hp moving only 800 lbs. I happen to love the Rocket too, even with it's quirky styling. Of course I'm a big fan of the Ariel Atom, Renault Sport Spider, and all the various Caterhams and Lotus Seven replicas of the world too. The Rocket is the coolest of the cool in my book.

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Well, regardless of the looks, Leno happens to love the car and claims it's one of the quickest cars he owns. No surprise there, when you have almost 150hp moving only 800 lbs. I happen to love the Rocket too, even with it's quirky styling. Of course I'm a big fan of the Ariel Atom, Renault Sport Spider, and all the various Caterhams and Lotus Seven replicas of the world too. The Rocket is the coolest of the cool in my book.

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Ohhhhhwo Peloton just when I was sure you were a cool guy :p :lol: :wink:

I have one, but it's not great. If I recall correctly, the interior is just a mix of black and grey. I don't have it handy, but I'll post what I have later.

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Thanks in advance. Are there any really good shots of his F1? cos all the pics i've seen of it are either obscured by something or really small...

Hey Thorst13 are you a first timer on A.F you only joind in may?? Are you sure you didnt have a name on A.F b4 you got this you know alot for a beginner if so I dont think your a bigginer though. (as a complement) :iceslolan

Hey Thorst13...

You know - there's this thing here called a Private Message. You should try it sometime... ;) :p


Thanks in advance. Are there any really good shots of his F1? cos all the pics i've seen of it are either obscured by something or really small...

Unfortunately there are not any really great shots of his F1. I promise to take some if I ever get close enough, but for now we make do mostly with photos like you have described.

Here the only two shots I have that are representative of the interior. You can see that most of the seating surfaces are black with red stitching and that the center area of the driver's seat is also red. It looks like the headliner and areas above the beltline are a light grey.

http://a6.cpimg.com/image/28/01/34966056-31df-0190012C-.jpg

http://a2.cpimg.com/image/24/01/34966052-1a20-0190012C-.jpg

This may qualify as the only great shot of Leno's F1. It's still not spectacular given the crowd and the close proximity of the camera, but at least it's big. I got this shot from the guy who took those two interior photos but couldn't the rest from him in high res unfortunately.

http://a7.cpimg.com/image/57/FA/34965847-0b66-02000180-.jpg

You can see this shot at 1280x960 by using 'Copy Shortcut' on this link and then pasting it into a new browser window.

http://members5.clubphoto.com/_cgi-bin/getImage.pl?imgID=34965847-9d45&trans=

There's also this shot which was taken inside one of his garages, however, the lights were off and the flash didn't do such a great job so I used Photoshop to enhance the image quite a bit.

http://a8.cpimg.com/image/A8/58/30199208-2dfa-028001C5-.jpg

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You know - there's this thing here called a Private Message. You should try it sometime... ;) :p

Unfortunately there are not any really great shots of his F1. I promise to take some if I ever get close enough, but for now we make do mostly with photos like you have described. ......
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Oh you DA MAN. heh. That big pic is NICE despite the crowd...
Thanks! It seems Leno chose a very non-flashy "standard" color scheme.

Btw, sidetracking a little, have you got a hi-res version of the pic of the mclaren f1 family, but the shot with only the road car, the LM and the longtail.. all facing the left? (i'd post the small one i have but i don't have anywhere to host it)

Oh you DA MAN. heh. That big pic is NICE despite the crowd...
Thanks! It seems Leno chose a very non-flashy "standard" color scheme.

Leno wasn't the original owner on his car, so he can be given credit for it's looks. I believe that it has retained it's original colors unlike many owners who order up a refit when they purchase one.

Btw, sidetracking a little, have you got a hi-res version of the pic of the mclaren f1 family, but the shot with only the road car, the LM and the longtail.. all facing the left? (i'd post the small one i have but i don't have anywhere to host it)

I know which shot you speak of, but unfortunately I've never seen a larger version of it. :(

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Hey Thorst13 are you a first timer on A.F you only joind in may?? Are you sure you didnt have a name on A.F b4 you got this you know alot for a beginner if so I dont think your a bigginer though. (as a complement) :iceslolan


Thanks for the good words! :rofl:
I've watched this forum for longer, but I have never been a part of it untill may this year.
I've been a McLaren fan since it arrived in 92' (93) so I have gained some wisdom :p
I also "know" most of the people into McLaren related stuff.
The reason I joined here was because this is like Peloton has stated earlier a "one of a kind" forum for this common passion of ours. :iceslolan
Most carchat-pages are so unserious I never bothered to even join....
The tone is somewhat unique amongst the participants here, most forums tend to become arguments instead of shearing knowledge with eachother.

Leno wasn't the original owner on his car, so he can be given credit for it's looks. I believe that it has retained it's original colors unlike many owners who order up a refit when they purchase one.
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He wasn't the original owner? Gosh that's unexpected... seeing how he grabbed the first US SLR.

Anyway, pity about the pic but thanks anyway. I'm sure it'll pop up here someday... along with pics of the ebony LMs:)

Well remember, Leno's F1 is #015 and was built in 1994. There weren't any ways even remotely legal to import a McLaren F1 to the USA in 1994. I think Ameritech was able to start importing them under their process in 1997 or thereabouts and I'd suspect that was when Leno made his purchase. If I ever get to meet him, that's certainly one of the questions I hope to ask.

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Well remember, Leno's F1 is #015 and was built in 1994. There weren't any ways even remotely legal to import a McLaren F1 to the USA in 1994. I think Ameritech was able to start importing them under their process in 1997 or thereabouts and I'd suspect that was when Leno made his purchase. If I ever get to meet him, that's certainly one of the questions I hope to ask.

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Cool, thanks for the info. So i assume you live somewhere in the vicinity of mr Leno himself?:)

Yes - I live about 30mins away from where Jay lives and it's about another 15mins to the area where his garage is at the Burbank Airport. In fact that large photo of his F1 along with those interior shots were taken at a big weekend motorcycle hangout he frequents which is only 15mins from my house. One of my friends saw his F1 there that day and called me to tell me, but I wasn't at home so I couldn't just rush over there. :disappoin

I used to work in Burbank and had seen Jay a few times driving around - never in his McLaren though. I think it sees very limited use compared to some of his other toys.

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Leno's is a 1994 but was EPA certified as a 1995, the "eight" Fritzee/ameritech. Same for some cars Will/Irish were involved with. But hey, if you're certing '96's and 97's as 95's and calling yourself the manufacturer, the more the merrier.

Yes - I live about 30mins away from where Jay lives and it's about another 15mins to the area where his garage is at the Burbank Airport. In fact that large photo of his F1 along with those interior shots were taken at a big weekend motorcycle hangout he frequents which is only 15mins from my house. One of my friends saw his F1 there that day and called me to tell me, but I wasn't at home so I couldn't just rush over there. :disappoin

I used to work in Burbank and had seen Jay a few times driving around - never in his McLaren though. I think it sees very limited use compared to some of his other toys.

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I heard that your area's a great place to live and drive expensive cars... is that true? Is it a good neigbourhood? No abuse for driving really expensive cars? Plus i heard the weather's really kind to vehicles too.

For the most part, SoCal is great and a great place to see/own/drive nice cars. There are of course some areas to avoid, but that is true with every major metropolitan area. There's certainly no shortage of fast/expensive cars around here though.

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