Which F1 is this?

For all you F1 gurus, can anyone tell me the chassis number and any info on this awesome F1 (all F1's are awesome):

http://img195.exs.cx/img195/8729/55773img05931508et.jpg

Any info like when where the pics was taken any more pics like that?

It's chassis #045, and I've never seen that photo of it.

It's in the same setting as the photos in that carclassic.com ad though as you can see those same cars in the background when viewing the thumbnails. The original images there have the background blurred out.

Here's a link to those other photos:

http://www.carclassic.com/html/DT01.htm

If you save them to your computer and view the folder they are in with the Thumbnail option enabled you can see the unedited backgrounds. Many already know this, but ignore the caption/description in that ad. It doesn't apply to this car at all. I think they borrowed/stole these photos for that ad.

As for info on that car, its had quite a history since coming to the USA. It originally arrived as one of the 7 Ameritech F1s. It was one of two F1s that Gerd Petrik brought in through Amerispec Corp's loop holes. He kept it for a while and then apparently sold both the cars because they had problems in the Florida climate. This one ended up in Armen G's hands at Newport Autosport here in California. It sat there for about 9 months or so and was then sold to Motorcars International in the Midwest. From there it was sold to a customer in the Bay area of California named Seth Neimann who kept it for a few years. He has since sold the car again, back through Motorcars International apparently, to a gentleman in New York named Gary Schaevitz who already owns chassis #014, a yellow F1.

So did you take that photo yourself? Have any others to share? :D

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Any unedeted pics without the thumbnail thing?

No sir. In fact, you wouldn't even be able to pull that little trick if the person who blurred out those backgrounds had updated the thumbnails prior to uploading them. The info for the thumbnail is embeded into the .jpg file and only changes when you refresh the thumbnail.

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- Actually I just tried that little trick I mentioned and it doesn't appear to be working any longer with these files. :confused: I know on the ones I have at home it does work. Maybe its just the PC I am on at the moment.

you guys want the pics without the stupid logo of car classic.
I can take them out so easy I did it with my old sig.its a water mark an I have paintshop pro an photoshop.

Is it possible to remove the blurred parts ? I have photoshop, but don't know my way with it very well.

depends are u talking about the backround of the mclaren car classic photo?

Yes, the pics which were taken of the one being show here.

I see I cant get the backround out that formated in but i can get the car classiclogo off.

Thanks Peloton25. ur and mini magic's knowledge about this car amazes me.

btw, is there any official mclaren forums where I can find info and pics of most of the F1s?

You're looking at the best thing going on the web right now for the F1. We've covered just about everything that's readily available at one time or another and continue in 'learn as we go' mode. There's nothing official on this car from McLaren except for the minimal site they have always had.

http://www.mclarencars.com/home/hfram.htm

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For a car that is commonly regarded as the best production car the world has ever seen and that is so uniquely perfect in concept, engineering and fame, and having been manufactured wholly by a company who are at the forefront of motoring technology and who have just built a massive modern complex of glass, steel and supercomputers, that web site is absolutely DIRE!

I think it was an afterthought, designed mostly to provide a conduit to their sales and support network.

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ER

I saw a few pics of that F1 about two years ago. It took me a very long time to track down where because I couldn't remember the name of the place. Today I stumbled onto the link I had been seeking and I believe the pics came from here:

It's called, "The Candy Store". (http://www.candystoreclub.com/)

If you look on the "Events" (http://www.candystoreclub.com/Events.htm) page, you can see the part of the building where the F1 was parked.

I believe that the car in the carpassion pics was owned by Seth Neiman at the time the pics were taken. There is a thread in this forum about car locations that mentions Seth and that his car was kept at the Candy Store.

Greg A

I saw a few pics of that F1 about two years ago. It took me a very long time to track down where because I couldn't remember the name of the place. Today I stumbled onto the link I had been seeking and I believe the pics came from here:

It's called, "The Candy Store". (http://www.candystoreclub.com/)

Greg A

This place is featured in the "Ultimate Garages" book by Phil Berg. I never saw an F1 in the book but it details the garage pretty good. It's supposedly an ultra-exclusive club and they didn't want the address or city printed in the book...

The wonders of the internet:

Garschagen, Harry
11 Meadow Park Ct
ORINDA, CA 94563

Ashworth, Jim
100 Kingswood Cir
DANVILLE, CA 94506

Must be their home addresses :?

Well, it's a former Packard dealership so you web-meisters here might be able to find a list of old dealers in California and narrow it down. And it MUST be on a forum somewhere. They give some clues in the book but I don't remember what they were.

i seem to remember a similar place in burlingame california, i wonder if you guys are talkinga bout the smae place. it did not have a mclaren when i went there but cars come and go all the time. if it is the same place its just down the road (at the dead end) from camissa motors, and there is a railway station within 50 yards.

Someone on pistonheads (i think) has been there. i think that the pic in this thread is his. I'll try to track the thread down later.

i seem to remember a similar place...

That's it.

Greg A

I believe this particular vehicle is in the upper right corner of the cover of this month's DuPont Registry.

Went digging for some info, and came up with the address of The Candy Store:

I have been to some dinner - Lecture meetings at The Candy Store at 1021 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame, CA, 94010. This is an old car dealership that is now privately owned and used as an automotive museum where guest speakers are invited and paid to speak on automotive topics. The dinners are catered and the price includes the fee for the speaker.

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ER