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Originally Posted by cabrio92
The plate is different, so how do you know this black F1 is #011 ???
Phil
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Educated guess and a tie in on this old photo which I am sure you will recall. Note the silver "F1" logo on the wing endplate:
Part of the webpage text relating to that photo:
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A road car owner had his in to get the "LM" high down force package installed; rear wing, new front clip with splitter and wider rear tires. His brother also owns one, and as they drive together often, McLaren made them a hands free car-to-car communication system (mil. spec. Scrambled so NO ONE can overhear them) so they can chat while driving against each other. They are the only ones who will ever get that system.
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I have heard/read reports that the brothers that owned these two cars were Venezuelan and therefore would not be the Ojjeh brothers (Mansour's nationality is listed as "France/Saudi Arabia"). In fact, one such quote is here:
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The F1 pictured here was first delivered in 1998 to one of two brothers from Venezuela who both owned McLaren F1s (the other was S/N 011) and kept their cars at the factory in England. S/N 073 features the 691“hp LM-spec engine and performance package.
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http://www.ferraris-online.com/Artic...0408_ECP.shtml
This article was printed in Sports Car Market magazine, August 2004, along with photos of #073 as well.
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