McLarens - now and then

[BRX880]

#072 now and then



As I already wrote, there are some cars left where appropriate pics of their original appearance are missing...

[BRX880]

Originally Posted by Le Man

#073

That would be great for this thread, but what makes you so sure?

[Le Man]

Originally Posted by BRX880

That would be great for this thread, but what makes you so sure?

Interior details and those "wheels"

[Peloton25]

I'll confirm it is #073 as well. Certain unique bits of the interior are an exact match to what it is today.

#023 was repainted silver before the partial HDF Kit was ever added to that car. Reference this quote from the car's owner at that time from PistonHeads:

Originally Posted by Master H

hello , i am new to this forum. i owned an f1 from 1997 to 1999. i have owned lots of cars over the last 10 years but the f1 was remarkable. i was first interested in a car in 1997. i approached mclaren who at the time were setting up a 'used' programme. they located a car for me in japan.the car was bought over and i had the whole thing taken apart and rebuilt. it had about 9000 miles on it. i had it repainted from dark green to silver, interior retrimmed in black and red suede. they delivered me what i considered to be a brand new car. i drove it very fast on the road, never took it on the track and decided it needed more downforce. it then went back to the company for their 'high downforce setup' which consisted of rear wing and front splitter. they told me the car would probably 'only now do 220' but would stick to the floor. it felt so much more comfortable at 170. the car on full acceleration is unbeleivable. i have just sold an enzo and even though i would say their are certain things that the enzo has over the mclaren, it couldnt match its pace. we have to remember this was nearly 10 years earlier. it never let me down and it cost alot to run. they were great people to deal with at the factory, the standard was unbeleivable. like an operating theatre. i later decided to sell the car and had no regrets. there will never be another

Taken from here.

>8^)
ER

[hurstg01]

Originally Posted by BRX880

That would be great for this thread, but what makes you so sure?

I remember now - seeing as it was Le Man who was certain it's #073, I checked the gearknob and handbrake - handbrake gives it away . All updated

[BRX880]

#009 now, then (and then again )



#003 now and then

[hurstg01]

With a little bit of artistic licence..

#017 now and then (car in the foreground)



#070 now and then (or at least, what we believe to be #070)

[BRX880]

Originally Posted by hurstg01

With a little bit of artistic licence..

#017 now and then (car in the foreground)

I guess this is called british humor



Btw: I think that the other one is #070 for sure. If you photoshop that one pic, where the s/n is visible, a bit, one can clearly see a "7" in-between the two "0"...
A "1" looks different.

[BRX880]

XP5 now and then



I know that XP5 had several interior refittings, but unfortunately I don't have many pics from its different "interior-stages". Furthermore I don't know the timeline of those refittings...

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by F1GTRUeno

Btw, where is the Clinic Model? And does anyone have the latest image of it?

Hasn't been seen in many years unfortunately. I hope that McLaren have a special corner of one of their storage spaces devoted to keeping the Clinic Model as it would be a shame if it was lost or destroyed. Since we just saw GTR #14R appear out of thin air after more than a decade, I'm almost willing to believe anything at this point.

I think the most recent photos of the Clinic Model may be the ones taken at the Beaulieu Motor Museum. The user tak43 posted a trio of them in this thread but his shots are from all the way back in 1995, so he said.

Originally Posted by BRX880

I guess this is called british humor

Must be...

Originally Posted by BRX880

#009 now, then (and then again )



If someone has a better pic of #009 in its original colour please post it.

Perhaps this will work for you?



>8^)
ER

[BRX880]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

Perhaps this will work for you?



>8^)
ER

It certainly does!

[hurstg01]

Dang! I had that shot filed under my 'unassigned' file, Erik

[BRX880]

#024 now and then (or what most of us believe to be #024 back then)

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by hurstg01

Dang! I had that shot filed under my 'unassigned' file, Erik

There's a thread for things like that, you know.

Help in indentifying pics from my 'unassigned' folder..

>8^p
ER

[BRX880]

From the known F1's which have changed, only #023 and #046 are left (according to my list). Unfortunately we only know them in their present appearance. If someone has pics from #023 in "BRG" or #046 in "Genesis Blue Metallic" please use this thread as a platform and post them.

#023


#046