f1 in Melbourne

[mercy_oz]

Yeah i sent an email to one of the blokes at the showroom, i am eagerly waiting a reply. I tried ringing them a couple times but no luck.

heres the site thanks to peleton25- http://www.maranellomotorsport.com.au/showroom.asp

[Mclaren240!]

Thanks for the link isent that the F50GT that was/maybe still is for sale at oakfields?

[mini magic]

Originally Posted by Mclaren240!

Thanks for the link isent that the F50GT that was/maybe still is for sale at oakfields?

yes

[GTI WR6]

Hi,

Wasn't there an F1 in Australia that crashed and owner died along with 3 of his friends?

What was the chassis number of that car? Was it ever repaired?

Any pics of it?

Sorry for asking too much

[mini magic]

No, that wasn't australia. That was in england. The owner was Christopher Dawes.

Here it gets confusing. His car was historic orange and had high mounted mirrors with chassis #071. However, he wasn't driving this car. He was driving a burgundy F1 which was destroyed (aparently the crash scene was horrific). His car has been seen in numerous magazines and was spotted on a trailer in Holland (?) last year. I believe McLaren owns the car now, but thats purely speculation, and its quite unlikely, but thats my opinion. We do not know the chassis # of the car he crashed altho its possible it was 029, assuming that the car wasn't repainted. I doubt we'll ever know for sure.

[mini magic]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/08...on_kicked_out/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/03...under_drugged/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/03..._killed_in_f1/

[maartenvanthek]

chris you're right that a friend of mine told me that he saw an orange mclaren, a normal road car, on a trailer in the east of holland. Apparantly it was towed bij a nissan patrol, and it had white license plates, which would probably make it a german car. He was quite sure iirc that it had high mirrors, but i can not guarantee anything on it all being true or not, but he is a car fanatic as good as I am, so I trust him

[mini magic]

Thanks Maarten

[Mclaren240!]

Was the F1 wreck pictured in driving ambition ever repaired? Is the Dawes car pictured in driving ambition along with a pic of him taking delivery? Its the two pasangers i really feel for.

[mercy_oz]

Woot...Im going to Melbourne, i emailed the guy a while ago and ive finally recieved a positive reply that it is still in the showroom. If im allowed ill take a thousand pics

[AussieSlacker]

Hi, guys, love what you doing with the mclaren section! it really is the best part of this forum!

[AussieSlacker]

oh yes! also, there is a user in ultimatecarpage claiming that he sort of knows the two mclaren owners in melb, i donno, may be you mac lovers can contact him to find out more info or something

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...7&page=5&pp=15


keep up the good work.

[tonocus]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

Here's another pair of photos of the car that tdc911 from SC.net took. Figured a few people here might like them...



Both are clickable for larger versions. More to come, hopefully!

>8^)
ER

Are there many more pictures of the McLaren with a full load of 3 people? This is the first one I've seen and it really puts it into perspective how small the car really is.

[McLaren Mike]

Originally Posted by AussieSlacker

oh yes! also, there is a user in ultimatecarpage claiming that he sort of knows the two mclaren owners in melb, i donno, may be you mac lovers can contact him to find out more info or something

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...7&page=5&pp=15

There has only ever been one owned F1 in Australia and that is 009.
If this guy is right it would be an extremely recent purchase.

-Mike

[AussieSlacker]

is it? i 'm not too sure, should sent a msg to the bloke and ask

but it would be pretty cool if there is 2 mac in melb