Recap of the North American F1 fleet

[Peloton25]

That's exactly what it is - first owner of Jay's F1 was in the UK and his car remains as originally delivered. These are better images than the ones I've seen from that event previously - thanks for finding and sharing.

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ER

[mclarenman]

Here is a link to an old pic of a 'silver' F1 at an AMG testing facility:



https://kwgrafx.smugmug.com/Historic/Historic-cars/

[hurstg01]

#036 at the Circuit Of The Americas McLaren P1GTR event

[Peloton25]

The mighty Derek Bell had it around for a few laps even. How cool is that?

>8^)
ER

[f1esp]

Looks like #072 is back at home.

[f1esp]

#053 in Costa Mesa (California)

[arjan916]

Originally Posted by f1esp

Looks like #072 is back at home.

in the same white/red design, or another (uhh special) livery?
hopefully, the accident doesn't make the owner shy of using it and we see some pics soon.
first rumors/messages are that it's back in the same white/red, but I haven't seen actual pics

[Peloton25]

I kind of doubt 072 is 'home' as I do not believe it has been back to the USA since departing for its refit in 2011. However, it is confirmed as complete and I do believe it was restored in the same configuration it first appeared in back in 2012 after the factory finished the refit for its current owner. Personally, were I the owner, getting a chance to do it again I would have given serious consideration to a darker color for the top of the dashboard as the reflection of it on the windscreen in the daylight was very apparent.

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ER

[Peloton25]

Finally made some long overdue updates to the first post. The effort is not entirely complete so I'll have to work to fill in some blanks in the near future. There's still one thing in there I know is inaccurate thanks to a very recently sale of chassis 068, but I will update that when I have more info.

If I have made any obvious mistakes, or if you can think of anything I've overlooked and have details I might need to know to make it more complete, please feel free to share publicly or privately.

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ER

[BMW V12]

Peloton, thanks a lot for the update!

Can somebody please do it for the other threads? Would be nice to have an update since it seems the cars are changing hands more often than some years ago.

Originally Posted by Peloton25

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#031 - John Staffford III - Chicago, IL



Car was in the market for a while via Aaron Hsu and eventually sold to Germany as of 2016. Originally with Yoshikuni Okamoto in Japan and painted white with "McLaren" decals on the luggage doors. Sold to the USA in 2010.

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Can someone shed some light on this? Where is it? A hint for German spotters would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[PatrickT82]

I'd like to know too but I'm afraid it's tucked away in a private collection just like the yellow one in or near Dusseldoorf

[JK.]

Thought I'd pop this here. LM2 on the streets of Chicago

The video can be seen here, captured by a David Adelstein on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/david.adels...5783363110285/

[Peloton25]

These are the first samples of what should be many wonderful photos of LM2, photographed by the media team in the studio at McLaren Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago.





Sourced: https://www.instagram.com/avgenthusiast/

They've produced a video as well from which this screen capture was taken which is to be released soon.



Sourced: https://www.instagram.com/ericsilv3r/

>8^)
ER

[rusty_99]

Originally Posted by JK.

Thought I'd pop this here. LM2 on the streets of Chicago

The video can be seen here, captured by a David Adelstein on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/david.adels...5783363110285/

That sounds like straight cut gears, at least for 1st gear which he's probably in. So did they use a GTR race box rather than road spec? Also what about the steering rack, is that also race spec? I know the engine upgrades minus restrictor, aero kit, wheels and miscellaneous weight savings were transfered from the GTR-95 but what else do the LM and race car share that may be less known?

[Peloton25]

Yes, the LMs use the straight-cut box from the F1 GTRs and the whine is there in every gear, competing with the wonderful sounds made by that V12. The casing on the LM's gearbox is aluminum instead of the GTR's magnesium but internals the same.

The LM's also share the GTR's quicker ratio steering, with 2 turns lock-to-lock - a change from the standard road car's 2.8 turns. I know that all the F1s fitted with 18" wheels also require a limit to the steering angle to keep the tires from coming into contact with important bits of the chassis. (Side note: Not certain if that requires a change to the GTR steering rack on an HDF Kit equipped-F1, but it could.)

From "Driving Ambition" in reference to the LM: "...following the specification of the Le Mans-winning F1 GTR, the chassis, engine and transmission virtually identical, being modified only enough to make them road useable."

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ER