Great photo of the Clinic Model in Burgundy...

[Peloton25]

I've seen a few photos of the Clinic Model resprayed in Burgundy, but none ever looked as good as this one.


Click the pic for hi res 1000x1046

>8^)
ER

[McLaren Mike]

Damn Peloton, nice find. Is Clinic still in Woking? Pics of Clinic are increasingly scarce. Well done again.

BTW, Can you just call Woking and ask like where is XP2 and they will reply with an answer? And what happened to XOTech

-Mike

[_RicH_24]

was this car silver? if so i have a pic of it from an old book. i scanned it in, printed it, and its on my wall (poor qaulity tho).

i have since lost the book it was a small hard back thing, about the size of half an a4 piece of paper, called supercars i think...

[MclarenF1LM]

Great pic Peloton. Does any one know how many
times the clinic model has been repainted, I only ask
because I also saw a pic of it in yellow.

[mini magic]

Originally Posted by _RicH_24

was this car silver? if so i have a pic of it from an old book. i scanned it in, printed it, and its on my wall (poor qaulity tho).

i have since lost the book it was a small hard back thing, about the size of half an a4 piece of paper, called supercars i think...

yeah thats the clinic car, i have that book somewhere

[XOTech]

Gentlemen, I am still here. I have been mostly out on business, but was able to attend the SEMA Show in Las Vegas most of this last week. You may also be interested to know that #038 was there again. It did have some interesting wheels on the car, but was not on the trailer this year. I will perhaps post a picture or two when I get everything sorted out.
There has been quite a flood of information here since I have last posted. You guys have been busy.

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by MclarenF1LM

Great pic Peloton. Does any one know how many
times the clinic model has been repainted, I only ask
because I also saw a pic of it in yellow.

The Clinic Model began it's life in silver, was later painted this burgundy color, and then eventually was painted yellow. There has been a rumour that it was also painted blue at one point - I'm not certain where in it's life cycle that would have been - but I have never seen a photo of it in blue.

Also, it's current location is unknown, though andybee recently mentioned that it was on display for a while at the Beaulieu Motor Museum in England. A quick search of their website didn't show that it was still there, but mini magic plans to check in December.

>8^)
ER

[mini magic]

i have to write a "to-do" list of what i am to do when i am there, lol.

[McLaren F1 Guy]

I've seen some pics of the Clinic Model in purple

[mini magic]

Post Em!

[MclarenF1LM]

Thanks for the info peloton. I found a sight that has a pic
of the clinic model painted blue; or so they claim, I saw some
differences like the black piece of trim under the two front intakes,
four rear lights, and the lower front light cluster is a different shape
to tell the truth it looks exactly like the production version, could
it be that these mods were made to the cinic model.they also say
that it was originaly a light shade of green, I saw a pic of it painted
a DARK shade of green in a book called 50 Years of Classic Cars,
maybe thats the color that they are talking about. They say it
now resides Fremont, CA in the garage of Larry Blair. Can someone
clear up the confusion.

Here's the websites URL.
http://hometown.aol.com/cookieman2764/mclaren.html

[MclarenF1LM]

Oh whait a minute. I see that the page has many of your
names on it so you probably already know about it. Sorry
about that.

[MclarenF1LM]

I just found this pic of XP4 painted in Burgundy. I think
it looks pretty good, but you guys probably already have it.

[mini magic]

dude, thats the clinic car, not xp4

[Peloton25]

McLarenF1LM -
It seems you are confusing some of those pictures with the captions on that page. The blue car is XP4, not the Clinic Model. As mini magic identified - the burgundy F1 photo you posted here is actually the Clinic Model and that is an excellent shot. If you have questions about any other photos or which F1 might be in a certain photo, just post it here and we should be able to tell you. There are a lot of random shots of silver F1s that we won't be much help on though. Eventually you'll get to the point where you can spot the subtle differences yourself and you won't need us to help.

Originally Posted by MclarenF1LM

Oh wait a minute. I see that the page has many of your names on it so you probably already know about it. Sorry
about that.

That's hilarious!! McLaren F1 Guy - you rock for making that page. It's a classic. I can tell where you got a lot of your information. Thanks for giving credit to many of the people here who made it all possible. I even got top billing.

Let's see - things to fix though...

XP5 has never actually been black, it only appears to be black in most pictures. It's always been Dark Metallic Green.

Under "My Favorite F1's" you'll need to change the chassis number of the #075 car to #073 - a few of us were wrong about that one initially. Also, the name of the color on that car is "Kandy Orange" not "Yquem". Apparently only the last F1 - #075 is designated as "Yquem" even though there are three F1s which all look to have the same color of paint.

Both of the customer F1 LMs that I've seen photos of also feature the "F1 LM McLaren F1 LM" windshield banner, so that wouldn't be a unique identifying feature of XP1 LM.

The engine cover of the Clinic Model isn't "welded shut". It was just integrated into the body when the car was built.

"Driving Ambition" was written by Doug Nye with Ron Dennis and Gordon Murray.

XP1 wasn't completely demolished in the accident in the desert, but it subsequently caught fire when oil leaked out of the engine onto the exhaust manifold. That is what destroyed the car.

Other than those little bits - that's a pretty good write up you have there. It certainly shows you have been paying attention, and that the efforts of a lot of people here aren't being wasted if others are benefitting from them as it would seem you have.

Now the only question remaining in my mind is why you didn't share that website with us sooner??

>8^)
ER