Recap of the North American F1 fleet

Very nice idea to take his F1 out for new year :)

My other friend Greg paid a visit to McLaren San Francisco on New Year's Eve and snapped an excellent set of photos - many including #028:

http://exoticcarfotos.speedandmotion.com/mclarensanfrancisco123111/slides/IMG_2187.JPG (http://exoticcarfotos.speedandmotion.com/mclarensanfrancisco123111/index.html)

As always - click the pic! :thumbsup:

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My other friend Greg paid a visit to McLaren San Francisco on New Year's Eve and snapped an excellent set of photos - many including #028:

http://exoticcarfotos.speedandmotion.com/mclarensanfrancisco123111/slides/IMG_2187.JPG (http://exoticcarfotos.speedandmotion.com/mclarensanfrancisco123111/index.html)

As always - click the pic! :thumbsup:

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Greg could be a talanted photoshooter, but not automotive for sure:) Exterior and interior pictures do not show significant and interesting details at all. That means the lack of technical automotive knowledge. Even static automotive pictures should move imagination.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=zILaFdvP7lcC&pg=PA8&dq=jay+leno+cars&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qpgLT5WREYPX0QHwpNSJBg&ved=0CGUQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=jay%20leno%20cars&f=false

It's #022 on page 10 in the book called: Keith Martin's Guide to Car Collecting :smile:

Leno previews his 12C review next week with footage and mentions of #015. :cool:

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/cars/mclaren/mclaren-and-then-there-were-two/

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Leno previews his 12C review next week with footage and mentions of #015. :cool:

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/cars/mclaren/mclaren-and-then-there-were-two/

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Jay has great automotive collection. But there's no Ferrari in it. Is it anything personal in between? I haven't got the answere till now. MP4-12C is not a road McLaren (inspired by Gordon). It's very ordinary by everything.

My other friend Greg paid a visit to McLaren San Francisco on New Year's Eve and snapped an excellent set of photos - many including #028:

http://exoticcarfotos.speedandmotion.com/mclarensanfrancisco123111/slides/IMG_2187.JPG (http://exoticcarfotos.speedandmotion.com/mclarensanfrancisco123111/index.html)

As always - click the pic! :thumbsup:

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Must've missed this 1st time round...Nice set of photos from a bloke with the best name in the world ;) :bigthumb: but you were obviously too slow with the philips screwdriver on the chassis plate when you saw it :tongue:

Based on the front plate, it looks like #067 has made its way to Scottsdale for the week of auto auctions.

http://i39.tinypic.com/t5hfv4.jpg

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The image does not appear for me :(

Sorry - try again. :)

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Presumerably he'll drive it more often so it doesn't set itself on fire again.

I really don't think the fire was a result of letting it sit. Given the cause was traced to a failed cataltyic_converter that overheated, I don't believe that can really be blamed on lack of use.

That said - my hope for all the cars is that they see some regular use. :)

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OMG the blue Miura

The owner of #065 and #066 was spotted at the Gooding auction this evening, so there is a small possibility it could be one of his cars instead. More likely the latter chassis number, I would assume given an obvious desire to keep the mileage low on #065.

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OMG the blue Miura

Yep.... Miura or F1...which one to take..:naughty:

You would have to decide if you want the world's first supercar or the world's best supercar.

The Miura is indeed stunning, but I find the answer not that challenging. ;)

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You would have to decide if you want the world's first supercar or the world's best supercar.

The Miura is indeed stunning, but I find the answer not that challenging. ;)

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Yep, these two are cars which just can not be compared.
If money wouldn't be the problem; I would take both. :biggrin:
Miura cost's around 300 000-700 000€ and F1 well....maybe I would try to find road legal GTR...:jerking:
:biggrin:

#038 was at Scottsdale.

A little teaser : it will be at the anniversary

New-for-me photos of Don Wallace's collection - unfortunately not recent though, taken back in 2006.

http://mindovermotor.com/2012/01/24/a-little-garage-in-florida/

Thanks to RadAL for the tip. :)

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I question the legitimacy of this website, but here's a For Sale ad featuring #073 with some photos taken inside the Firehouse garage I had not yet seen:

http://refined-marques.com/mclaren-f1-gt/

I enlarged one of the pictures. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20L/Mcaren-F1-Gt-Front-side_L.jpg

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I don't buy it either. "Mclaren f1 GT"? I think not.
" converted to GT Street Legal by the manufacture"
Besides the terrible English, I doubt they would/could ever convert one to full GT spec; it would virtually be a new car.

Most of the photos on their website appear to be pulled in from all over the 'net. Anyway - I'm not a serious buyer so I don't have to worry. Hopefully no one who is gets sucked in if they are playing for fools.

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SP Engineering visits Jay Leno's Garage:

http://www.sp-power.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_1447-690x460.jpg (http://www.sp-power.com/2012/02/sp-engineering-visits-jay-lenos-garage/)

You know the drill. :)

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nice! whats that car to its left?

nice! whats that car to its left?

Ecojet (http://editorial.autos.msn.com/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=1077848#10)

"...It is essentially a modified Corvette Z06 that runs on biodiesel and is powered by a 650-horsepower LT-101 jet engine, similar to the ones found in Coast Guard helicopters..."

:D

Ecojet (http://editorial.autos.msn.com/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=1077848#10)

"...It is essentially a modified Corvette Z06 that runs on biodiesel and is powered by a 650-horsepower LT-101 jet engine, similar to the ones found in Coast Guard helicopters..."

:D

And it is mid-engined - nearly a complete custom project borrowing parts here and then from GM's Corvette as they were the ones who assisted in the build.

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XP4 was out recently

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/6778824492_ba6972fd8d_o.jpg

XP4 was in recently

ETA/FTFY

That's the owner's storage space at Club Auto Sport in San Jose.

= = =

#036 was out today with a new friend:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/397112_10150651308374441_61311124440_8935507_20007 44557_n.jpg

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#031 :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/ygci.jpg


Mod Edit: I moved this post and the ones that followed on the same topic to their own unique thread:

Chassis #031 displayed at McLaren Chicago (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1076118)

Instagram shots from Bradley Farrell of #014 taken this morning:

http://distilleryimage0.instagram.com/754aad525fd011e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg

http://distilleryimage7.instagram.com/988b73425fcf11e180c9123138016265_7.jpg

http://distilleryimage5.instagram.com/f3694f945fd611e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg

http://distilleryimage0.instagram.com/cb155afa5fcd11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg

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I love that ! All white US F1 out the same day ! Unbelievable

New video of #015 from another recent visitor to Jay's garage:

JLEhYBFZ0O8

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Schwwwwwing!!! XP4 and #028 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egarage_com/6929949129/sizes/o/in/photostream/)

Schwwwwwing!!! XP4 and #028 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/egarage_com/6929949129/sizes/o/in/photostream/)

Should be noted that shot was taken in October 2010.

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OMG

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/superbrochures/XP4en028.jpg

Another shot of #014 from about two weeks ago.

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/432154_10150634203858291_181225838290_8893323_3344 78174_n.jpg

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#044

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6828460796_e5d59aff00_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7062/6974392271_d216788d7e_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6974392303_b76d26a3e0_b.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc4/johnirvin123/Portfolio/IMG_4887.jpg

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#028 again :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/old010.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/McLaren33.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/McLaren34.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/new006.jpg

Hello! Long time since I've posted anything, but I had a question I was hoping some of you might be able to answer. I've never seen an F1 in person and I'm hoping to change that soon. I'm going to the St Petersburg Festival of Speed this weekend, and I was wondering if anyone knows about the F1's attendance at this event. Has there ever been an F1 at any of the previous events, and if so, do they attend regularly? Fingers crossed that this will be my lucky weekend!

Hello! Long time since I've posted anything, but I had a question I was hoping some of you might be able to answer. I've never seen an F1 in person and I'm hoping to change that soon. I'm going to the St Petersburg Festival of Speed this weekend, and I was wondering if anyone knows about the F1's attendance at this event. Has there ever been an F1 at any of the previous events, and if so, do they attend regularly? Fingers crossed that this will be my lucky weekend!

St Petersburg, USA? There was #073 a few years back IIRC, and did #014 make an appearance or was that elsewhere? [my US geography isn't too hot....]

Yeah, St Petersburg, Florida USA. Cant say I'm too keen on geography either, but then again, not many American's are. :rofl:

I like geography more than geology and genealogy combined. :D

#073 is probably the only likely possibility for the St Petersberg Festival of Speed given its close proximity in Tampa. Mr Wallace's cars haven't been out to an event like that for about 5 years though, so I certainly wouldn't count on it.

#014 did the Palm Beach Supercar Show in 2008. That's the other coast of Florida, north of Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

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Well, darn. Guess I can always keep my fingers crossed, though. If I do end up getting lucky, you can bet I'll take hundreds of photos of the car!

You do have #022 in Naples and #003 in Sarasota, but those are also cars that don't seem to go anywhere. :(

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You do have #022 in Naples and #003 in Sarasota, but those are also cars that don't seem to go anywhere. :(

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Do you know who happens to own #003? I worked with someone at a Tampa hospital who said he's knows of an F1 in the Tampa area (not Don Wallace's) that is owned by the founder of Amscot bank (local bank in FL). He seemed pretty adamant about it...

If you mean Ian Mackechnie, he's not down on my list as #003's owner

I do know who owns #003 but I am not able to share his name.

PR Newswire lists Ian MacKechnie as Founder, President and CEO of Amscot Financial and he's not the one. His is also not a name I am familiar with in connection to any F1s. There are other 'McLarens' and also cars that have, in the past, been repeatedly mistaken for an F1 (Mosler, Saleen, Noble even) so without some real proof it is tough to know whether the story is true? :dunno:

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EDIT: Helps to turn the page... ;)

There's a bit of footage of Herb Chambers' car in "Chasing classic cars". In that episode Wayne finds Herb's old daytona spider. When they check out Herb's garage for his daytona gtb, the F1 is also shown.

Oddly enough that episode was on TV this afternoon on cable in the UK; car looked lovely :)

Oddly enough that epsiode was on TV this afternoon on cable in the UK; car looked lovely :)

it was on discovery here on friday :-)

Some more images of #028 which has now returned to the McLaren San Francisco showroom in this article at Hooniverse.com

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g3-BBiuKoLE/T3uoDDY4hNI/AAAAAAAAQxM/ldoygVw_cPY/s640/11.jpg (http://hooniverse.com/2012/04/06/a-mclaren-f1-and-an-f1-mclaren/)
Click to see more.

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In totally unrelated news, I found some images of chassis #065 taken in early 2010 that I am able to share. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20L/f1_01e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20L/f1_02e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20L/f1_03e.jpg

Some might wonder how I can tell this is #065. Truthfully I can't just by looking at it, but based on details from the source I can assure you it is. Been a while since this one has surfaced so I was pleased to find something to share.

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Does anyone have a clue as to what chassis number Lawrence Stroll's F1 roadcar might be? That car seems to be a big secret since there is very little info or pictures about it. I wonder if it's 15 years old yet then it will be street legal in Canada and we may be able to see it more.

I do know which car it is but can not yet make that public information. I can say previous guesses were wrong and can also add that he is an original owner of that car.

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#028 made an appearance at the Marin Concours last weekend. I am sure there are more pictures floating around out there but here's one with quite a line up. :cool:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7081/7258301714_9ec9686884_c.jpg

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Cheers for the heads up Erik :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/7258579348_f0d4b48ed8_o.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/7258579148_f49e16a70c_o.jpg

Is that 959 a real "original," one of Canepa's hybrids, or a phony?

I'd imagine it's a Canepa car.

That photo does show how well resolved and well packaged the F1 design is. Still looks absolutely perfect amongst similar cars.

Interesting in that the rear damper bridge is not gold anodised like most of them.

great cars on one pic!

McLaren F1
Porsche 959
Shelby Mustang GT500
Panoz Esperante
SLR
Carrera GT
Aventador