Recap of the North American F1 fleet

Cheers for the heads up Erik :)

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



Just a quick question, why is the cross brace in 028 silver? In a lot of F1 it is usually gold like in this picture:

http://www.whatonemillionbuys.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mclaren-f1-1997-engine-compartment.jpg

028 is probably my favorite road car. I have noticed however it could use some TLC in regards to the paint and interior. I guess that's a good sign meaning it gets driven. :)

Some more pics if #072 whilst in black with the HDF and for sale at Motorcars International -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/7405739688_97d9327aec_b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/7407732854_916db554b8_b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/7407732472_303333e5d3_b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/hurstg01/7407731956_3a14dae011_b.jpg

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Actually half of those were taken in Germany before it ever came to the USA.

Where did you find these? I know where they came from, but the person who had them was going to share them here himself I thought?

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They were on flickr :)

Ahh - so he uploaded them and just didn't have a chance to share them before you pounced. :D

I moved one of the shots and then put a dividing line in your post between the ones taken at Motorcars Intl and the ones from earlier in this car's life while still in Germany.

Credit for sharing them goes to my friend Michael McCord - aka the vsixdesign guy (http://customize.org/McLarenF1LM/gallery).

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Ahh - so he uploaded them and just didn't have a chance to share them before you pounced. :D
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like a ninja............




:)

I am glad that I was able to provide the photos on Flickr that were posted here today. ;)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10142112@N02/7405739784/in/photostream/

Michael

Good to see you join Michael - I think you'll take a liking to this forum.

Much wheat - little chaff. ;)

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Good to see you join Michael - I think you'll take a liking to this forum.

Much wheat - little chaff. ;)

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Thank you Erik - I appreciate it. I am lookin for nothin' but wheat. :)

Welcome, and thanks for the photo's :)

Welcome, and thanks for the photo's :)

Your welcome HurstG01 and thanks for saving me the trouble of posting them myself :iceslolan

Yes, thanks for the pics. Awesome !

Can I ask you which was the plate in Germany ?

Yes, thanks for the pics. Awesome !

Can I ask you which was the plate in Germany ?

Cabrio92, I unfortunately do not know, as the photos were forwarded to me from a salesman at the time the photos were taken. Peloton25 might be able to shed some light on that one.

M<

I can't make heads or tails of what it says on the plate in any of those shots. I don't believe there is any other reference to it either. If Roger isn't aware I don't think we'll have an answer.

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Kinda cool shots of #014 - shame they were Instagram'd.

http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/58008f2ebcc211e180d51231380fcd7e_7.jpg

http://distilleryimage10.s3.amazonaws.com/5416d1febcca11e1bf341231380f8a12_7.jpg

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I'm loving the last pic - as well as for the shot, the ingenuity and flexibility of the photographer :)

I echo that, a view rarely seen.

This ain't a bad view either:

http://distilleryimage8.s3.amazonaws.com/fd72837cbe4d11e1aebc1231381b647a_7.jpg

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In my never-ending quest for all that is the McLaren F1 I have found something AMAZING this evening - I am literally doing a happy dance over here. :lol2:

In several cases I thought stuff like this was lost to history and likely never to be seen, but here are a pair of images of Lawrence Stroll's F1 road car taken in 1997 at Mont Tremblant and still seen wearing its original blue paint. :yikes: :bigthumb:

http://i49.tinypic.com/a23nmf.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/2ni19pf.jpg

According to my Canadian friend, that is a Quebec plate on the car which is very interesting considering what we know about the their vehicle importation laws being very strict. I still can't give up the chassis number of this one but I have a feeling with this detail most who care can now figure it out for themselves.

Thankfully there were some details included with the photos that made it clear whose car this was, otherwise I might have been fairly confused. The craziest part of all is that these images have been online since 2003 - how could they have been missed for so long? Google's algorithms must be getting better I guess. :D Does make you wonder what else is out there still to be uncovered. There are a few other cars it would be nice to have original content on - #023 for sure, #046 as well, and more of #073 would be nice too. Finding something like this gives me hope that eventually we'll get lucky with them.

It is a shot in the dark, but I'm going to see if the source on these can send me larger versions or any other shots he may have snapped - that's if I can figure out how to reach him. For now enjoy those postcard-sized shots. :)

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I believe your new found F1 is #020 in its original Midnight Blue Pearl, prior to Dorchester Gray and the HDF kit.

Am I close? :cool:

No - and #020 is presently "Carbon".

As noted in my email - I can't really play 20 questions on this one but most people following along here shouldn't need one more answer anyway - you included. ;)

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another piece of the puzzle found! :) :cheers: Erik

No - and #020 is presently "Carbon".

As noted in my email - I can't really play 20 questions on this one but most people following along here shouldn't need one more answer anyway - you included. ;)

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Gotcha! :cwm27:

You've gotta love period photos like that, especially when they reveal a bit of hidden information.

Is this #052 ? :wink:

I can neither confirm nor deny, as they say. :)

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Wallpaper-worthy image of one of everyone's favorites from DLM Photos on Flickr:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7506625786_baea87e7b1_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45511630@N03/7506625786/in/photostream)

Click for larger versions

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Hi,

sensational Erik ! New pics of a never seen livery ! Congrats.

If Lawrence Stroll still owns the same car, it should be #052 originally painted Dark blue Mica ;)

I believe you solve a mystery !

Hmm, #020 was repaintedf ? You never told me I was wrong in the registry...

Phil

Hmm, #020 was repaintedf ? You never told me I was wrong in the registry...

Phil

Sorry - but we have certainly covered it many times, including here:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=5784685&postcount=3

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Wallpaper-worthy image of one of everyone's favorites from DLM Photos on Flickr:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7506625786_baea87e7b1_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45511630@N03/7506625786/in/photostream)

Click for larger versions

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One of the most beautiful McLaren F1s out there. Thanks for the link!

Wallpaper-worthy image of one of everyone's favorites from DLM Photos on Flickr:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7506625786_baea87e7b1_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45511630@N03/7506625786/in/photostream)

Click for larger versions

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Dear God, that is beautiful! Hey, the bottom of his front bumper is misaligned, and the stone protection on his back bumper is chipped. Yeah, this is almost hi-res enough! :naughty:

Hey, the bottom of his front bumper is misaligned...

I think it is a very thin skid plate - wrapping around the corners where you might scrape the underside on a driveway entrance.

There was also one which ran the full length of the underside of 10R's front splitter that came off and was dragging thanks to an unfriendly speed bump that found its way into the Italy F1 Tour route. That's what the McLaren boys are seen here fussing with.

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/555279_379785725412673_682027161_a.jpg (http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/555279_379785725412673_682027161_n.jpg) <-- click

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By the way - #014 showed up at Limerock yesterday - perhaps for an ALMS race. The only detail so far is that tickets for the event were $80 bucks.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7256/7523885894_172336031f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sphilli911/7523885894/) <-- clickable

I do think this is a bit funny that there are a handful of people in this picture and all of them are clearly mesmerized by something else and have their backs to the F1. Not too many shots like that. Makes you wonder just what that could have been with an F1 sitting there. :D

Another shot off Instagram by ju5tinr:

http://distilleryimage1.s3.amazonaws.com/d9f7847cc8c711e19b0622000a1e8a4f_7.jpg

And another from msport1223 (also clickable):

http://distilleryimage1.s3.amazonaws.com/7ef5b3f8c8b011e1b10e123138105d6b_7.jpg (http://p.twimg.com/AxPFGzkCIAATy2w.jpg:large)

Another from zach250:

http://distilleryimage2.s3.amazonaws.com/51dcf572c89a11e18cf91231380fd29b_7.jpg

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I've added a video of it parking at Lime Rock to the video clips thread :)

Three more shots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34655591@N08/sets/72157630473036178/detail/

I think it is a very thin skid plate - wrapping around the corners where you might scrape the underside on a driveway entrance.

There was also one which ran the full length of the underside of 10R's front splitter that came off and was dragging thanks to an unfriendly speed bump that found its way into the Italy F1 Tour route. That's what the McLaren boys are seen here fussing with.

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/555279_379785725412673_682027161_a.jpg (http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/555279_379785725412673_682027161_n.jpg) <-- click

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Understandable, then. I actually think it's neat; it looks like this car is really driven a lot. Any idea of the current mileage on it? I'm guessing in the 20-30K range, which brings up another interesting thing: how amazing it is that the paint on this car (and F1s in general) has held up so well over the years.

Any idea of the current mileage on it?

Are you talking about #036 or #10R?

If #036, it had 1,900 miles on it when it came to the USA in 2006 and when I saw it last August it was right around 10,000 miles.

No clue on the mileage of 10R, but it did get a respray in 2009 after an unfortunate incident in the hands of a journalist.

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Are you talking about #036 or #10R?

If #036, it had 1,900 miles on it when it came to the USA in 2006 and when I saw it last August it was right around 10,000 miles.

No clue on the mileage of 10R, but it did get a respray in 2009 after an unfortunate incident in the hands of a journalist.

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Whoops, sorry about that ... I meant 036.

By the way - #014 showed up at Limerock yesterday - perhaps for an ALMS race. The only detail so far is that tickets for the event were $80 bucks.



Yeah it was the ALMS race, I've been in previous years but the price put me off going this year - I wish I had now!

Here's another shot from one of my FlickR contacts Shawn Pierce:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8021/7531465416_26552df175_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/spierce79/7531465416/)

I'm going to Lime Rock in a couple of weeks for a Ferrari event which I know the owners of #14 have attended in previous years so hopefully they'll bring it out again.

pure automotive porn!

Not high res, but still quite lovely shots of #036 from Mike Cutler.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2192v02.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/2hz0m8j.jpg

This is #062 by Steve Werney:

http://i45.tinypic.com/29fxw6t.jpg

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Not high res, but still quite lovely shots of #036 from Mike Cutler.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2192v02.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/2hz0m8j.jpg

This is #062 by Steve Werney:

http://i45.tinypic.com/29fxw6t.jpg

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#036 has to be one of my favorites. I love the color - thanks for the shots, including #062 Erik.

Amazing shots!!

In my never-ending quest for all that is the McLaren F1 I have found something AMAZING this evening - I am literally doing a happy dance over here. :lol2:

In several cases I thought stuff like this was lost to history and likely never to be seen, but here are a pair of images of Lawrence Stroll's F1 road car taken in 1997 at Mont Tremblant and still seen wearing its original blue paint. :yikes: :bigthumb:

http://i49.tinypic.com/a23nmf.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/2ni19pf.jpg

According to my Canadian friend, that is a Quebec plate on the car which is very interesting considering what we know about the their vehicle importation laws being very strict. I still can't give up the chassis number of this one but I have a feeling with this detail most who care can now figure it out for themselves.

Thankfully there were some details included with the photos that made it clear whose car this was, otherwise I might have been fairly confused. The craziest part of all is that these images have been online since 2003 - how could they have been missed for so long? Google's algorithms must be getting better I guess. :D Does make you wonder what else is out there still to be uncovered. There are a few other cars it would be nice to have original content on - #023 for sure, #046 as well, and more of #073 would be nice too. Finding something like this gives me hope that eventually we'll get lucky with them.

It is a shot in the dark, but I'm going to see if the source on these can send me larger versions or any other shots he may have snapped - that's if I can figure out how to reach him. For now enjoy those postcard-sized shots. :)

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I have not good eyes. Someone can read the plate ?
I think about put #052 on the registry. It's the only possibility for me.

Phil

http://imgur.com/a/ssuDj

look at these shots :wink:

Very cool & special shots.

Erik, where are you ? :)

Obviously old photos #042 during Carl Beal's ownership. I've moved the posts to the American Fleet thread.

I had a pair of them that were shared on Supercars.net forever ago, but most were new to me. Thanks! :)

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From DUB Magazine back in 2004 - it can only be one car.

http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/5c815a1edcda11e1be9812313804ece1_7.jpg

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#17R was on display in Columbus, OH at the Easton Town Center August 1st for the Rally for the Ranch car show put on by the Rahal's.

http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/d2c5b34cdca211e1a1fa22000a1c00cf_7.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/24fd0eb.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QbuiTrhZ2-k/UBn1szRJajI/AAAAAAAAo18/81wyagk4H5Y/s1600/DSC_0010.JPG)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8281/7694850228_ac813b08ce_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlucal/sets/72157630863348084/)

The last two are clickable.

More here (https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113904654257312711092/albums/5771825586408680017).

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#17R was on display in Columbus, OH at the Easton Town Center August 1st for the Rally for the Ranch car show put on by the Rahal's.

The last two are clickable.

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Thanks! Man I want to see that V12 LMR and F1 so bad...can't believe I missed them a few years ago when they were at Amelia Island.

I contacted RLL and asked if the two would make anymore appearances soon and they said BMW NA has no more scheduled events for it this year and they are waiting for a 2013 schedule from BMW. :(

Pretty certain that #014 will be making an appearance in Monterey this year. These photos were taken about a week ago of the car after being dropped off for storage in Santa Barbara. I know exactly where this is and I'm only an hour away... tempting! :naughty:

I assume they'll be driving them up the coast this coming week and I hope to find it while I am there in Monterey. :cool:

http://distilleryimage4.s3.amazonaws.com/62bda240e0e811e181d822000a1d0110_7.jpg

https://p.twimg.com/Azu1xH3CIAIMDhT.jpg:large

Three cars - rough estimate = $20 Million dollars. :yikes:

EDIT: With the help of a friend, someone more local to the cars than I am went by the storage location to see them. He confirmed they are leaving on a transporter up to Monterey on Monday. :)

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Looks like #045 was getting serviced in New Jersey the other day. Pics by Lenvo65 on FChat. :)

http://i48.tinypic.com/9u3c6q.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/121batv.jpg

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More of Tomirri Photography's excellen photos of F1 #072 and the matching MP4-12C Bespoke Project-8 from his blog.

http://tomirriphotography.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/mclaren-bespoke-project-8.html

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More of Tomirri Photography's excellen photos of F1 #072 and the matching MP4-12C Bespoke Project-8 from his blog.

http://tomirriphotography.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/mclaren-bespoke-project-8.html

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is that car in CA?

Not in those photos. ;)

I don't really know. Some early rumors suggested it would be headed for Houston. There's also talk of Irvine, CA. I haven't seen it appear anywhere since Italy. :dunno:

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I have not good eyes. Someone can read the plate on Stroll's car ?
I think about put #052 on the registry. It's the only possibility for me.

Phil

http://www.exoticspotter.com/mclaren-f1-carmel-california-84631

#014 HDF spotted in Carmel, California.

Jay sharing his F1,

http://jonbetancourt.smugmug.com/Cars/British-Marques/McLaren/23774974_GtnHFK#!i=1925928330&k=TtpVDPC

Long time since I,ve seen this car :frown: ........

This is not a boast by any stretch of the imagination, but I had a quick count up of all the F1,s that I have seen, got to fifty one and stopped counting as there have been cars that I did not know the chassis #, if I had the pleasure of going to Italy for the F1 owners tour, that figure would have increased by exactly ten more :runaround:...... not bad going for somebody who does not really go out of his way to see an F1 :).

What I do feel sorry for, are those unfortunate people who have never ever seen an F1, or have any real chance of seeing one. Every time that I do get to view an F1 I,m allways extremely greatfull for the opportunity :).

Anyone is privilged when they see an F1. They are so scarce, rare and expensive it sometimes boils down to pure luck to see one. We are very fortunate living in the UK to see a lot of them; same goes to the USA although the vastness of the country may mean the logistics of seeing one may be too much in both time and cost.


If those fortunate enough to see an F1, in any guise, should share the find for those less fortunate, as long as they are allowed to share the pictures....

well I spend a lot time and money to see my list of F1's:)