Flemke - Is this your McLaren? (Vol 5)

The market of available cars is too small to be that choosy. If you want one you buy whatever is available. That same fact should also help to protect values even if you choose to drive a previously undriven example.

It does make you wonder how many F1 owners have bought a T50 as their 'useable' car whilst keeping the F1 as the investment piece.

I just don’t get it. Anybody that can afford to buy one doesn’t need for the investment, they do not need it to go up in value, they will have plenty of other investments that will out perform a car in that regard. So why dent yourself the pleasure of using it?

classics were on a huge upward trajectory at the point this was last purchased in 2021, there was alot of cheap money about. Same with art wine crypto nft etc etc.

It was perhaps a punt that would continue. I suspect todays price is less than 2021 price, even more so in real terms. let see where the auction ends up.

Or you could say it's good as there's plenty of life in it yet, there's a proper original F1 experience that exists in the world.

Sadly I guess it's unlikely any future owner will drive it much either though!

The T50 is a bit of a weird one. The photos don't really do it justice - in the flesh everything makes sense about it. I was also fortunate enough to speak to Dario Franchitti about driving it, and whilst I know he's an employee of GM, his enthusiasm for the car seemed very real.

This one is Brown (Creighton Brown, to be precise) , the one at Lanzante's is 'aubergine'. this is chassis 029, Lanzante's has chassis 016

How much work would need to be done to make that car actually properly useable?

Breaking in: I like this one.


Flemke's blue and the original Macca Orange work well too.

Not too fond of darker coloured and shiny silver looking cars.

I'd switch to cloth seats without a second thought.

I would choose different wheels, if I had the means.