McLaren F1 car porn

[GG89]

According to this the sultan of brunei has or has had 9 F1s http://www.germancarzone.com/pit-general-discussio...

[RobboC]

Hmmmph I have a car he doesnt.

Lotus Elise

[Streetrod]

GG89 said:

According to this the sultan of brunei has or has had 9 F1s http://www.germancarzone.com/pit-general-discussio...

Now that list is just plain silly, does he actually drive any of those cars??? And if I read that correctly he has nine F1's!!!! If he carries on like that soon he will have the whole run. It just seems like such a waste.

[GG89]

Outrageous isn't it.

[trackdemon]

13 Porsche 959's

Just, why?

[hurstg01]

Flemke, any ideas as to what is going on with the cover in the 1st pic?
Japanese F1


Normal under-bonnet shot

[flemke]

RobboC said:

Do tell! I know most F1 private owners would like to keep their identity a secret, but surely knowing how many McLaren have and what would be interesting and not intrusive to know?

I consider McLaren still to be a private organisation, unlike BMW, Ferrari, etc. If McL. themselves have not made public what they own, I don't think an individual should be the one to publicise it. A resourceful, and obsessive, person could figure out most of it.

Cheers.

[flemke]

hurstg01 said:

Flemke, any ideas as to what is going on with the cover in the 1st pic?
Japanese F1

I've not seen anything like it.
If I had to guess: it seems not to be fixed, and one wouldn't want that thing bouncing around under the bonnet when the car was moving. Ergo I'd reckon it was some kind of protector that is not normally in the car, but happened to be there because the bonnet had been opened for a reason. It would keep the a/c insulation from being crushed by the weight of your hand when you were working on the car, and it would keep debris (and fluids that were being refilled) from falling into the crevices.

[Andeh]

Is the Kenwood thing a cd changer? It looks big enough to be a vcr.

[RobboC]

flemke said:

RobboC said:

Do tell! I know most F1 private owners would like to keep their identity a secret, but surely knowing how many McLaren have and what would be interesting and not intrusive to know?

I consider McLaren still to be a private organisation, unlike BMW, Ferrari, etc. If McL. themselves have not made public what they own, I don't think an individual should be the one to publicise it. A resourceful, and obsessive, person could figure out most of it.

Cheers.

Well Im far from obsessive about it, and can live without knowing, just curious to know which they still had - and to be honest a car so rare and so loved by many, I cant see any harm in anyone knowing and taking an interest from the people that built it.

[hurstg01]

Andeh said:

Is the Kenwood thing a cd changer? It looks big enough to be a vcr.

Sure is, and its superlight too!!

[flemke]

RobboC said:

flemke said:

RobboC said:

Do tell! I know most F1 private owners would like to keep their identity a secret, but surely knowing how many McLaren have and what would be interesting and not intrusive to know?

I consider McLaren still to be a private organisation, unlike BMW, Ferrari, etc. If McL. themselves have not made public what they own, I don't think an individual should be the one to publicise it. A resourceful, and obsessive, person could figure out most of it.

Cheers.

Well Im far from obsessive about it, and can live without knowing, just curious to know which they still had - and to be honest a car so rare and so loved by many, I cant see any harm in anyone knowing and taking an interest from the people that built it.

Rob,

In this case, someone said something to a person in confidence, so I am sure you can see why that should be respected.

Cheers.

[zagato]

The details on this car are rather tasty. Those anodized caps under the hood would make rather lovely paper weights in their own right. I wonder if any other uber cars have such a level of finish to the hidden parts under the surface?

[mc_blue]

That CD changer must be worth a fortune itself?

[hurstg01]

flemke said:

In this case, someone said something to a person in confidence, so I am sure you can see why that should be respected.
Cheers.

I have many pictures and lots of info in my 'DO NOT SHARE' folder offered to me in confidence, and that's where they are going to stay [unless authorised to share at a later date]

Anyway, back to more F1 porn. Flemke, ever seen this one? Ueno #01R paint work on a road car?

[RobboC]

flemke said:

RobboC said:

flemke said:

RobboC said:

Do tell! I know most F1 private owners would like to keep their identity a secret, but surely knowing how many McLaren have and what would be interesting and not intrusive to know?

I consider McLaren still to be a private organisation, unlike BMW, Ferrari, etc. If McL. themselves have not made public what they own, I don't think an individual should be the one to publicise it. A resourceful, and obsessive, person could figure out most of it.

Cheers.

Well Im far from obsessive about it, and can live without knowing, just curious to know which they still had - and to be honest a car so rare and so loved by many, I cant see any harm in anyone knowing and taking an interest from the people that built it.

Rob,

In this case, someone said something to a person in confidence, so I am sure you can see why that should be respected.

Cheers.

I see, fair enough.

[Huggybear010]

Hurst,

Yeah sorry i was having a blonde mooment XP1LM. XP1 is but ashes (stored very safely) but as a certian god liek genius would say 'lets rock and roll'

I have seen that cover before in a certain workshop, suprised (and slightly concerned) its with the car now (unless they were workig on it.

Mclaren (in my opion)is still the only company (merc are slipping)who pride themselves on keeping customer's detials private. I think it also adds to the 'attraction' of the whole Mclaren F1 story.

[ilovevolvo]

Huggybear010 said:

Hurst,

Yeah sorry i was having a blonde mooment XP1LM. XP1 is but ashes (stored very safely) but as a certian god liek genius would say 'lets rock and roll'

I have seen that cover before in a certain workshop, suprised (and slightly concerned) its with the car now (unless they were workig on it.

Mclaren (in my opion)is still the only company (merc are slipping)who pride themselves on keeping customer's detials private. I think it also adds to the 'attraction' of the whole Mclaren F1 story.

Hi HB

Can i ask what the cover is for ??

Russ

[lowdrag]

Streetrod said:

GG89 said:

According to this the sultan of brunei has or has had 9 F1s http://www.germancarzone.com/pit-general-discussio...

Now that list is just plain silly, does he actually drive any of those cars??? And if I read that correctly he has nine F1's!!!! If he carries on like that soon he will have the whole run. It just seems like such a waste.

I remember seeing his "fleet" of XJ220's at XK Engineering once. They were lent to friends and they had all raced them in the desert for fun. Ever seen a sand-blasted XJ220?

[hurstg01]

Here's some more porn, showing angles and areas not often shot . It's all in the detailing



















and finally, for now....

Edited by hurstg01 on Monday 8th December 19:24