McLaren F1 racing car for sale - cheap?

[prand]

I've just seen this - David Coultard's 2000 F1 car:

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-pa...

for £50k?

Is it just me but is that not ridiculously cheap? I guess it's got no engine or something very expensive? It would make one hell of a trackday car for someone with the cash!

EDIT - OK in the description it describes this as a "showcar" so I guess it doesn't run. could you get a Hayabusa engine in perhaps?

Edited by prand on Friday 26th November 17:21

[k-ink]

"Unlike most showcars, having been built by the manufacturer for the driver it is virtually indistinguishable from the real car"

It's not the actual car. But still not bad value at all!

[stuthemong]

It's a model car though, isn't it? There is nothing in the engine bay, just designed to look like the real thing externally. Still not a bad price, would look SWEEEEET on a wall somewhere.

If I had a spare 50K it wouldn't be the last thing I'd think of buying, put it that way

[dxbtiger]

DC running out of cash??

As stated earlier would look great hanging from the wall.

[Spiritual_Beggar]

What a great looking race car.


Just before the F1 cars started getting really ugly with all the extra aero on them.




(I'd still prefer a Mika one though)

[soad]

No engine??? I'm out.

Sure is interesting to look at/sit in and play- humming away or something.

Perhaps reasonably priced for what it is, could knock it down some?

[prand]

THinking about it, would make someone a great seat for a racing video game!

[LocoBlade]

dxbtiger said:

DC running out of cash??

As stated earlier would look great hanging from the wall.

I think his sister ran the DC museum up in Scotland but unsuprisingly interest has tailed off in the last few years so they closed it down. Im guessing its one of several he's got and has probably decided to have a clear out rather than store them all.

[k-ink]

Pop any crate engine in there you like if you want to use it. It'll still be fast with only half the normal power. Besides a real F1 engine and gearbox are disposable junk after a few races anyway. Would make a decent track tool with 'only' 400 ponies and up I reckon.

[W00DY]

Get a nice big flat screen, connect it up to a games console and wack it in the lounge. Perfect.

[dxbtiger]

LocoBlade said:

dxbtiger said:

DC running out of cash??

As stated earlier would look great hanging from the wall.

I think his sister ran the DC museum up in Scotland but unsuprisingly interest has tailed off in the last few years so they closed it down. Im guessing its one of several he's got and has probably decided to have a clear out rather than store them all.

DC museum??

That makes me chuckle for some reason!

[smack]

k-ink said:

"Unlike most showcars, having been built by the manufacturer for the driver it is virtually indistinguishable from the real car"

Some have real parts like carbon fibre suspension (usually parts which have have no more "life", or in otherwords is worn out), while others just have metal items instead. And some have real carbon brake discs with the right (but old) calipers, while others may have some steel ones with misc calipers on it - it will have working brakes at least!!! Show cars often don't have bodywork as thick as on the race car - A few years back a team took a show car to a full size wind tunnel in the US, and it cracked all the bodywork!

But the one way to be sure a McLaren is a real chassis, or a show car, is to look for the metal plate in the tub by the seat. If it is real, it will have MP4-17/02 or something, while a show car will have SCxxx.

[anonymous-user]

simply can't understand why he would sell it

hard to imagine he is hard up for £50k and I would expect something like that to have some sentimental value - even to him

[SystemParanoia]

fit a console and run your face racing game through it via HD projector

[Jasandjules]

prand said:

THinking about it, would make someone a great seat for a racing video game!

Oh yes, when I win the Euromillions I'll have that and get an F1 simulator put into it!!

[Streetrod]

SystemParanoia said:

fit a console and run your face racing game through it via HD projector

Dam! Beat me two it, that would be the ultimate play seat for GT5, just add a G27 steering wheel and pedals and away you go. Oh hang on a second one of the fathers at my kids school has done that already, not only that but his comes with a virtual reality helmet as well

Edited by Streetrod on Friday 26th November 19:37

[itz_baseline]

Wow, it's one of the rare RHD versions as well

[SystemParanoia]

propper back seat drivers lol

[Streetrod]

It came with three VR helmets