Best colour for:
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projectxlm

Original Poster:

10 posts

173 months

Saturday 28th April 2012
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Guys

In your opinion, whats the best colour for the Mclaren F1 LM.

Or shoudl i word it, if it were your Mclaren F1 LM, sitting in your private collection what colour would you have specified. (based on you being able to dictate what colour).

37chevy

3,280 posts

185 months

Saturday 28th April 2012
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Orange

F1GTRUeno

6,512 posts

247 months

Saturday 28th April 2012
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What does this have to do with motorsport?

Anyway, seen as they only came in either orange or black (with silver and other coloured trim), I'd have to say orange.

The black ones are more interesting though.

ellroy

7,824 posts

254 months

Saturday 28th April 2012
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Also what on earth has it to do with fezza, mazza, lambo, bugatti???

Mattymouse33

1,276 posts

236 months

Saturday 28th April 2012
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Dont be so harsh guys. The F1 LM is obviously extremely limited in colour however Papaya Orange suits it very well. Thats not to say I wouldnt choose the rich metallic blue they did an F1 in. Also I think a candy apple red would be nice.

Mosi

2,040 posts

244 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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I was at the factory on Weds and although I am not a blue car person, the blue ones looked ace


Dave Hedgehog

16,300 posts

233 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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37chevy said:
Orange
correct answer

JazzyO

1,125 posts

210 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Dave Hedgehog said:
correct answer
No, the correct answer is:

It would remain in the livery it raced in. Much more important than my personal tastes, is the history of the car.

Mosi said:
I was at the factory on Weds and although I am not a blue car person, the blue ones looked ace
It seems that you're talking about the MP4-12C, not the F1 LM.


Onno

JazzyO

1,125 posts

210 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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ellroy said:
Also what on earth has it to do with fezza, mazza, lambo, bugatti???
Amazingly, this UK site doesn't have a section marked McLaren that I can find!


Onno

Honk

2,005 posts

232 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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JazzyO said:
ellroy said:
Also what on earth has it to do with fezza, mazza, lambo, bugatti???
Amazingly, this UK site doesn't have a section marked McLaren that I can find!


Onno
F,M,L and B does seem to have become the spiritual home for McLaren,Pagani and even the Audi r8. Perhaps there should be a new "Other hyper cars" section?

70proof

6,158 posts

184 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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70proof

6,158 posts

184 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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maybe moz meant this car:

JMP86

215 posts

175 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Race livery if it was used for racing or orange for a road car, I am quite partial to one I remember being posted a while ago in white

marcgti6

1,357 posts

242 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Got to be Papaya Orange for me.

Although I always spend ages drooling over the green one (original press car and top speed record breaker) at the MTC. Sure I had an erection the first time I saw it!

Why isn't there a McLaren section? Could at least change this section to Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Bugatti and McLaren! Seems odd to me, especially since the arrival of the 12C and new future models.

toohuge

3,473 posts

245 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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JazzyO said:
No, the correct answer is:

It would remain in the livery it raced in. Much more important than my personal tastes, is the history of the car.

Onno
Not entirely sure that is correct Onno, there were only 5 LM's ever produced and all of these were road cars. From what I remember all came in Papaya Orange although some have been repainted since. I stand to be correct though smile

Chris

F1GTRUeno

6,512 posts

247 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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toohuge said:
JazzyO said:
No, the correct answer is:

It would remain in the livery it raced in. Much more important than my personal tastes, is the history of the car.

Onno
Not entirely sure that is correct Onno, there were only 5 LM's ever produced and all of these were road cars. From what I remember all came in Papaya Orange although some have been repainted since. I stand to be correct though smile

Chris
None have been repainted.

6 if you count XP1 LM, the prototype that McLaren have (and pictured above).

3 of the rest were Papaya Orange.

LM1 looks like this.



Swap the blue bits for red and you have LM4 (though it could be the other way around).

JazzyO

1,125 posts

210 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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toohuge said:
Not entirely sure that is correct Onno, there were only 5 LM's ever produced and all of these were road cars. From what I remember all came in Papaya Orange although some have been repainted since. I stand to be correct though smile

Chris
Sorry I was thinking of the GTR. Don't know my McLaren's so well. But I'm here to learn. smile


Onno

JazzyO

1,125 posts

210 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Honk said:
F,M,L and B does seem to have become the spiritual home for McLaren,Pagani and even the Audi r8. Perhaps there should be a new "Other hyper cars" section?
I don't understand why all these brands need to be heaped together. There are separate sections on here which hardly ever see activity, if they can be separate why not split this very busy section in a couple of subsections?


Onno

toohuge

3,473 posts

245 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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JazzyO said:
Sorry I was thinking of the GTR. Don't know my McLaren's so well. But I'm here to learn. smile


Onno
No worries Onno wink

I am here to learn from your expert classic Ferrari knowledge too smile

Chris

DumDum

160 posts

185 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Has to be Papaya Orange for me, looks so right on that car.


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