Flemke - Is this your McLaren? (Vol 5)
Discussion
Swampy1982 said:
Thanks for the reply, look forward to the images if you can figure it out, I've had limited success personally due to file image size and some landscape/portrait orientation issues!
As for the knowledge question, it was just an observation that not everyone is perhaps as forthcoming with information as you, so it'd be nice to think there was a central "bank" of information that could be freely shared with future generations in such a generous ways like this amazing thread.
It's wonderful that there are enthusiat/owners who are passionate about sourcing and understanding the information, and then sharing it in a public way.
I don't think it can be underestimated how great this thread is, to be able to ask an owner and ethusiasts about granular details on such an iconic car is genuinely amazing to me.
Thank you for sharing.
It's my pleasure. I love the car and all (or at least most all) of the stories behind and around it. I try to share here most of what I know, and if there are some folks who enjoy reading about and seeing it, it's all good.As for the knowledge question, it was just an observation that not everyone is perhaps as forthcoming with information as you, so it'd be nice to think there was a central "bank" of information that could be freely shared with future generations in such a generous ways like this amazing thread.
It's wonderful that there are enthusiat/owners who are passionate about sourcing and understanding the information, and then sharing it in a public way.
I don't think it can be underestimated how great this thread is, to be able to ask an owner and ethusiasts about granular details on such an iconic car is genuinely amazing to me.
Thank you for sharing.
flemke said:
With respect for my friend Mr Peloton, McLaren have photos of the build of every car. I have about 70 images of my car during that process. I don't think many people have access to those. 
Yes, the white HDK car started life as the yellow car in Brunei. At least two, maybe three, of the Brunei cars have been sold, plus there was another that was written off.
i know of #005 (black Evans car) and #014 the aforementioned white/black HDF car so which is the third that has/maybe escaped?Yes, the white HDK car started life as the yellow car in Brunei. At least two, maybe three, of the Brunei cars have been sold, plus there was another that was written off.
I think #004 was the one written off IIRC.
Thank you for sharing your build pictures, always fascinating and wonderful to see period photos.
Love those in-build snapshots of chassis 040 flemke - thanks for sharing them.
And yes, my own photo archive doesn't contain near enough of those types of shots from inside the factory and while some educated guesses of which chassis appear in the images is possible in some cases, they certainly aren't all properly cataloged.
I have seen a couple of sets of sale photos that filtered out of McLaren Customer Care on cars they had brokered in the past which were of higher quality. Do you know if they also did finished-build photos with each of the cars in a non-factory setting or maybe even in the final delivery area prior to shipment? Something along the lines of this photo Henry previously shared:
>8^)
ER
And yes, my own photo archive doesn't contain near enough of those types of shots from inside the factory and while some educated guesses of which chassis appear in the images is possible in some cases, they certainly aren't all properly cataloged.
I have seen a couple of sets of sale photos that filtered out of McLaren Customer Care on cars they had brokered in the past which were of higher quality. Do you know if they also did finished-build photos with each of the cars in a non-factory setting or maybe even in the final delivery area prior to shipment? Something along the lines of this photo Henry previously shared:
>8^)
ER
F1GTRUeno said:
flemke said:
With respect for my friend Mr Peloton, McLaren have photos of the build of every car. I have about 70 images of my car during that process. I don't think many people have access to those.
Yes, the white HDK car started life as the yellow car in Brunei. At least two, maybe three, of the Brunei cars have been sold, plus there was another that was written off.
i know of #005 (black Evans car) and #014 the aforementioned white/black HDF car so which is the third that has/maybe escaped?Yes, the white HDK car started life as the yellow car in Brunei. At least two, maybe three, of the Brunei cars have been sold, plus there was another that was written off.
I think #004 was the one written off IIRC.
Thank you for sharing your build pictures, always fascinating and wonderful to see period photos.
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