[Peloton25]

flemke said:

Ding ding ding!!!

Yay!!

flemke said:

Very good, Erik. I've had another made for him, but haven't had the chance to give it to him (he doesn't know about it, so would appreciate keeping it "private").

I promise not to tell him.

flemke said:

Thanks v much - I may make you an offer for that.

Or... you could always have your new pin striper friend do something artsy with the "F1/V12" and carry an ounce of that whimsical theme inside? Anyway - let me know when you decide.

R.P.M said:

Joe911 said:

Any pictures of the original part to compare?

Here's a photo of Gordon pointing at it from EVO.



Here's a photo I have taken of it - click to enlarge:



That bracket on a bracket - as Gordon was quoted as saying in EVO #145 "...looks like the sort of thing you'd find on a Ferrari."

>8^)
ER

[GFWilliams]

Guyr said:

It took me about 15 seconds of looking blankly at the numbers, then I worked it out

Guy

PS As good as the current ones are to show us the new colours, it really deserves a professional treatment and Georges photos are great. http://www.gfwilliams.net/Portfolio/

Thanks for the positive words Guy

Flemke, any chance you could drop me a pm? (not trying to get a shoot of your car, want to show you something private from a little while ago...)

[Shmee]

Flemke - Is this your McLaren I've stolen?



I'd just like to say that in every possible way your car is absolutely breathtaking. Perhaps surprisingly I rather liked the interior which very much had a feel of personalisation but remained very smart.

I'm particularly keen on the white side-stripes, the thin light-blue line surrounding them really boosted the affect. However above all the colour you have chosen is glorious and works so well on the car.

[ph123]

Is this a colour scheme nicked from Frank Williams in the Piers Courage days
or even Ken Tyrell's F2 days ...?

[El Guapo]

MattOz said:

Great thread in the Studio section of Detaling World today.

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.p...

Flemke, the pre-detail swirl marks in the paint are much worse than I would have expected to see on a freshly-painted car. Did it emerge from the paint shop like that or did some boy scouts wash it with a gritty sponge?
I understand your thinking on the interior, even though I like it as is. Perhaps all you need is to use a darker blue together with smaller panels or stripes on the driver's seat.

Edited by El Guapo on Thursday 15th September 23:54

[fatboy69]

Flemke.

I love the car - its so good to see it back on the road after all this time. I personally dont see a big problem with the interior.I think it looks ok even with the non-standard stering wheel.

Wasnt sure about the white panel however i think it looks ok.

The car is sublime - thank you for sharing it with us.

One final thing. I personally would love to see, & hear, & video of the car both at rest & at play. The noise of that wonderful engine brings out the child in me!!!

[Rollcage]

I'd be wanting that done FOC if it came out the McLaren paintshop looking like that. What's happened to Ron's fabled attention to detail?

[Digger]

Rollcage said:

I'd be wanting that done FOC if it came out the McLaren paintshop looking like that. What's happened to Ron's fabled attention to detail?

That's a very fair comment, as according to Paul (detailer) that is how it came out of the body shop. I'm guessing Flemke wasn't best pleased either.

[Rollcage]

When I had a small garage, and we did a full respray, cars went out with better finished paintwork than that. Pretty poor, IMO.

[Peloton25]

Devil's advocate: It is entirely possible that the car went out that way because flemke already intended to have this separate detailing process done.

I am nearly certain McLaren does a fine job in-house on final paint cleaning and polishing when they intend to.

>8^)
ER

[Waynester]

Without wading through 100's of previous pages...

....why the change of interior? Was the original material, colour, design unique to start with?

Nice Mclaren though.

[dudleybloke]

personaly i quite like the interior.
the blue gives the cabin a nice lift amongst all the black.

i think you have to try the tiger skin seats and maybe even these for added irony.




and the exterior colour is perfect, has a lovely depth and solidity to it but still shows all the curves and details.

my only critisism is lack of furry dice!

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[El Guapo]

Peloton25 said:

Devil's advocate: It is entirely possible that the car went out that way because flemke already intended to have this separate detailing process done.

I think that's very unlikely. IIRC one or more panels were returned to the paint shop by McLaren because thay were not 100% happy with the finish.
At some point between the final blow of paint and the detail, swirl marks have been added, most likely with a rotary buffer (judging by their shape). It's hard to believe that McLaren would aim for the highest possible paint quality and then hand the car over to some gorilla with a Makita and a gritty polishing pad.

[dan5oclocksmith]

Flemke, a couple of questions if I may:

1. Excuse my ignorance, but what is the significance of the sticker in the side window?



2. Have you ever had the F1 on a rolling road?

[AreseV6]

I have never noticed the little air intake below the large side strakes , what is it for ?

[Munter]

dan5oclocksmith said:

Flemke, a couple of questions if I may:

1. Excuse my ignorance, but what is the significance of the sticker in the side window?



2. Have you ever had the F1 on a rolling road?

This one?

[dan5oclocksmith]

Munter said:

This one?

Yep. I assume it's something to do with Yale?

[Shmee]

Forgot I took these on my phone:

[dan5oclocksmith]

Shmee said:

Forgot I took these on my phone:

E36 wiper stalk?