Does anyone know what Bruce McLaren's 1967 car looked like? What color?
Thanks.
chris
White with a central black stripe.
The Yamura car in the "Grand Prix " movie is infact the first mclaren F1
car.
Also the Naca ducts on the nose were very distinctive.
Richard Grantham
> Does anyone know what Bruce McLaren's 1967 car looked like? What color?
> Thanks.
> chris
This is where you want to be. http://www.motorsport.co.nz/mclaren/
Lots of good stuff.
Speedy
In 1967, Bruce McLaren drove 3 different cars: An M4B, which was
basically their F2 car fitted with a smaller BRM V-8 developed for the
Tasman series. It was painted red. Then he drove the second
Eagle-Weslake in 3 races, then finally the M5A-BRM which was red with
a silver stripe edged in green. The last car suffered from the
weight of the BRM V-12 engine, but even so McLaren almost won in
Canada until the battery boiled dry.
All this is from "McLaren - The Grand Prix, Can-Am and Indy Cars" by
Doug Nye.
Greg
>White with a central black stripe.
>The Yamura car in the "Grand Prix " movie is infact the first mclaren F1
>car.
>Also the Naca ducts on the nose were very distinctive.
> Richard Grantham
That's almost all true, Richard. McLaren made some extra money by
subbing for the Yamura car, even to the extent of wearing a "Pete
Aron" helmet. But that was in 1966, not '67.
