by Alex Penfold

McLaren F1 GTR

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McLaren F1 GTR

Mclaren F1 GTR Longtail

McLaren F1 GTR BMW long tail racing collection by UT models 1:18 scale

 this beautiful  discontinued ut  model in gloss orang/black   MClaren F1 GTR BMW long tail  from the Mclaren racing collection  frank muller also plain body by UT model's and 1997 fina  kox revaglia

#53 frank muller

#9 fina kox revaglia

#40 Rourke EMI

plain body

#33 gulf racing  1996 le mans

ut models where first released in the mid 1990's they were abrand  belonging to gateway Global ( today producing Autoart models)

and have produced pauls model art /minichamps.their  models which for the time where of a very high standard.

Today  many of these models are highly collectable

has been in storage for several years

will be stunning on display

 * in  mint condtion no scratches or chips

*In excellent condition with opening doors bonnet ,and boot great details

 *will be well packed  into another box for safe transit

MAKE : UT Model

MODEL : McLaren F1 GTR BMW Longtail

CONDITION :  new & ex.display

SCALE : 1:18

MATERIAL : Diecast

BOX conditon : good condition for age scuff's on corner perspex's creased in several places

FEATURES : Opening doors bonnet boot,steerable front wheels

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McLaren F1 GTR

TVR Cerbera Speed 12 

This is a terrifying machine.  And it’s a car so terrifying that, after a test drive of one of the prototypes, the boss of TVR decided against putting it into production. And when that boss was Peter Wheeler, who thought airbags were more trouble than they were worth and that ABS was just a crutch for poorly set up cars, you likely have some idea of what it takes to terrify him. In fact, we’d argue that Wheeler’s the man who made TVR a byword for terrifying. After he took the reins of TVR, he ditched the Cologne V6s in favour of Rover V8s. Which he then pushed out, bored out and maxed out. But after nearly tripling the Rover V8’s power, Wheeler ditched it entirely in favour of a V8 and straight-six of TVR’s own design. TVR’s tilt at top-tier racing, however, would require even more madness. But then it would, considering it was shaping up to be Blackpool’s merchants of oversteer up against the industrial might of Mercedes, the racing pedigree of Porsche and the bona fide genius of Gordon Murray. Yep, TVR’s planned racer would be up against the Mercedes CLK GTR, Porsche GT1 and McLaren F1 Longtail. Surmounting such a daunting challenge was approached in... let’s say typical TVR fashion. The 7.7-litre V12 (which was, at its most basic, two of TVR’s AJP-6 straight sixes combined) apparently snapped the input shaft of TVR’s 1,000bhp-rated dyno. A top speed in excess of the McLaren F1 was mooted. And, yes, Peter Wheeler, who raced 500bhp-per-tonne TVRs in the one-make Tuscan Challenge, was so spooked by the end result that he deemed the road-going Speed 12 entirely too bonkers and pulled the pin on the road-going car. Yes, too bonkers for TVR. Imagine how mad. See, TVR did end up building just one Speed 12 road car – an amalgam of road car, prototype chassis, and racing parts – and sold it to a buyer personally vetted by Wheeler himself. And it was every bit the madman that everyone expected it to be. The sheer weight of what was onboard the Speed 12– namely, that 7.7-litre V12, with around 850bhp and 900lb ft – was belied only by the eventual kerb weight: around 1,000kg. 

The N°41 McLaren F1 GTR could not be caught by the LMGT1 field as the Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren entry topped the class to finish the 1997 24 Heures du Mans second overall.

by Alex Penfold

F1 GTR