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Phil H

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Oneball said:
From this time last year at Prescott, McLaren with a numberplate :cool:

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Now there's interesting.
DVLA lists OBH500H as an orange 1970 5.7Ltr McLaren M6GT, which on various MOT tests was stated to have 'No lights fitted at time of test'.

Then a quick Google finds this:

1969 McLaren M6 GT For Sale

Yes, you read that right: A 1969 McLaren M6 GT For Sale. A REAL 1969 McLaren M6 GT. Not a copy. Not a kit car. But a real, honest to Jehovah, McLaren M6 GT as designed by Bruce McLaren himself, and build and driven (on occasion) by Bruce and Denny (yeah, that would be Denny Hulme).
www.carthrottle.com www.carthrottle.com

and this:

McLaren M6GT - The Genesis for All McLaren Road Cars | McLaren Automotive

Discover McLaren M6GT - based on the latest race technology, it was superlight, quick, confidence-inspiring, and safe.
cars.mclaren.com cars.mclaren.com

Thoughts?

PH
I love Prescott btw, must get up there again sometime.
 
Oneball

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Phil H said:
Now there's interesting.
DVLA lists OBH500H as an orange 1970 5.7Ltr McLaren M6GT, which on various MOT tests was stated to have 'No lights fitted at time of test'.

Then a quick Google finds this:

1969 McLaren M6 GT For Sale

Yes, you read that right: A 1969 McLaren M6 GT For Sale. A REAL 1969 McLaren M6 GT. Not a copy. Not a kit car. But a real, honest to Jehovah, McLaren M6 GT as designed by Bruce McLaren himself, and build and driven (on occasion) by Bruce and Denny (yeah, that would be Denny Hulme).
www.carthrottle.com www.carthrottle.com

and this:

McLaren M6GT - The Genesis for All McLaren Road Cars | McLaren Automotive

Discover McLaren M6GT - based on the latest race technology, it was superlight, quick, confidence-inspiring, and safe.
cars.mclaren.com cars.mclaren.com

Thoughts?

PH
I love Prescott btw, must get up there again sometime.
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Not sure. Bruce’s M6GT is in the States and has headlights so I’m guessing somehow the reg has ended up on the one at Prescott.

Found this though.

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conaero

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Phil H said:
Now there's interesting.
DVLA lists OBH500H as an orange 1970 5.7Ltr McLaren M6GT, which on various MOT tests was stated to have 'No lights fitted at time of test'.

Then a quick Google finds this:

1969 McLaren M6 GT For Sale

Yes, you read that right: A 1969 McLaren M6 GT For Sale. A REAL 1969 McLaren M6 GT. Not a copy. Not a kit car. But a real, honest to Jehovah, McLaren M6 GT as designed by Bruce McLaren himself, and build and driven (on occasion) by Bruce and Denny (yeah, that would be Denny Hulme).
www.carthrottle.com www.carthrottle.com

and this:

McLaren M6GT - The Genesis for All McLaren Road Cars | McLaren Automotive

Discover McLaren M6GT - based on the latest race technology, it was superlight, quick, confidence-inspiring, and safe.
cars.mclaren.com cars.mclaren.com

Thoughts?

PH
I love Prescott btw, must get up there again sometime.
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You can get a daytime MOT, I only learned this recently when we road prepped Stu’s Trofeo.

So as it suggests you can only drive the car in daylight...probably there for competition cars to drive on highways between stages.
 
Oneball

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conaero said:
You can get a daytime MOT, I only learned this recently when we road prepped Stu’s Trofeo.

So as it suggests you can only drive the car in daylight...probably there for competition cars to drive on highways between stages.
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Far more common in the two wheeled world it’s just one of those things left over from the past.
 
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conaero said:
You can get a daytime MOT, I only learned this recently when we road prepped Stu’s Trofeo.

So as it suggests you can only drive the car in daylight...probably there for competition cars to drive on highways between stages.
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It also saved me having to fit wing or mirror mounted indicators, not to mention having to faff around with the correct headlamps. I have basic white lights to the front so can flash people (so to speak) if I need to.

You also should not drive in gloomy or wet conditions, anytime when you would ordinarily use lights, but then my car is far from watertight so I will be avoiding driving in the wet anyway
 
Phil H

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Oneball said:
Not sure. Bruce’s M6GT is in the States and has headlights so I’m guessing somehow the reg has ended up on the one at Prescott.

Found this though.

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Apparently it's an M12 with an M6B body, and it's regularly hill-climbed by Rupert Marks. The original OBH500H coupe was in the Mathews collection, at least for a while, so I guess they just split the reg away (I think I would have kept it). It's one h3ll of a car for the road :)

conaero said:
You can get a daytime MOT, I only learned this recently when we road prepped Stu’s Trofeo.
So as it suggests you can only drive the car in daylight...probably there for competition cars to drive on highways between stages.
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Yep, but not a lot of people know that ;)

PH
 
zagatoes30

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conaero said:
You can get a daytime MOT, I only learned this recently when we road prepped Stu’s Trofeo.

So as it suggests you can only drive the car in daylight...probably there for competition cars to drive on highways between stages.
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Anorak moment, I knew this but have no idea how or why - must have been mentioned at some point back in the distant past
 
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