Pants On Fire
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:28 PM |
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Look what someone left outside my office
Unveiled to us this morning by Ron Dennis.
 
Description
 
McLaren 2007
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cloudy
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:30 PM |
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who on earth do you work for  ?
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zoom
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:33 PM |
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vodafone??????
mycar
mybuildsite
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balidey
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:33 PM |
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Nice, but not very Locost.
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macnab
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:34 PM |
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Wow what a beauty
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iank
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:36 PM |
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It'll never get through SVA 
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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zoom
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:37 PM |
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You can't park that there son!!
mycar
mybuildsite
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Pants On Fire
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:37 PM |
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I'm gonna sneak out later and rob the diffuser and wishbones
 
McLaren 2007
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macnab
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:37 PM |
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sneak back at the dead of night with the car jack....
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macnab
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:39 PM |
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oh its just pure car porn, stop it!
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welderman
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 12:55 PM |
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Thank's, Joe 
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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vinny1275
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 01:04 PM |
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Odd that they left it where anyone could take high-res pics of it. Ferrari wouldn't let any press photographers into the launch of their
car....
I visited the Honda F1 factory last year, and those things are definitely not locost!! Unbelievable technology in there tho. One of the departments we
went past was the "sonic tuning team" - they watch footage of the other team's cars, and figure out from the noise they make what
revs they're pulling, how much power they're putting out at those revs, what their tyre wear is likely to be.... All the costs that the
FIA are forcing the teams to save is being spent on other ways of improving performance....
Having said that, I was quite pleased that I got my ample frame into the display car, tho I couldn't actually get my @rse into Taku's old
seat, I was kinda sat on it.....
Should be a good season this year with 4 brits in.....
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James
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 01:18 PM |
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I helped make some bits of that car!
Looks good doesn't it!
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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andyps
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 01:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
It'll never get through SVA
Actually, I think that a lot of the radii would be Ok as they have to be quite rounded so as not to puncture tyres of other cars if they touch.
Probably fail on noise though
That car looks great - I love the extra rear spoiler on the trailing edge of the engine cover.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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iank
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 01:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by andyps
quote:
Originally posted by iank
It'll never get through SVA
Actually, I think that a lot of the radii would be Ok as they have to be quite rounded so as not to puncture tyres of other cars if they touch.
Probably fail on noise though
That car looks great - I love the extra rear spoiler on the trailing edge of the engine cover.
Noise ... and mirrors, lights, wheelarches x 4, quick release wheels (all 5), adjustable brake balance, lack of a speedometer, missing cat converter
and emissions... before the tester started getting picky
The wing is a work of art, but I suspect you need big chunk of power just to overcome the drag.
[Edited on 16/1/07 by iank]
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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ricklawn
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 03:03 PM |
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if you are quick and nobody sees you. i will give you a fiver for the mirrors...hehehe
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ayoungman
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 03:13 PM |
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it would make on hell of a donor car !
"just like that !"
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Agriv8
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 03:43 PM |
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What are the Red anodised item in the middle of the front wheel ( locking wheel nut ? ).
Or being sensible is it what they use to spin the wheel in the wind tunnel.
just curious really
Ps I know if that was in my office i would just stand there all day drooling
And I agree that just down right car Porn
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 03:43 PM |
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Can I have dibs on the wheels please?
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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zoom
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 04:23 PM |
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Use it as a donor car?????
Right all i need is a r/h lightweight and start moving some of the bits over
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 04:32 PM |
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Looks a bit tastier than the Cateringvan on the stand in Comma oils reception, tried too relive it of the front cycle wings but failed...........
edit too add........... don't you think it looks like it will suffer from camber change and bump steer, oh and them tyres are far too wide for
such a light car...........
[Edited on 16/1/07 by Jon Ison]
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Hellfire
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 06:09 PM |
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Crikey - the attention to detail is phenominominominal... absolutely beautiful. Lets hope it goes as good as it looks.... McL haven't got a good
record with reliability and new cards. Mind you, neither have their donor car Mercedes...
Steve
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Middy Tim
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| posted on 17/1/07 at 09:21 PM |
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pleasant surprise.
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marcyboy
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| posted on 18/1/07 at 07:33 AM |
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it might look nice...
but how well does it do it the scheme of things.
when was the last time a McLaren won the F1 championship ?
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coozer
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| posted on 18/1/07 at 08:25 PM |
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Have to laugh, reminds me of the 'heritage' display in Ford Genk Belgium.
Mk1 Transit van, really old Taunis thing, Mk1 Escort, Mk2 Escort, Mk4 Cortina, Mk1 Sierra, Mk1 Mondeo. Great, no cossies or RS cars.
In reception they have a strange Galaxy/S-Max. Two half's of each, down the middle, Galaxy from the right hand side, S-Max from the left.
Oh and a really nice Duratec Turbo engine on a stand, I was really tempted to push it out and bring it back on the plane!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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