1969 McLaren M6GT Prototype [M6GT-1]

1969 McLaren M6GT [M6GT-1] in Smash Palace, Movie, 1982

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin:

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Author	Message
nzcarnerd ◊ 2014-10-18 23:06	Sort of looks like Bruce McLaren's M6GT but not sure. http://forums.autosport.com/topic/87803-mclaren-m6gt-and-m6bs/page-2
andrepa ◊ 2014-10-19 01:47	could be this prototype even! Link to "blog.hemmings.com"
dsl ◊ 2014-10-19 03:32	I think the girl's Cilla Black who tended to show her legs off a lot at end of 60s which probably dates the photo. Not sure who the bloke is.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2014-10-19 06:17	Yes andrepa it looks as if I was on the right track but you got it. I think the photo is 'made up'. The man is Bruno Lawrence, the star of the movie, in his supposed earlier career as an international driver. The original probably had Bruce McLaren's head on it. I knew one person who might have been able to confirm it was Eoin Young, who worked with McLaren in the 1960s and was living here in Christchurch in retirement but died only a few weeks ago.
dsl ◊ 2016-04-11 13:49	Registered OBH 500H. http://gearheads.org/super-beast-the-original-mclaren-supercar/