DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

I think it really emphasises what a stunning piece of design it was.

^^^^ shouldn't that be in the Porsche thread?

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There was a great programme on TV a couple of nights ago about McLaren - in the early days with Bruce - & there was some great footage of Can-Am racing with Bruce McLaren & Denny Hulme.

IMO that series saw some of the greatest racing from a spectator's point of view.

I wasn't at any of the original series of races but I did get to see some of the cars first hand when they were competing in the Steinberger Supersports series in the late '80's/early'90's & one car that stands out in my memory was Charlie Agg's McLaren M8F - complete with ~1100 bhp twin-turbo 8.1 litre Chevrolet V8 !!

The sight & sound of it* blasting around Brands Hatch was unforgettable ...

* I was about 2 feet behind the car in the pits when the engine was started


This is a similar car:

quite emotional 2nd part i felt ............all full of stuff i did nt know, really good overall

There is a M8E that lives just a couple of miles from me looks very much the same and has a 8ltr chevi engine.

I'm guessing the programme is/was the same as the DVD 'McLaren' released a little while back. If so, it's excellent, isn't it?

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My TC was collected earlier to day & is heading off to a 'new' owner ...





I finally realised that I wasn't going to get around to restoring it in the foreseeable future so decided to sell it - funnily it's going back to the person I bought it from 9 years ago !

I'd love that - get it running and drive it looking like that. Bruce (Sportwagen) Cooper was having a clear out about 16 years ago and among the stuff he was getting rid of was a TC, which had been restored many years ago and then left to fester. I could have had it for £8K. Said yes but then it transpired his brother decided he wanted it, so I lost out. Oh well...

Lightweight_911 wrote:.

I finally realised that I wasn't going to get around to restoring it in the foreseeable future so decided to sell it - funnily it's going back to the person I bought it from 9 years ago !

Does that mean that you never drove it Andy ? If you did what was it like ?

KS wrote:I'd love that - get it running and drive it looking like that.

Funnily enough Russell Edmonds said the same several years ago when he saw it, - sort out the mechanicals (which wouldn't have involved a great deal of work) & drive it to the Revival.

Problem was that the main body tub & parts of the ash frame needed a fair bit of attention.

richkaz wrote:
Does that mean that you never drove it Andy ? If you did what was it like ?

I drove it in & out of the garage a few times when I first got it but no further than that.

I did drive a couple of TC's briefly about 10 yrs ago - seem to remember that the ride was very 'hard' ...

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Went to the WEC practice day today to see the Le Mans cars and more.
Very quick, very noisy too.

The McLaren film was very good indeed, rare to see a person who can design it, make it and drive it..name another individual?
An old friend of mine was a pro race mechanic and looked after one of the 8 litre Can Am's, he loved it and he series.
Huge car when you get up close.





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