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Old Apr 17, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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........ A McLaren MP4-12C.

Driving through Kidderminster, on trade plates, with a light disguise. It looked like it had been given a rough brush paint with a horrible shade of light blue........ The roof and bonnet were still in McLaren orange.

Shame I did not have my camera with me.............
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 05:28 AM
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Didn't some team in light blue/orange race Mclaren F1s a while back
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by arsie
Didn't some team in light blue/orange race Mclaren F1s a while back
I've seen pictures of the Macca Fi in Gulf colours, but this was a rough as a bears arse paint job and nothing like as nice as the Gulf livery.
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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Love the Gulf colours, often wondered what an S would look like painted orange and powder blue? Where's a paint shopper?

I think i saw a New Mac in Woking near the factory a couple of weeks ago, it was brown !
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by CHIPPO
Love the Gulf colours, often wondered what an S would look like painted orange and powder blue? Where's a paint shopper?

I think i saw a New Mac in Woking near the factory a couple of weeks ago, it was brown !
I live less than a mile from the factory....I hardly notice them now....(this statement may not be entirely true).....
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 08:42 AM
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Kidderminster ? Who the hell could afford one around here ! Mattlad get yourself along to some local meets mate.
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Old May 24, 2011 | 05:58 AM
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Seen an other today, just coming out of Kidderminster! Again it was on trade plates, this one was blue and white.

Now where did I put that lottery ticket?
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Old May 24, 2011 | 06:10 AM
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I saw two of them driving in the opposite direction on the M4 last Sunday around junction 20. Closely followed by a couple of Ferraris of differing models and i think a noble M400.

Wonder what all that was about.
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Old May 24, 2011 | 07:41 AM
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Might have been a 'gone in 60 seconds' style heist!?
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Old May 24, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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There was one at the Top Gear track on 13th May.

Kept doing a few laps and then coming in for "tweaks" before going back out.

I suspect it'll be on Top Gear soon and they were optimising the setup.

It was doing a 1.19 flying lap, not sure how much you'd lose from a standing start.

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