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05-14-2009, 06:35 PM

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Got to see one in Silver, 10 years ago never seen another one since that day very rare.

Saw one in West London six years ago. An image printed indelibly in my mind.

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05-14-2009, 06:38 PM

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Saw one in West London six years ago. An image printed indelibly in my mind.

The one I saw was in a showroom in london as well, it was staged in the centre with the background of many F1 cars "Merc" etc. I cant remember the place wasnt too far from Mayfair/Knightsbride area.

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05-14-2009, 07:02 PM

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The one I saw was in a showroom in london as well, it was staged in the centre with the background of many F1 cars "Merc" etc. I cant remember the place wasnt too far from Mayfair/Knightsbride area.

Silver? Up on a dais in the showroom, right there on the street corner? On Park Lane between Hard Rock Cafe and Marble Arch?

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05-20-2009, 01:29 PM

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The one I saw was in a showroom in london as well, it was staged in the centre with the background of many F1 cars "Merc" etc. I cant remember the place wasnt too far from Mayfair/Knightsbride area.

Bump! Curious if it was the same one...

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05-20-2009, 02:07 PM

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05-21-2009, 12:22 PM

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There's an article somewhere on the web of the Collier Collection (not sure about the name) road tripping his McLaren from FL to MT (or Idaho, can't remember). As he approaches a construction zone and drives through gravelly muddy roads, he just thinks of the 70k paint job and 35k windhsield ...

I remember reading that. It was hilarious and gut wrenching at the same time to think about driving over the make-shift path they prepped for him to get through.

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05-21-2009, 12:43 PM

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The one I saw was in a showroom in london as well, it was staged in the centre with the background of many F1 cars "Merc" etc. I cant remember the place wasnt too far from Mayfair/Knightsbride area.

I read that Mclaren had a showroom on Park Lane but they closed it in 2004. The grey Mclaren F1 they had there was sold to some guy in Singapore then sold for £2.530.000 in London 2008. Pricey