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Woking is a lovely town
Uh well sometimes. Here's a view at my friend's garden (and my wife) on the Wey Navigational Canal about 10 years ago.
McLaren's Headquarters was just through the trees across the canal. Now they're a few miles away.
Pretty idyllic spot for a "car factory" as if you could call it a "factory". Maybe in a sense like watches are made in "factories".
BTW - The book is called Driving Ambition. Doug Nye wrote up much of the material which was sourced from McLaren.
There was a consumer version by Virgin books that cost about $50 and it is available fairly widely through used booksellers.
The owners of the 70~75 cars could get the full Monty treatment book from #0-100 and I have no idea what those cost.
My book is part of the "standard" "limited" "deluxe" series of 400 that were numbered #101-500
Apparently there was "LeMans" series with 59 copies.
Gads. It sounds just like the watch business!
Visit to Woking
I had such a great time on the visit to Dresden (VW Phaeton plant) that I thought about my last great car factory tour in Woking. Because I worked in publishing books about cars, I've been in my share of auto assembly plants. But this was really special. ...
Addendum & details
Hi, I reread my post, and it wasn't clear that I enjoyed the Dresden VW tour as a Purist reading the post about it, rather than going there myself. Sorry for the confusion. Here is the photo that started my McLaren adventure. Not so often you see this kin...
A McLaren lover's book...
The instant I read the title, I knew you meant that you visited the McLaren factory. I didn't know that you went there for a book or that such a book was offered, that was a nice surprise and it's definitely got to be a nice book! Thanks for sharing with ...
Fantastic review Cazalea ...
.. i really enjoyed it ... The McLaren F1 can still be considered as thé ultimate sportscar of all time in the whole universe .... . I once spotted one somewhere in Italy during a GP-weekend ... i was on a motorway with my Bimota and just got a glimp...
Great sneak photos...
....of underneath the F1, Cazalea. Echoing Bimbeano, they are THE supercar.
I enjoyed every line of it ....
... in spite of not being a very big fan of sports cars myself, you managed to give me a wonderful impression of your enthusiasm. I had visited the Phaeton facility, it was great, but, honestly, I prefer visiting watch manufacturers ... Regards, Marcus
Hey, Mike, remember Harrah's Auto Museum when . . .
. . . it was near Vegas? I was there in '73 when this Mercer Raceabout was being cranked over the very first time . . . . . . after restoration. If only we had digital cameras then with video capability . . ....
from the title i knew the subject mainly because Woking has nothing else to offer :))
its one of those places that you see on train and motorway signposts, but dont think to visit. i've never seen an F1 in the flesh either despite living most of my life in the south of england and nearly 20 years only 50 miles from Woking. i'd love to read...
Woking is a lovely town
Uh well sometimes. Here's a view at my friend's garden (and my wife) on the Wey Navigational Canal about 10 years ago. McLaren's Headquarters was just through the trees across the canal. Now they're a few miles away. Pretty idyllic spot for a "car factory...
i think your friends garden...
i think your friends garden is the exception that proves the rule G...
In case you haven't ridden at 391 km/hr
here's Andy Wallace doing the 240 mph top speed run in the McLaren
Limited Edition of Driving Ambition All Books are Real Leather
Just in case, anyone who is new to the McLaren F1 and the Limited Edition of Driving Ambition, the book is not Leather-Like. The Owners Edition was bound in the same Connolly Leather as the seats in the F1. The rest of the books were bound in Nubuck Leath...
Oh, wow, how did I miss this post?
Very very cool pics, Cazalea! A virtual walk back in time. I had the chance to visit both MPC and MTC earlier this year, and they are even pickier now about pictures once you step inside their doors; even pictures in the "museum display" area are mostly f...