1968 McLaren M6B

I took this photograph at Lodge Corner during qualifying for the HSCC Pre'80 Endurance Challenge race at the Gold Cup Meeting at Oulton Park in August 2018.

It's Anthony Taylor's 1968 McLaren M6B which the programme of the event says has a 5 litre engine. The M6B was the customer version of the Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Team's M6A which was built for the 1967 Can-Am season. The customer car was developed in conjunction with McLaren's technical partner Trojan and sold without an engine, but the M6A had a Chevrolet engine and it's likely that this car also has the 307 cu in Chevrolet small-block V8 engine.

McLaren M6B

This car competed in the HSCC Pre'80 Endurance Challenge race at the Gold Cup Meeting at Oulton Park in August 2018.

It's Anthony Taylor's 1968 McLaren M6B which the programme of the event says has a 5 litre engine.

The M6B was the customer version of the Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Team's M6A which was built for the 1967 Can-Am season. The customer car was developed in conjunction with McLaren's technical partner Trojan and sold without an engine, but the M6A had a Chevrolet engine and it's likely that this car also has the 307 cu in Chevrolet small-block V8 engine.

Anthony Taylor's car is chassis 50-08 which was originally supplied to Canadian Roger McCaig who used it to contest the 1969 Can-Am series He then sold it to fellow Canadian Ranier Brezinka who used it to compete in the 1970 Can-Am series but crashed and wrecked the car at the Road Atlanta race. The remains of the car, excluding the severely damaged tub were sold to Doug Rowe, and some years later Ranier Brezinka sold the damaged tub to Anthony Taylor who acquired the remaining parts from Doug Rowe and used these to help rebuilt the car.

I've shown photographs of the McLaren M6B previously, most recently on 28 November 2017.

McLaren M6B

This car competed in the HSCC Atlantic Computers Historic GT Championship race at the Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race meeting at Oulton Park in May 1986.

It's Martin Bolsover's 1968 5 litre McLaren M6B. The M6B was a Can-Am car and was the customer version of the M6A. They were provided without engines which the customers would fit themselves.

On 22 June 2016 I showed a photograph of this car (and other McLarens) at the HSCC's meeting at Oulton Park in 1987.

McLaren Can-Am and Sports Cars

The HSCC Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987 included a race for The HSCC Atlantic Computers Historic GT Championship. Here are a few of the McLarens that were entered in this race.

John Foulston's 1970 McLaren M8D

This car isn't listed in the programme of the event, but it's a 1966 McLaren M1B

Chris Aylett's 1970 McLaren M8E

Martin Bolsover's 1968 McLaren M6B

Don Shead's 1970 McLaren M8C/D