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[willga]

I'm looking for a nose badge to stick on the front of a McLaren M4.

Specifically, the lozenge-shaped one with 'McLaren' in a white-shadow-outline on a black/green background, with the kiwi silhouette on the left hand side.

Does anyone out there have a good graphic from which I could get a new one printed up?

Thanks a lot.

[horizon]

Quick question........are you sure that is the "correct "(if you care ) nose Badge for the M4 ? What Chassis # do you have If I may ask ? Pictures??

Thx
Horizon

[David McKinney]

Did the Trojan-built cars have different badges from the factory-built cars?

[gavinevitt]

Hmmmmm, well this is the only badge I can remember seeing on an M4, but it is a long time since I saw one unmolested.





This is the McLaren running over the Kiwi badge on a restored M22 which looks like it may be a repro.




And what looks pretty original on an M1(c?)

[hipperson]

Revival this year

[willga]

Quick question........are you sure that is the "correct "(if you care ) nose Badge for the M4 ? What Chassis # do you have If I may ask ? Pictures??

Thx
Horizon

Thanks for the pictures.

The car is chassis M4A-2, so one of the McLaren-built cars.
Looking at some period photos, I don't think it had a badge at all when it was run by John Coombs or Piers Courage in the Tasman series.

It's currently sporting the shield emblem, but with 'McLaren by Tojan' underneath (definately wrong)
- I'd like to put the same lozenge-shaped logo as they ran on the M7's: they're both 1967/8 single-seaters, so as relevant as using any other logo.

[Giraffe]

The badge on the nose of the Frank Lyon's owned M4


By null at 2009-10-18

& here is the chassis that purports to be M4A / 1 when it was in the Donington Collection


By null at 2009-11-04

David Coplowe's car, M4A / 2 as seen in the Mallory Park Wednesdays thread seems to have a quite different badge now.

http://forums.autosp...w...t&p=4459481

Edited by Giraffe, 19 January 2011 - 09:21.

[David McKinney]

The car is chassis M4A-2, so one of the McLaren-built cars.
Looking at some period photos, I don't think it had a badge at all when it was run by John Coombs or Piers Courage in the Tasman series.

A quick look at my Courage photos suggests you're right. I'll have a further look a bit later
But the other McLaren-built car in the same Tasman series, M4A/1, did have a badge on the nose. That would be the one to copy. I'll see what I can find

[Milan Fistonic]

As long as you don't use one of these.

[Robin Fairservice]

Does this help? From Eoin Young's book "McLaren": Ignore the below comment in the first download.


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Edited by Robin Fairservice, 19 January 2011 - 00:25.

[Tony Matthews]

As long as you don't use one of these.

I can remember that being brought into LAT Photographic for its picture to be taken, much to everyone's amusement!

[David McKinney]

This is the best I could find of M4A/1's nose in NZ (same car as is Post 10)



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Looks like the badges in Posts 8 and 9

[cyrilmac]

Don't know if this helps


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Detail enlarged from David Coplow's car.

Edited by cyrilmac, 19 January 2011 - 11:00.

[David McKinney]

I think willga will be familiar with that

[D-Type]

As long as you don't use one of these.

Come to think of it - it would be rather fun to do so and see how many people noticed and how they reacted when they did

[willga]

I'm looking for a nose badge to stick on the front of a McLaren M4.

Specifically, the lozenge-shaped one with 'McLaren' in a white-shadow-outline on a black/green background, with the kiwi silhouette on the left hand side.

Does anyone out there have a good graphic from which I could get a new one printed up?

Thanks a lot.

Brilliant - thank you very much for the photos everyone: I'll send them to the printers to see what they can rustle up.

[willga]

& here is the chassis that purports to be M4A / 1 when it was in the Donington Collection


By null at 2009-11-04


http://forums.autosp...w...t&p=4459481

Isn't it chassis 200-17-F an ex-Jo Schlesser/Team Inter-sports car?

[David McKinney]

Not sure - they did describe it as "ex-McLaren", which could only mean M4A/1

17F was I believe the Schlesser spare (to 18F), and could be a likelier candidate

[willga]

Not sure - they did describe it as "ex-McLaren", which could only mean M4A/1

17F was I believe the Schlesser spare (to 18F), and could be a likelier candidate

There's this picture of the interior on the 'McLaren M4A' thread: