Quote Originally Posted by kiwi285 View Post
I fully agree with you Steve - I reckon this was one of the most beautiful race cars ever produced. I hadn't seen one in the flesh until the McLaren Festival and there were two on track if only for demo runs.
I personally prefer the look of the '69 model MkIIIB over the earlier cars. All the photos posted above are MkIIIBs. The MkIIIB seems to be more popular in historic racing too, as there seem to be more of them racing, which is interesting when you consider there would have been more MkIIIs built, as they were constructed for two years, while the IIIB was only for one year. I'd be interested to know if all the MkIIIBs racing in historics are actually MkIIIBs, or rebodied MkIIIs.

Also, I'm pretty sure the MkIIIB must run a maximum 5.0 litre motor in modern historic racing, based on the Group 4 that were in force when it was first built, whereas I'm pretty certain the earlier MkIII can run a 6.0 litre, or at least, a 5.7.