LOVE there photos Wal, thanks so much for posting them. How wonderful it is that Barry still owns his old helmet!
LOVE there photos Wal, thanks so much for posting them. How wonderful it is that Barry still owns his old helmet!
Who is that young man in the Yardley Mc shirt???Originally Posted by markec
Seriously Wal, what a treat to stick Barry back in the thing, doesn't he look a tad pleased???
Nice helmet that, car looks great with new screen too, bugger the colour discussions, it's a fabulous looking car, enjoy it.
Gary Knutson checking tire pressure and George Begg refueling the Mk 8 McLaren in pre CanAm season testing for the 1968 CanAm series.
photo: Gary Knutson collection
Tyler Alexander photographer
Last edited by Jerry Entin; 04-11-2020 at 08:43 PM.
Great photo, Jerry! Thank you, Gary Knutson and Tyler Alexander for taking and sharing.
-Chad
Jerry, thanks so much for posting this, what a beautiful photo!
Congrats Boys that is one Cool looking car?? Much Nicer than the car I worked on All thoes years Ago Jamie A
Denis Hulme and George Begg at Silverstone for test of Mk 8 McLaren
Chad and Steve: I am glad you are enjoying seeing these photos.
photo: Gary Knutson collection
Tyler Alexander photographer
Last edited by Jerry Entin; 11-24-2012 at 09:39 AM.
Beautiful photo Jerry, thanks so much for posting this. Wasn't that M8A a handsome beast with its clothes off!
And much smaller than we think too!
Gary Knutson and Teddy Mayer and George Begg pushing Denis Hulme
photo: Gary Knutson collection
Tyler Alexander photographer
Another great pic Jerry, is Denny really that bored?
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Jay Esterer getting ready to take the McBegg out for practice
Wally Willmott looking on.The motor ran well and strong, and everything else works fine.
This comes from Wally:
We have been making alterations each session trying to get rid of some ‘snap’ over steer it has.
Work in progress at the moment.
Last edited by Jerry Entin; 01-18-2013 at 01:45 PM.
Looks great Jerry, lap times look good.
I think the colour is just great. It has the depth of colour that George wanted - but in Begg yellow. Well done Team JayWal!
Jerry, many thanks for posting the update. What happened to the car on the weekend?
Jay Esterer getting ready to take the McBegg out for practice
Wally Willmott looking on.The motor ran well and strong, and everything else works fine.
This comes from Wally:
We have been making alterations each session trying to get rid of some ‘snap’ over steer it has.
Work in progress at the moment.
How nice it was to have the car run at Hampton Downs, and have Paul Radisich take it for a drive in the afternoon demonstration period.
Paul.
Wal, how did Paul enjoy the car?
very cool photo - great line-up.
Paul was most complementary, saying that it felt like a nice new car, with everything like brakes and steering working well.
The big problem that we had over the weekend was that the hybrid dry sump system we had fitted would take all the oil and not return it when the motor was running above 5500rpm. Anything less than that and it worked fine with no problems.
The other issue was that it was getting unsettled at the top of the rise of turn 3 and a couple of times Jay lost it when he backed offf on the throttle at that point, and it snapped into oversteer - scaring the crap out of him.
Nothing that can't be sorted, and both he and Paul think that it will develop into a nice beast once we tame it.
Last edited by Wal Will; 01-29-2013 at 09:57 AM.
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