If we ignore the chassis that was 'set-aside' on account of being too tight, then there were two complete McRae twin-cams.

The 'red car' was built in the garage of GM's parents - I believe that was in or around Miramar - during 1968. He had been very impressed by the Ferrari that Chris Amon had driven in the 1968 Tasman and, as I recall, that influenced both the body and the colour. It ran, in GM's hands, with #36 and he won the 1968/69 National Formula title with it.

When he went overseas on the 'Driver to Europe', the car was sold to Jack Oakley and was largely unused by him.

The black car was built for the 1969/70 National Formula. I am re-looking at that photo of Graeme Lawrence chasing him at Levin, and now asking myself - 'how could that have been the red car?' because it would have been owned by Oakley at that point. Page 283 of the Vercoe book deals with the Levin meeting at the end of 1969 and states "...McRae rushed the completion of his new NF car" so my apologies when I said "So that's the first car..."

The black car went to D.Dunlop - I have no idea if it was ever red in his ownership but my guess would be that it was black on the day of purchase. Obviously it became turquoise but I can't say if there was a livery in-between. It is that car that lived for many years in America.