GMP12023 - GMP 1/18 1969 McLaren M8B High Wing

GMP12023 - GMP 1/18 1969 McLaren M8B High Wing 

McLaren dominated the 1969 Can-Am season with the M8B and won all 11 races. Each car had an aluminium-block 7.0 litre Chevrolet V8 and a tall rear wing mounted directly on the rear suspension uprights. For the new Michigan International Speedway round on 28 September 1969, the team brought a third factory car, and Jack Brabham qualified it. Dan Gurney’s own McLeagle kept breaking down, so his old friend Bruce McLaren handed him the third M8B for the race. That gave Gurney a rare drive in the famous papaya McLaren.

• 1/18 scale diecast model by GMP
• 1969 McLaren M8B High Wing, Dan Gurney, Can-Am Michigan International Speedway 1969
• McLaren papaya livery with Goodyear markings
• Tall Reynolds Aluminum rear wing, packed separately in the tray
• Exposed Chevrolet V8 with stack injection, roll hoop and open cockpit
• Includes a Dave Friedman photo print of the car racing at Michigan
• Packed in a fitted tray with tissue wrap, inside the photo box with the race story, plus the illustrated outer sleeve