Lost McLaren F1 Prototype Reborn… With Spare £1m V12!

In the early 1990s, McLaren built two ‘mules’ during development of the F1 road car – but with the project complete, both prototypes were crushed. Now though, one of them has been recreated from scratch, as a McLaren enthusiast had a spare(!) version of the F1’s legendary 6.1-litre V12. This is ‘Edward’…

🚗 McLaren F1 mule (prototype recreation)
🎤 Ollie Marriage

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00:00 Why Is A McLaren F1 Engine In A Kit Car?
00:55 Starting The 6.1 V12
1:57 Bring The Noise!
4:38 McLaren F1 ‘Mule’ History
6:19 A Spare BMW V12
7:36 How ‘Edward’ Was Reborn
8:52 A Special Exhaust c/o Gordon Murray
11:30 Details From The Original
12:17 A Nightmare Build
13:04 McLaren F1 GTR Cooling
14:19 Conclusion