This is a McLaren M6GT. Designed by Bruce McLaren, Robin Herd, Gordon Coppuck, Tyler Alexander and Don Beresford, the M6GT is essentially a closed-cockpit version of the M6A Group 7 race car.
Following in the success of the M6A in Group 7, McLaren announced its intention to run in the Group 4 GT series, with the M6GT intended to be developed from the M6A to satisfy requirements for the series; the main difference between the M6A and M6GT was the closed cockpit on the M6GT, allowing the car to be more suitable for endurance races. Construction of the cars was done by McLaren's technical partner Trojan-Tauranac Racing.
The M6GT was powered by a 5.7L Chevrolet LT1 V8, tuned by Al Bartz of Traco Engineering, producing 370 hp and mated to a 5-speed ZF 5 DS 26 manual. The car weighed just 800 kg (1,764 lb) thanks to its fiberglass body. Intended to be the fastest and quickest accelerating car in the world and fielded in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, McLaren and Trojan built four chassis for competition in 1968. However, the FIA changed homologation requirements for the 1968 season, now requiring a minimum of 50 chassis to allow it to compete.
Although McLaren was prepared to manufacture the specified amount of chassis they did not intend or could afford fitting all of them with engines, so the project was scrapped and the M6GT never raced. Bruce McLaren would later convert one chassis, registered OBH 500H, into his personal car as a benchmark for future McLaren road cars, with another chassis converted later. Any future plans for the M6GT were indefinitely shelved when McLaren died in June 1970, although a roadgoing McLaren car, the F1, would be introduced in 1993. Four chassis were produced.
Now this casting was designed by Ron Wong and introduced in 2025 in the Elite 64 line. It features an opening rear hatch. This is currently its only release.
