The Mc Begg

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LOVE there photos Wal, thanks so much for posting them. How wonderful it is that Barry still owns his old helmet!
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Who is that young man in the Yardley Mc shirt???
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.
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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
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Great photo, Jerry! Thank you, Gary Knutson and Tyler Alexander for taking and sharing.

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Jerry, thanks so much for posting this, what a beautiful photo!
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Congrats Boys that is one Cool looking car?? Much Nicer than the car I worked on All thoes years Ago Jamie A
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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.


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Beautiful photo Jerry, thanks so much for posting this. Wasn't that M8A a handsome beast with its clothes off!
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Steve Holmes wrote: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!
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Gary Knutson and Teddy Mayer and George Begg pushing Denis Hulme

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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.
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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!
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Jerry Entin wrote:Image[
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.


Jerry, many thanks for posting the update. What happened to the car on the weekend?
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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.
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Wal, how did Paul enjoy the car?
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Wal Will wrote: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.


very cool photo - great line-up.
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