Deutz1015.2015.snLocation.jpg' alt='Ford 460 Engine Serial Number' title='Ford 460 Engine Serial Number' />McLaren M23 Formula One Racecar Serial M231 Owner Phil Mauger City Christchurch, New Zealand Model 1973 McLaren M23 Engine Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3L. Phil Maugers ex Denny Hulme 1. Mc. Laren M2. 3 Formula One Racecar, Serial No. M2. 31, Number 7. Mercruiser gas engine guide with cross reference model numbers. Has make, parts, cid, cylinders, model year and serial number for gasoline driven engines. Your FICM has a label with the serial number and build date of the engine. Not easy to see, but a hell of a lot easier than the rear of the block. Free VIN Decoder Check VIN Number VIN Lookup For Decoding Your Ford Truck Car History Auto Vehicle Identification Number. Look up vehicle. Ford and several third party companies offered many modified versions of the highly popular Mustang in order to cater to specific portions of the marketplace outside. The sixth generation of the Ford FSeries is a line of pickup trucks and mediumduty commercial trucks that were produced by Ford from 1972 to 1979. By the way, the staff record for junkyard engine pulls is five in one month. Let us know if you can top it. This is the 1988 Laurel Twincam 24V Turbo Medalist CLUBL, which means its a topoftheline C33 Laurel, and Im fairly sure it also means that it has Nissans. Owner Phil Mauger. City Christchurch, New Zealand. Model 1. 97. 3 Mc. Laren M2. 3Engine Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3. Free VIN Decoder Check VIN Number VIN Lookup For Decoding Your Lexus Car History Auto Vehicle Identification Number. Look up vehicle identification. LPrepared by John Crawford. Denny Hulmes Mc. Laren M2. Returns to Watkins Glen. Mc. Larens M2. 3 model is among the most enduringly successful designs in Grand Prix racing history. The M2. 3 was competitive at the top tier of Formula One racing over a remarkable five season. The M2. 3 delivered Formula Ones Constructors Championship. Mc. Laren in 1. 97. Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt drove M2. Formula One Drivers. Championships in 1. The very first M2. It had already missed the first two races of the 1. Denny Hulme for the whole balance of the year. That car, M2. 31, was quick right out. At two other races, Hulme posted the. One of these was the inaugural Swedish Grand Prix, which. Hulme won with an exceptionally strong finish. Hulme had been delayed at mid race when. After losing twenty seconds on the leaders, the bear rampaged forward. He finally. stole the lead from home crowd favorite Ronnie Peterson on lap 7. Hulmes teammate, Peter Revson, drove another M2. All this was against exceptionally tough competition, including defending champion Jackie Stewart. Tyrrell plus Emerson Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson in Lotus 7. The 1. 97. 3 Formula One season came to its end at Watkins Glen, where Denny Hulme scored a. United States Grand Prix. Almost thirty eight years later, in September 2. Mc. Laren M2. 31 returned to Watkins Glen to. British. Racecar. Many others have written about. M2. 3 model. We believe were the first to document the Mc. Laren M2. 3s design and construction. Denny Hulmes Mc. Laren M2. Watkins Glen in 2. Please support the sponsoring companies who make www. British. Race. Car. About the Mc. Laren M2. Place in History. The Mc. Laren M2. M1. 9. The M1. 9 had been designed by Australian engineer Ralph Bellamy, who left Mc. Laren and. returned to his previous employer Brabham. Frankly, it hadnt been a particularly. It hadnt scored any race victories in its first year, and with it. Mc. Laren team had only placed sixth in the 1. Constructors Championship. Constructors points. Like many of its contemporaries the M1. Formula One safety. It didnt have sufficient deformable structure protecting its fuel cells. Responsibility for Mc. Larens new M2. 3 model was assigned to Gordon Coppuck who had. Mc. Larens Can Am and Indy cars. Coppuck had most recently. Indianapolis 5. 00 winning Mc. Laren M1. 6. As one would expect, the. M1. 6 foreshadowed the M2. M1. 9. Achieving a low polar moment of inertia had been a design. To this end the M1. On the other hand, an inboard mounted fuel cell spaced apart the driver. One feature of the M1. The M1. 9s rising rate front. It facilitated a lower front ride. Other than front suspension, the M2. As mentioned already, new Formula One rules called for deformable structure to protect. Coppucks interpretation of this rule led him to develop. Interestingly, rather than place the radiators inside the side pods he instead. The side pods are an early example of composite sandwich. Coppuck specified a measured charge of aerosol spray foam and hardening catalyst. Inboard of the side pods, the spaces between inner and outer aluminum monocoque skins. Modern racers take for granted quick release steering wheel hubs. The Mc. Laren M2. It was. especially needed because the M2. Formula One rules had mandated that drivers must be able to be evacuated from the. The Mc. Laren works was located directly across a cul de sac from the Graviner fire extinguisher. Graviner helped Mc. Laren stay on top of fire safety developments, and Mc. Laren. helped Graviner become the preferred supplier throughout Formula One racing. Mc. Laren M2. 31. Formula One car equipped with a medical air supply plumbed to the. It ran with a Graviner life support system at Zolder on May 2. Graviner had access. Similar systems were mandated by Formula One rules starting in 1. Mc. Larens M2. 3 model is credited with twenty championship qualifying Grand Prix victories. Development problems with its replacement, the Mc. Laren M2. 6, resulted in an extended phase out. M2. 3. The Mc. Laren works team entered M2. Second tier teams entered Mc. Laren M2. 3s in fourteen of sixteen races of the 1. Very few racecars have proved as adaptable to the changing technical requirements of their era. Mc. Laren M2. 31 had a two year racing career. In 1. 97. 3 it was driven by 1. Grand Prix World Championdriver Denny Hulme. In 1. 97. 4 the Mc. Laren team provided Hulme a brand new racecar and M2. M2. 3B specification for driver Mike Hailwood. M2. 31 displayed similar Yardley soap andcosmetics company livery in both 1. Season Denny Hulme NZ in Mc. Laren M2. 31. Date. Race Name. Venue. Results. Comments. South African GPKyalami. Q1 F5. Hulme leading until a punctured tire forced pit stop. Race of Champions. Brands Hatch. Q1 F2. Hulme leading w 5 laps to go when clutch failed. BRDC Intl. Trophy. Silverstone. Q5 DNFengine failure42. Spanish GPBarcelona. Q2 F6. 52. 0Belgian GPZolder. Q2 F7. 63. Monaco GPMonte Carlo. Q3 F6. 61. 7Swedish GPAnderstorp. Q6 F1. Hulme posted fastest lap of race, at 1. French GPPaul Ricard. Q6 F8. Hulme posted fastest lap of race, at 1. British GPSilverstone. Q2 F3. Teammate Revson Q3 F1. Scheckter shunt72. Dutch GPZandvort. Q4 DNFengine failure85. German GPNrburgring. Q8 F1. 281. 9Austrian GPsterreichring. Q3 F8. 99. Italian GPMonza. Q3 F1. 5Teammate Peter Revson qualified 2nd, finished 3rd. Canadian GPMosport. Q7 F1. 3Teammate Peter Revson qualified 2nd, finished 1st. United States GPWatkins Glen. Q8 F4. World Drivers Championship 6th Place. Season Mike Hailwood GB in Mc. Laren M2. 31. Date. Race Name. Venue. Results. Comments. Argentine GPBuenos Aires. Q9 F4. Teammate Hulme won. Teammate Fittipaldi debuted. Brazilian GPInterlagos. Q7 F5. Teammate Fittipaldi qualified fastest won race. Race of Champions. Brands Hatch. Q7 F4. South African GPKyalami. Q1. 2 F3. 5 2. 6Monaco GPMonte Carlo. Q1. 0 DNFshunt7 7. French GPDijon. Q6 F7. British GPBrands Hatch. Q1. 1 DNFspun Fittipaldi qualified 8th finished 2nd. German GPNrburgring. NAshunt in pre race practiceWorld Drivers Championship 1. Basketball Scouting Report Templates on this page. Place tied. note Mike Hailwood crashed M2. German Grand Prix, ending the cars. Grand Prix career. Hailwood then qualified and raced spare chassis M2. B7. In this second car. Hailwood crashed again and suffered a serious leg injury. The Mc. Laren team rebuilt M2. Denny Hulme. The remains of M2. B7. were scrapped. Mc. Laren M2. 3 Production History. How many Mc. Laren M2. The serial number sequence starts at one and runs through. There are two other anomalies in the sequence. When. faced with a need to rush a newly built tenth car through Swiss customs, it proved expeditious. This small deception was rectified by amending. The original eighth M2. There are five basic M2. Distinctions between the five specifications are blurry for various reasons. Cars were in fact modified for the unique requirements of almost every race entered. Formula Ones habit of implementing rules changes mid season also complicates issues. Four M2. 3s were built in 1. The 1. 97. 4 cars feature a longer. Other. changes for 1. A arms for the rear suspensions lower connections, and wider rear track. In 1. 97. 5, Mc. Laren built two more M2. Other changes for 1. No new cars were built for 1. Other changes for 1.