Mclaren F1 Road Car Badges

Hello, recently i have seen various mclaren f1 badges for sale, and i was just wondering if anyone had any more info on these badges, i.e. how many were produced (in total and different colours)?, were they offical badges and produced by mclaren? Did they do other official versions (i.e. LM and GTR badges)? etc. thanks all information is much appriciated, thanks.

Sorry, I fogot to post links to the badges

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/McLaren-F1-GTR-LM-Pin-Badge-Le-Mans-24-Hours-1995_W0QQitemZ180011121978QQihZ008QQcategoryZ10175 5QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=008&item=180011125639&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&item=140013428178&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

The term "badge" is a bit misleading on these. These are essentially lapel pins - the "F1" and "LM" are about the size of a dime and the "GTR" ones are a bit smaller than a quarter. These were originally made by McLaren as promotional items.

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Ah thanks Peloton25, do you no how many different colours there were? thanks

Sorry to bring this up again, but i was wondering if there was a GT lapel pin as well, thanks Brad

The green "F1" pin symbolizes the GT. I've never seen a specific "GT" pin by itself.

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Ah thanks

Scratch that - I was wrong. There was a "GT" pin afterall.

I really should open my eyes before my mouth sometimes. :lol:

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Thanks again Peloton25 for answering my question and sharing your vast knowledge, also i was just wondering how did you find out that there indeed was a GT lapel pin aswell? thanks

Dug through my image archive and found a picture of it. I don't recall seeing one for sale by itself, but at one point someone sold a set of the pins and it was included. I'll share the photo later.

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Ah cool thanks look forward to seeing that image

Yes it only came in the collection. It was handed out with christmas cards, folded in half with all the pins inside.

Small textured card with the grey F1 logo on front.

Yes it only came in the collection. It was handed out with christmas cards, folded in half with all the pins inside.

Small textured card with the grey F1 logo on front.

Thanks for the details. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/3c_1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/68_1.jpg

I've only ever seen the entire set sold together like this once.

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Thanks Peloton25, great picture, Im suprised because lookin at that set i have seen different colours, i.e. light orange and light green, but its probably that the colour has faded /fake copies but im unsure , have a look,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&item=140013428178&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

its a trick of the camera, the orange one is kandy orange same colour as #073 (or the closest match!) this one is actually painted, inset into the pin like the Dark Blue F1 pin, and the black F1 pin too.

the other pins have a flat smooth front surface, its hard to explain, but once you have one in your collection im sure you will see what i mean! (these are enamelled)

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1488/orange073dn8.jpg
(#073)

thats not the whole set Peleton. There is a Uneo car on its own, without thr laurel or winner wording. IIRC it was held with two pins. I only kepted this one and a Black F1 one...which reminds me, where did I put them :)

The pins were given out to employees, christmas cards and also attached to most press release folders. They were inabundance in Woking :) I had about 15 at one point,,,,having never asked for one :)

There is a picture IIRC on one of my older posts of the Ueno car on its own IIRC

btw - (I cant be bothered to start a new thread) little news for you guys. Godon Murray has joined Caparo as Advanced Concepts Director

thats not the whole set Peleton. There is a Uneo car on its own, without thr laurel or winner wording. IIRC it was held with two pins. I only kepted this one and a Black F1 one...which reminds me, where did I put them :)

Not only did I know this, but I have one in my own collection. Thanks for mentioning it. :)

I've seen a few others too - there's a '95 Gulf GTR/'24 Heures du Mans'/Dunlop Bridge pin, a '96 GTR short tail FINA Presentation Car pin, a '96 GTR Marlboro livery pin, a '97 GTR longtail Gulf livery pin, a '97 GTR longtail EMKA/EMI livery pin, and an "F1 to P1" pin which may or may not be related to the GTRs. The might not all be products of McLaren, but they are out there if anyone is overly excited about pin collecting.

btw - (I cant be bothered to start a new thread) little news for you guys. Gordon Murray has joined Caparo as Advanced Concepts Director

Mentioned here at the bottom of the first post if anyone would care to comment:

The Beatification Of The McLaren F1 (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=600477)

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any of you lucky individuals care to show us some pics of your pins and badges?