You may think the McLaren F1 was the first road car from the Formula 1 team turned automaker, but what if we told you the company actually built a road-legal car several decades prior? In the late 1960s, Bruce McLaren took an M6A race car and attempted to turn just three of them into a road car called the M6GT. One actually became McLaren's personal vehicle.
The M6GT never entered production, but more than half a century later, the McLaren Special Operations (MSO) division has brought the car to life using original drawings, molds, and photographs. Just a single one-off example has been built and will be displayed at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. Jon Simms, Director of MSO, describes it best:
