help with car identification

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chinook
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help with car identification

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Hi everyone my 1st post , so I hope someone out there can help . one both side of the bodywork of the James Hunt McLaren M26 the what i believe to be the oil cooling tubes are being held on by some unusual clips, can any one id them and where I mabe able to get them

zorog
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I'm no help at all but this may help somebody else to help you, do you have any better pictures?

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Brian Coat
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If we are talking about the pipe over the bodywork, my money's on tie wraps ... Other images on the 'net show the car is covered in 'em.

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strad
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agree Brian tie wraps threaded thru pre drilled holes.
If not they are those clips used by GM that have cone shaped end that goes thru same type holes.
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DiogoBrand
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I wish I could be alive to witness the time when zip ties were acceptable in Formula One.

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strad
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Well of course they would be very special ultra high tech tie wraps specifically designed by and for each team at a cost of $300 apiece
To achieve anything, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.”
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DiogoBrand
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Yes. Because in the 70's people didn't have any better way to shave weight and improve aero than to use high tech zip ties.

simieski
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DiogoBrand wrote:I wish I could be alive to witness the time when zip ties were acceptable in Formula One.
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Exciting times we live in.
Thank you to God for making me an Atheist - Ricky Gervais.

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DiogoBrand
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simieski wrote:
DiogoBrand wrote:I wish I could be alive to witness the time when zip ties were acceptable in Formula One.
http://damcdn.autosport.com/editorial/c ... 6429a5.jpg

Exciting times we live in.
Stop spoiling this for me! :cry:

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