<< Prev Page 2 of 2 Trojan did build a second show car and found a customer for the prototype; British racing driver David Prophet. He raced the car in several European races in its coupe guise in 1969 and had it rebodied in 1970 for the newly founded Interseries; the European equivalent of Can-Am. The new body was similar to that of the McLaren M12, which was the final evolution of the Trojan built M6 series. It was used throughout the 1970 season, but with little success. Rebodied as a coupe, the M6GT was sold to a Canadian in 1971, who converted it for road use. Amazingly he drove his kids to school with the McLaren for several years. The car eventually ended up in the collection of Gilles St. Pierre. He held on to the car for many years and only sold it to its current owner in January of 2006.
Although McLaren had realised that the M6GT would neither be a force at Le Mans, or a very suitable street car, he went ahead and built a third car for his own use. He planned to use it on a daily basis to establish what changes would be needed to make a proper McLaren street car. It is believed he drove his own M6GT to the Goodwood track on the day of his fatal crash early in 1970. His friend and team-mate Denny Hulme bought the car and shipped it to New Zealand where it was on display at the Auckland Museum of Transportation for most of its live. Still in original condition and with just 1900 miles on the odometer, the car is now part of the Matthews collection in the United States.
After Bruce's death, his pet project was shelved indefinitely. Ron Dennis and Gordon Murray did eventually fulfill McLaren's dream with the McLaren F1, which also went on to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. With the abundance of M6B and M12 chassis and M6GT bodies, it was no surprise that in the 1970s several replicas were constructed. It is believed that five additional coupes were created of which two have been converted back to their original configuration. All three of the original cars are accounted for today as are all M6 and M12 chassis. The third original car was sold to the United States by Trojan in 1972 where it remains to this day, but in very poor condition after a crash. Converted to road use, it was tested by Road & Track in their December 1974 issue. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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Trojan did build a second show car and found a customer for the prototype; British racing driver David Prophet. He raced the car in several European races in its coupe guise in 1969 and had it rebodied in 1970 for the newly founded Interseries; the European equivalent of Can-Am. The new body was similar to that of the McLaren M12, which was the final evolution of the Trojan built M6 series. It was used throughout the 1970 season, but with little success. Rebodied as a coupe, the M6GT was sold to a Canadian in 1971, who converted it for road use. Amazingly he drove his kids to school with the McLaren for several years. The car eventually ended up in the collection of Gilles St. Pierre. He held on to the car for many years and only sold it to its current owner in January of 2006.