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How to build a Mclaren SLR

Mon, Feb 26, 2007

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Ever wanted to build your own Mercedes, well these guys did. This is not just any Mercedes, but a Mclaren SLR that they built from what seems to be an old American muscle car. There isn’t much detail on how he transformed the car into the SLR, but the images provide a nice storyline on how it happend.

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Update: Some people have pointed out that the car they started out with was a 500SEC and not a American muscle car, which I mistakenly thought it was. Either way, the transformation looks very good from the outside, but we have no way of telling how the interior turned out, which for some people is the more important part.

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14 Comments For This Post

  1. Ollie White Says:

    Now that is just funny. It reminds me of the Peugeot advert where the guy beats up his average car to look ‘cooler’…

  2. Muamer Hodzic Says:

    I agree, It doesn’t look like the real deal, but I think that the guy (or probably a group of people) did a good job transforming what was nothing into a very cheap SLR.

    This actually reminds me of the guys who transformed an NSX into a Ferrari. We all know it is not an actual supercar, but it kinda looks like one.

  3. D Lucas Says:

    It looks like they started with a 500SEC, not an American car. I wonder how the interior looks like?

  4. Muamer Hodzic Says:

    Thank you Lucas, I’ve gotten a couple of emails about this. Sorry for the mistake, but to me it looked like a Mustang from the back.

  5. Eroes Says:

    If you want to buy such a SLR you have to order it and pay about 27.000 Euro

  6. Muamer Hodzic Says:

    @ Eroes

    Do you mean 27,000 Euro as a down payment or deposit because the car itself cost over $350,000

  7. Pav Says:

    cool car i once built a honda accord into a c-class

  8. sorena Says:

    hi,
    do you want to sale your car?

  9. Alex Orellana Says:

    WAO..CONGRATULATIONS…IS A NICE CAR. YOU SALE?

  10. Desen ÇİZENEL Says:

    Excellent design….Wawww

  11. Robert Pitard Says:

    Not even close. Proportions are way off, right out of the gate. RGP

  12. Edzo Says:

    I happen to have a Mclaren slr in my shop right now and i gotta say that this is a damn good job at recreating the body.

  13. tony sinclair Says:

    If you want a replica SLR Mclaren cheap with the perfect dimensions go to this website they sell them for only US$20,000
    http://supereplicas.com/mercedesslr1.html

  14. Radek Says:

    That car was built in Poland. Guy has built it from a model about 1:25, before the real mclaren mercedes slr was built. That guy restores old cars. When he saw car model of mclaren he wanted to have one. He has made it in his garage

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