{"id":837962,"date":"2024-04-15T12:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T12:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?page_id=837962"},"modified":"2024-04-15T12:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T12:36:06","slug":"mclaren-m6gt-1969","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/all-brands\/mclaren\/mclaren-m6gt-1969\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren M6GT (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">McLaren M6GT<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Guide: Can-Am for the Streets<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">1969<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Bruce McLaren\u2019s vision for the M6GT is the genesis for all McLaren road cars. Based on the latest race technology, the M6GT was superlight and blisteringly quick. Essentially, the M6 GT was a re-skinned, road-legal version of the M6A race car, and at 1,764 pounds, the M6 GT was extremely lightweight. The mid-engine McLaren M6 GT was powered by a modified, 5.7-liter Chevrolet LT1 V8 engine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#block-wrap-42970\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Overview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-38340\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Model In-Depth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-81353\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Image Gallery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"#block-wrap-80739\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">More Updates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/M6GT20130412_0016_crop-16x9-1.webp\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The McLaren M6GT is a tantalizing glimpse at what might have been \u2013 a true embodiment of Bruce McLaren&#8217;s vision for a road-going supercar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><small>&lt;p&gt;Sports Car Digest&lt;\/p&gt;<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McLaren M6GT Guide: Can-Am for the Streets 1969 Bruce McLaren\u2019s vision for the M6GT is the genesis for all McLaren road cars. Based on the latest race technology, the M6GT was superlight and blisteringly quick. Essentially, the M6 GT was a re-skinned, road-legal version of the M6A race car, and at 1,764 pounds, the M6 GT was extremely lightweight. The mid-engine McLaren M6 GT was powered by a modified, 5.7-liter Chevrolet LT1 V8 engine. Overview \/ Model In-Depth \/ Image [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837965,"parent":346261,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-837962","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>McLaren M6GT (1969)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bruce McLaren\u2019s vision for the M6GT is the genesis for all McLaren road cars. 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