McLaren Type Numbers
-----------------------------------------------------------

M1A         Gp7/Can-Am sports car "McLaren-Elva-Oldsmobile
            Mark 1"
M1B         Rebodied version for 65-66 
M1C    1967 CanAm cars 
M2A         Mallite monocoque test car for Firestone;
            Olds V8 
M2B         Mallite monocoque F1 car -- Indy Ford V8 and
            Serenissima power 
M3          Spaceframe hill-climb/Libre car also used as
            MGM camera car. 
M4A    1967 F2/F3 aluminium monocoque car 
M4B    1967 2l BRM F1 adaptation of M4A for 1966 
M5          One-off BRM V12 F1 car 
M6A    1967 monocoque works Can-Am car 
M6B    1968 production version of M6A 
M6GT        GT version of Can-am car. 
M7A    1968 DFV-powered F1 car 
M7B         Bruce McLaren's side-tanked F1 car 
M7C         M10 tub and M7 running gear - for Bruce
            McLaren's use in 69 
M8A    1968 Can-Ams; stressed engine 
M8B         Winged 1969 Can-Ams 
M8C         Production M8A
M8D    1970 works Can-Ams; McLaren killed testing one at
            Goodwood 
M8E    1971 production Can-Ams (M8D) 
M8F    1971 works Can-Ams 
M8FP   1972 production Can-Ams 
M9A         4WD F1 car driven by Derek Bell at '69
            British GP 
M10A   1969 Gordon Coppuck F5000 car 
M10B   1970 update of M10A 
M12    1969 production Can-Am - basically M8 body and M6
            chassis 
M14A   1970 DFV-powered F1 
M14D   1970 Alfa-powered F1 
M15    1970 Offenhauser-powered Indycar based on Can-Ams 
M16A   1971 Offenhauser-powered Indycar (Gordon Coppuck) 
M16B   1972 Offenhauser-powered Indycar 
M16C   1973 Offenhauser-powered Indycar 
M16C/D 1974 Offenhauser-powered Indycar 
M16E   1975/6 Offenhauser-powered Indycar (John Barnard) 
M17         Abandoned sports prototype. 
M18    1971 F5000 car 
M19    1971 F1 car (used into '73 season) (Ralph Bellamy) 
M20    1972 Can-Am (last Can-Am McLaren) 
M21    1972 F2 (driven by Scheckter) 
M22    1972 F5000 car 
M23    1973-76 DFV-powered F1 car "M19 rear end on M16 tub" 
M24    1977 DFX-powered Indycar (based on M23) 
M25         abandoned F5000 project 
M26    1976-8 DFV-powered F1 car 
M27         abandoned non-ground-effect F1 project
M28    1979 ground-effect F1 DFV-powered car scrapped after
            a few races 
M29    1979 ground-effect DFV-powered F1 car 
M30    1980 one-off DFV-powered F1 car;
            last "pre-Dennis" McLaren 
MP4/1  1981 carbon-fibre DFV-powered F1 car (Barnard) 
MP4/1B 1982 update 
MP4/1C 1983 update 
MP4/1D 1983 experimental car for TAG turbo 
MP4/1E 1983 race car for TAG turbo 
MP4/2  1984 TAG turbo F1 car 
MP4/2B 1985 TAG turbo F1 car 
MP4/2C 1986 TAG turbo F1 car 
MP4/3  1987 TAG turbo F1 car 
MP4/4  1988 Honda V6 F1 car 
MP4/5  1989 Honda V10 F1 car 
MP4/5B 1990 Honda V10 F1 car 
MP4/6  1991 Honda V12 F1 car 
MP4/7  1992 Honda V12 F1 car 
F1          BMW 6.1l V12 powered three-seater sports car 
MP4/8  1993 Ford HB F1 car 
MP4/9  1994 Peugeot V10 F1 car 
F1          GTR GT racing version of F1 
MP4/10 1995 Mercedes V10 F1 car 


-----------------------------------------------------------
Source: Pete Fenelon