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Detail demon: the 138-hour professional detail of a McLaren F1 GT-R LT

4 October, 2016

So you like cleaning your car on the weekends? Do you use two buckets? That’s cute — these lads just completed a 138-hour detail. Four professional, efficient detailers taking 138 hours as a team to complete the task.

Why, you ask? Larry Kosilla, Kevin Brown, Dan Miele, and Joseph Torbati detailed this 1997 McLaren F1 GT-R LT for the Quail Concours on August 19 in California, and even managed to win the Spirit of the Quail award, which is awarded to the vehicle that best represents the true spirit of motoring.

If you’re keen to see the folk hard at work, then check it out. This is an incredible channel to follow if you’re into detailing. 

Super affordable supercar

9 April, 2026

The owner of this 1978 GTV, Stephen Perry, with only a skerrick of wishful thinking, says through half-closed eyes, “It is not dissimilar to the Maserati Khamsin”.
The nose is particularly trim and elegant from all angles, featuring cut-outs for the headlights echoing Alfa’s own exotic Montreal. The body is unfussy, lean with lots of glass, and the roofline shows a faint family resemblance — although on a much more angular car — to the curved waistline of the earlier 105s. The slightly hunched rear means there’s much more space in the rear seats than in the cramped rear of 105s — very much a 2+2 — and a generous boot. These more severe lines are not quite as endearing as the 105’s but they are still classy and clearly European.