Chassis 039 is still in Mexico. The vehicle is still in the possession of the Sinaloa cartel (likely with El Mayo). You’re looking in the wrong places.
@@oscarfregoso3126 I guarantee it’s still with them. They’re quiet individuals (Especially El Mayo) so we wouldn’t even know if they had it. He needs to find someone with ties to that family.
My theory is that Ed already has the F1 but is still trying to figure out how to legitimise it so he is making these videos to keep the feds off his trail
@@Roke-of1rfstill in Sinaloa Mex and it’s not for sale … it has its own room temperature controlled room with glass walls .. basically has its own house ,, the whole living room was designed for the car … and the family said is it strictly not for sale to anyone ..
Either still in Sinaloa or Ed has it and is turning it into the most expensive auction ever in another 10 years. I love these videos. I hope if he doesn’t already that he is able to own it soon and he gets a good deal on it.
@@alexhood7091 He did an AMA recently; Kimi is still unavailable due to a previous commitment to the State of Georgia, but is interested in telling her story
The car is in south Africa and its also not in red anymore its been wrapped in some dark greenish/blue type of colour its also garage kept been driven around during summer of 2020 but thats about it and i know this because my family is friends with the owners family in south africa i have pictures and videos i sent to you on instagram with the vin number but you haven’t checked them yet
You need to talk to a RUclipsr named Ocran Leaks. He posts cartel related content and knows alot of people within those circles. He would probably be your best bet for info on the F1 since he probably saw it himself.
I think it would be the height of irony if Ed got scammed. This has all the elements of a scam. Why would a car go for $1.9M if it is worth over $10M? You would think they people who own the car would do everything they could to make it legal. Anyway this is how they get you. They create a sense of urgency and a too good to be true deal. Imagine seeing Ed panhandling because he lost all his money to this scam.
You should check out Ocran Leaks. He made 2 episodes talking about the infamous McLaren. He said it's still in Culiacan, Sinaloa still in pristine conditions. However, sadly, he said the car will never be sold. It's an art piece sitting in a living room being enjoyed by the previous owners' sons.
@@paulcarmi8130 man, so many ways to ask that and you choose that version. Yes, most big cities (500k+) are heavily watched. However, getting access to that info is almost impossible without influence or a judicial order.
@@paulcarmi8130 That, and everyone carries a phone with a camera now. If a McLaren F1 was spotted, particularly in a third world country, everyone would be taking and posting pictures.
Yeah. It’s amazing Ed even puts any time into anyone that doesn’t haven’t legit recently taken photos. Even pics from a decade old iPhone would be enough to validate things before believing a word.
@@VINwiki CNN - Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, co-founder and alleged current leader of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel, is in US custody, according to the Justice Department. (Go ask him where is the F1)
That F1 didn't belong to El Chapo; he wasn't the original owner. In the day "El Chapo" was a rising Drug Lord but didn't have enough power yet. Yes, belonged to another "old vanguard" Drug lord from Sinaloa. Lifetime rumors say that still in Culiacan somewhere stored and under protection for the Sinaloa Cartel. As an extra bonus, another F1 in Mexico belongs to a very wealthy individual who would probably put the car on "museum piece mode" to drain all the car fluids and remain in his house as an exhibition piece. This was back in 2021 and still no information about the true destiny of that F1.
Conspiracy theory warning: what if ed did buy the f1 from someone that said they saw it and its really sitting hidden in a storage unit half a mile from his house, maybe he goes over everyday to stare at it
The F1 is still in Sinaloa it was moved into a house where a wall was teared down and rebuilt so that it could not be stolen the car is actually in excellent condition the son of Beto is the owner and he will never sell the car as it has a priceless sentimental value to him anytime buyers try to contact to buy he says the keys and car are lost and has no idea where they are.
I live in the Isle of Man 😂. Never heard of a Williams car collection though. There are quite a few multi millionaires here with big enough estates to hide one.
Great story and beautifully told as always. A few years back a friend of mine in Toronto found an odd listing in Japan for one of the original Tag Heuer F1 watches. He ended up buying it for a little over $1000 and was able to re-connect it with the owner of the car. Both he and the owner acted like gentlemen so while he netted a tidy profit the owner did not pay the moon either and with the money he was able to pay off his student debt. Lovely guy and it could not have happened to a nicer person.
I don't know man... his smurk at the end was all too confident. I wouldn't be surprised that this story is a lot further along the way than we think and that he already acquired it. I really hope so.
Ed's ongoing quest for the El Chapo McLaren F1 is starting to sound like the shows and movies about searching for the Holy Grail, Ark of the Covenant, etc. Good Luck Indiana Bolian!!!😂😂😂
@@ruk2023-- yes he’s a great story teller. But only so many times can you spin out a story with nothing of substance to back it up, and keep people interested.
I have a feeling the car is either owned by some cartel or simply was crashed and destroyed in the late 90’s before they became super crazed even if it was crashed
In reality the car is still owned by "el roba chivas" family to be exact by his son there is this you tuber guy from Sinaloa who makes videos talking about members from the Cartel de Sinaloa and he just made one talking about the Story of el roba chivas an the Mclaren he explains that the car is still owed by his son he keeps it inside his living room and that the car is well taken care of he has absolutely no intention on selling the car
Frank Williams to be the owner of a Mclaren F1 rejected by Ron Dennis would be made public the very same day, they did not get along very well to be polite.
They did at one point - IIRC Ron Dennis helped pay for a lot of the medical care and equipment Sir Frank needed after his accident (while also trying to convince Honda to leave Williams and switch to McLaren, mind you).
Williams stuff to any long time F1 fan who knows the Williams families financial issues just sounded like pure bs right away lol. They struggled for long time & only sold off stakes in the team in 2010 to likes of Toto Wolff simply to pay off personal mortgages. Also never had any links to the Isle of Man, alongside Frank being in a wheelchair for decades & never having a known interest in classic or collections beyond their old F1 cars.
@@SDrtheone Frank Williams had more important things on his mind like attempting to stay alive & battle the pain from his injuries than build an exotic road car collection on an island in the Irish Sea some 250 miles away from his home... The fact Ed actually rang Frank's daughter believing this preposterous fantasy is toe-curlingly cringe worthy... The desperation & stupidity of some YouTubing folks seeking a holy grail....smdh 🙄
lol the frank williams stuff was always bs to as soon as you said it. Any F1 fan of over a decade will tell you they had a lot of personal financial issues & only sold off parts of the team in circa 2010 to likes to Toto Wolff simply to pay off personal mortgages which tells you how much they needed money. Also never heard of any isle of man links, the blokes also been in a wheelchair for decades & has no use for such cars, especially when they have their own heritage classic collection of F1 cars.
How many F1's have been totaled? Is their a chance that in the late 90's Mclaren bought the car back and used it to rebuild or even "vin swap" #39 to a car that was totaled out? Would that have been cheaper then building a whole new chassis?
@@michaelbrooks8332 Yeah I was leaning towards that. They sold the car and then they find out its tied to a hitman in a drug cartel. When they asked for keys they could of offered to ship the car to make the right keys or whatever and then refused to send it back and just paid them market value for it. Or they just kept it since the current "owners" didnt have keys or paperwork proving ownership. Going with that theory if that isnt the case then whoever does have it might also be on the hook for grand theft auto of a 20 million dollar car.......so if thats true then it will never see the light of day
Allot of them been crashed but totaled and disaperd i think just 3 first one in namibia desert by the mclaren team Second one a guy and 2 passanger this is the only fatal accident of an f1 btw Third a red one in a rainy day in a brunei highway the car was then used for parts
They are too expensive to be totalled. Famously in 2015 Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) crashed his F1 on a road about 5 miles from where I live. The repair bill was £910,000 (about $1.15m) or about $1.5m today. It remains the most expensive auto insurance repair claim in the UK. They did not write it off as that would be over $10m.
@@nixer65 Totaling a car is sort of just paperwork. A vin is nothing more then a number plate. If one is crashed bad enough and needs enough parts it would technically be totaled, as most likely nothing on the car can be used again. So in that case, they are just vin swapping. One monocoque is scrapped, another one made and then its built off of that. They don't cost 10m to make.
A podcast called Ocran leaks just put out a 2 part video claiming he knows where the car is at. Still waiting on the second part. First parts is about the owner
an ex sinaloa cartel leader (ocran leaks) just confirmed on his podcast that the car is in culiacan owned by roba chivas son. He has it in his living room as decoration and It will never be sold.
The isle of man is the home of many a famous person. Its a tax haven in the uk and its full of big houses where famous people move to when they retire. I know of many big places with huge garages and car collections. Would be easy to hide something there. Added the next to no crime and fact people wont go trespassing to search places, it could be hidden for years without being seen.
I live on the Isle of Man - born and raised here and I've followed Eds hunt for the infamous F1 for years now. My heart dropped when I heard him say someone had seen it here hahaha. I thought the same thing though - Its the perfect place for it to be hidden and no one would ever find it. Once the guy said the police had turned up at the port etc. and arrested them, I knew it wasn't true as that would have made local news. Crazy to think though, it could be anywhere...
@@xXExtremeTABXx absolutely. Im from laxey myself, as soon as i heard authorities were involved i knew it had to be false. Police dont have enough braincells to rub together between the lot of them to pull of an operation like that lol
Hey Ed, I lived on the Isle of Man for 10 years. Its a small community there and i have a lot of contacts still in the automotive scene, especially high end exotic tuning, maintenance, sales etc. There's a lot of dubious dealings over there due to its former status as somewhat of a tax haven, lots of Russian and Hong Kong money hidden there. So there is a chance the El Chapo F1 could be there... however, I asked on my social media and no one i know has seen or heard this rumour on the rock, and no one has heard of any connections to Frank Williams, or William MS and car collections there. Nigel Mansell used to live there but that was a good time ago now.
As soon as he said IOM I was doubtful, I just can’t see how you’d even get it on the island without everyone knowing, and store it there without anyone finding out.. there maybe dodgy money there but not assets it’s just not plausible
The fact that Frank Williams already owned a collection spanning 30 years of his own team's race & world championship-winning Formula One cars that have far greater history, value & importance than a single dodgy Mclaren F1 is clearly lost on gullible Ed....
True but the Williams stuff any long time F1 fan who knows the Williams families financial issues just sounded like pure bs right away lol. Also never had any links to the Isle of Man, alongside Frank being in a wheelchair for decades & never having a known interest in classic or collections beyond their old F1 cars.
honestly it's been a few weeks since ive watched this channel, but i clicked this as soon as i saw it on the right hand side of thumbnails to choose from.
Ed. I expect you are aware, but you can apply to become the legal registered keeper of a car in the UK. This does not prove you own it, but does allow you to TAX it and thus make it road legal. Basically the DVLA will send a letter to the currently registered keeper and if they do not object you will become the new keeper. What I am saying is it should be possible to make that car legal in the UK (once it also passes an MOT test for roadworthyness), which should make it possible to export to the US under the show and display rules. If that didn't work you'd need to find the current registered keeper, which anyone in the police force could do or the DVLA will tell you if you have a good reason. While I'd be happy to help with any of this if it did come to it I'm sure Shmee would also help. Video here describjng how Taylor from AutoAlex used this process to put an abandoned BMW back on the road. ruclips.net/video/ULTHfZCgTb0/видео.htmlsi=ZasUuciokBq8KTec
These are too valuable to vanish: I’d bet my balls McLaren know exactly where this car is. My bet is it’s now with a new owner. In a new colour. And probably in the U.S. And McLaren would know.
Humberto’s children will never give that car up or expose themselves, not even in exchange for their father’s killer. They disappeared and did not continue in the drug trade. Maybe when they die there son might expose it.
Ed, love this El Chapo F1 story! Just keeps getting more mysterious.. I think the F1 is probably still in Mexico, hidden some were and forgotten.. Im sure it will pop up one day and hopefully at some point, it will be on its way to Atlanta! :) Saludos from Orlando!
On the other hand, if you possessed that car, would you really want to admit to having possession of it over the phone or in text or email especially to someone you don’t know I would think just admitting that you own it or have possession of it could cause a lot of problems should certain people find out
I feel like you’d have a better shot at finding the Missing type 57sc Atlantic with how many people have ran you around on this car… I hope one day you finally get it.
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Chassis 039 is still in Mexico. The vehicle is still in the possession of the Sinaloa cartel (likely with El Mayo). You’re looking in the wrong places.
thats the only person i can think of that could have that mclaren probably has it stashed 💯💯
@@oscarfregoso3126 I guarantee it’s still with them. They’re quiet individuals (Especially El Mayo) so we wouldn’t even know if they had it.
He needs to find someone with ties to that family.
@ndre2768 The US spends millions of dollars trying to track him down and you want him to try to find him 😂
@@SavageBunny1 The US is involved in the game with them. It’s been said Mayo works and pays the US to get his merch in.
Out of all the theories, this one sounds the most plausible to me.
The thought of you and Sam Hard with a briefcase with $1.9m showing up to buy the Chapó F1 is a movie I’d watch
Going to need 40 million for an f1
@@HAMMER8181not for that one
@@HAMMER8181that’s an over exaggeration lmao😂, not even close to 40
@@HAMMER8181 did u even watch the video b4 hitting the comments ?🙃
😂 Even more so, I'd buy a ticket the $-value of which Ed is free to use towards the cost of this adventure.
My theory is that Ed already has the F1 but is still trying to figure out how to legitimise it so he is making these videos to keep the feds off his trail
Facts!
💯 all he had to do was contact someone in the cartel and bought that mf directly from them
That F1 is still in sinaloa
@@Roke-of1rfstill in Sinaloa Mex and it’s not for sale … it has its own room temperature controlled room with glass walls .. basically has its own house ,, the whole living room was designed for the car … and the family said is it strictly not for sale to anyone ..
Either still in Sinaloa or Ed has it and is turning it into the most expensive auction ever in another 10 years. I love these videos. I hope if he doesn’t already that he is able to own it soon and he gets a good deal on it.
The real 039 are the friends we made along the way
Amen to that
lmao
HAHAHA
❤from San Antonio tx
Family 😂
I know where it is ! .. ..,said no Man ever!
The wild goose chase continues!
ohh yesss
any news on Kimi?
@@alexhood7091 He did an AMA recently; Kimi is still unavailable due to a previous commitment to the State of Georgia, but is interested in telling her story
Man, i want to text ed bolian like hes my friend. I know where 39s at. I know where that fancy watch is. Lol jk.
I really hope you find this car. You deserve it, I would be willing to drive down the GA to see it.
Clickbait ive been bamboozled
Still hunting the elusive El Chapo F1... Hope you finally land the prize one day Ed!
💯. People with ed!
@justinoliver1984 you sound like the guy who has it sitting in his garage but just enjoys watching Ed on the hunt for the golden goose 😂
@@chrisbartolucci1736 🤣🤣 I wish it was sitting in the garage! Not to say I wouldn't get a slight kick outta that though! All in good fun of course
Not chapos mclaren
🤐
The car is in south Africa and its also not in red anymore its been wrapped in some dark greenish/blue type of colour its also garage kept been driven around during summer of 2020 but thats about it and i know this because my family is friends with the owners family in south africa i have pictures and videos i sent to you on instagram with the vin number but you haven’t checked them yet
You need to talk to a RUclipsr named Ocran Leaks. He posts cartel related content and knows alot of people within those circles. He would probably be your best bet for info on the F1 since he probably saw it himself.
@VINwiki
@vinwiki
@EdBolian
Probably isn’t though
@VINWIKI
Just buy the key for 250k with your illegal money.......
Babe, wake up! New El Chapo F1 update just dropped!
I think it would be the height of irony if Ed got scammed. This has all the elements of a scam. Why would a car go for $1.9M if it is worth over $10M? You would think they people who own the car would do everything they could to make it legal. Anyway this is how they get you. They create a sense of urgency and a too good to be true deal. Imagine seeing Ed panhandling because he lost all his money to this scam.
You should check out Ocran Leaks. He made 2 episodes talking about the infamous McLaren. He said it's still in Culiacan, Sinaloa still in pristine conditions. However, sadly, he said the car will never be sold. It's an art piece sitting in a living room being enjoyed by the previous owners' sons.
At this point its GOT SO MUCH traffic tht perhaps 100% is a scam 😂
Next video "They were asking $1.9 million but through some shrewd negotiation I bought it for $400k" lol
"They were asking 1.9m. I offered them 400k."
*shrewd negotiation*
"We met smack dab in the middle at 400k."
I was gonna buy it for 1.9 million but then I found the best price on carwow of 400k
I wonder if anyone called adx max to talk to el chapo himself about the car might be another 10 years or so before we see the car due to its rarity
This has to be one of the best running stories not only on VinWiki, but the car community as a whole.
Ed's (potential) F1 and Freddie's P1 are the two I follow religiously.
I know right. Ed's a great story teller. We watch til the end knowing there's no car.
Go to Culiacán Sinaloa and ask them you might find it
With cameras literally EVERYWHERE, I wouldn’t believe a single word about the whereabouts of this car without VALID photos to backup ANY claim.
Do you mean like... cameras in the streets? Do countries in Latin America have cameras on every corner?
@@paulcarmi8130 man, so many ways to ask that and you choose that version. Yes, most big cities (500k+) are heavily watched.
However, getting access to that info is almost impossible without influence or a judicial order.
@@paulcarmi8130 more like individual people having phones
@@paulcarmi8130 That, and everyone carries a phone with a camera now. If a McLaren F1 was spotted, particularly in a third world country, everyone would be taking and posting pictures.
Yeah. It’s amazing Ed even puts any time into anyone that doesn’t haven’t legit recently taken photos. Even pics from a decade old iPhone would be enough to validate things before believing a word.
Fellas that car is in Sinaloa ocran leaks talks about it
How is this still going on
I seen the El Chopo McLaren, being driven by Elvis Presley, at the Irish convention for Leprechauns, held in Djibouti 🤷♂️
I knew it.
@@VINwiki🤣🤣🤣
Tupac and Biggie was there too
@@redneckswitwheelsthey had just arrived from their Spring Break in Lemuria
@@VINwiki CNN
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Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, co-founder and alleged current leader of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel, is in US custody, according to the Justice Department. (Go ask him where is the F1)
That F1 didn't belong to El Chapo; he wasn't the original owner. In the day "El Chapo" was a rising Drug Lord but didn't have enough power yet. Yes, belonged to another "old vanguard" Drug lord from Sinaloa. Lifetime rumors say that still in Culiacan somewhere stored and under protection for the Sinaloa Cartel.
As an extra bonus, another F1 in Mexico belongs to a very wealthy individual who would probably put the car on "museum piece mode" to drain all the car fluids and remain in his house as an exhibition piece. This was back in 2021 and still no information about the true destiny of that F1.
McLaren F1 chassis 039 is the Oak Island of supercars.
With all story and build up on this F1 is gonna be worth a couple millions when someone can get there hands on it
Conspiracy theory warning: what if ed did buy the f1 from someone that said they saw it and its really sitting hidden in a storage unit half a mile from his house, maybe he goes over everyday to stare at it
this Mclaren F1 is like a movie for me,...
This McLaren still in Sinaloa it’s hidden at a house…someone that washed the car said it’s in a living room area
The F1 is still in Sinaloa it was moved into a house where a wall was teared down and rebuilt so that it could not be stolen the car is actually in excellent condition the son of Beto is the owner and he will never sell the car as it has a priceless sentimental value to him anytime buyers try to contact to buy he says the keys and car are lost and has no idea where they are.
That’s the most believable thing, that in Mexico, can occur. Probably it’s the truth.
I live in the Isle of Man 😂. Never heard of a Williams car collection though. There are quite a few multi millionaires here with big enough estates to hide one.
Great story and beautifully told as always. A few years back a friend of mine in Toronto found an odd listing in Japan for one of the original Tag Heuer F1 watches. He ended up buying it for a little over $1000 and was able to re-connect it with the owner of the car. Both he and the owner acted like gentlemen so while he netted a tidy profit the owner did not pay the moon either and with the money he was able to pay off his student debt. Lovely guy and it could not have happened to a nicer person.
Amazing
yo that sponsership was smooth
If anyone can get a bargain McLaren F1 it'll be Ed. Smack dab in the middle.
He's NEVER going to get it, RELAX!
@@ParissaKhourysuch a hater
@@ParissaKhoury We get it, you're a Karen who hates fun.
I don't know man... his smurk at the end was all too confident. I wouldn't be surprised that this story is a lot further along the way than we think and that he already acquired it. I really hope so.
Will we see El Chapo F1 in hands of Ed before GTA6?
Nvm, watched the video... disappointed by clickbait
It would be a great storyline/series of missions in gta6
0:57 Imagine getting busted by a chick named Marina....
Ed's ongoing quest for the El Chapo McLaren F1 is starting to sound like the shows and movies about searching for the Holy Grail, Ark of the Covenant, etc. Good Luck Indiana Bolian!!!😂😂😂
Thank you!
It belongs in a museum.
I've seen those movies about the grail, too. Beware of French knights in English castles.
Boliana Jones
Whoever has the F1 should know the only question is how big the number is before the six 0s.
It's in New Zealand.
9:00 wheels on the car are not the same. 😮💨
Wouldn’t believe a word of what anyone says unless they present you with photographic evidence. These people are just having you on.
I suspect Ed knows that. I suspect he also knows that these stories make fantastic content.
@@n.j.crawler That's a very long winded way of saying the same thing as me 😀
@@ruk2023-- yes he’s a great story teller. But only so many times can you spin out a story with nothing of substance to back it up, and keep people interested.
@@andrewhurstcars You'd be surprised about that. Just because you lose interest doesn't mean someone else won't come along.
@@ruk2023-- this was entertaining, my point was that there are only a limited amount of times you can produce the same story without an outcome.
clickbait is insane bro cmon now, it wasn't a lead at all either
Fyi a yellow McLaren F1 with that Registration Plate last had an MOT in 08/04/20. Meaning that at least it was in the UK in 2020.
I think he already made a video about that and basically they just used the plate it wasn’t actually chasis 39
Watch Ocran leaks documentary on the f1
I have a feeling the car is either owned by some cartel or simply was crashed and destroyed in the late 90’s before they became super crazed even if it was crashed
Crashed Ed says yes it's a discount
Obviously still in criminal hands
In reality the car is still owned by "el roba chivas" family to be exact by his son there is this you tuber guy from Sinaloa who makes videos talking about members from the Cartel de Sinaloa and he just made one talking about the Story of el roba chivas an the Mclaren he explains that the car is still owed by his son he keeps it inside his living room and that the car is well taken care of he has absolutely no intention on selling the car
In the living room? Reminds me of a guy I knew 20 years ago who was parking his Enduro Dirtbike next to the couch in the livingroom
trying to find this car is like trying to find atlantis
Frank Williams to be the owner of a Mclaren F1 rejected by Ron Dennis would be made public the very same day, they did not get along very well to be polite.
They did at one point - IIRC Ron Dennis helped pay for a lot of the medical care and equipment Sir Frank needed after his accident (while also trying to convince Honda to leave Williams and switch to McLaren, mind you).
Why would Frank williams spend millions on supercars when he's been in a wheelchair since the 90s 🤔
@@dancollier9837 Same reason as a fair amount of collectors. Just for the sake of owning them and increasing your collection.
Williams stuff to any long time F1 fan who knows the Williams families financial issues just sounded like pure bs right away lol. They struggled for long time & only sold off stakes in the team in 2010 to likes of Toto Wolff simply to pay off personal mortgages. Also never had any links to the Isle of Man, alongside Frank being in a wheelchair for decades & never having a known interest in classic or collections beyond their old F1 cars.
@@SDrtheone Frank Williams had more important things on his mind like attempting to stay alive & battle the pain from his injuries than build an exotic road car collection on an island in the Irish Sea some 250 miles away from his home...
The fact Ed actually rang Frank's daughter believing this preposterous fantasy is toe-curlingly cringe worthy... The desperation & stupidity of some YouTubing folks seeking a holy grail....smdh 🙄
You gotta travel to Mexico to find it
The big question here is when the car is finally recovered, who will play Ed in the Netflix movie about it?
Either Jim Carrey or Jeff Daniels would be perfect...
lol the frank williams stuff was always bs to as soon as you said it. Any F1 fan of over a decade will tell you they had a lot of personal financial issues & only sold off parts of the team in circa 2010 to likes to Toto Wolff simply to pay off personal mortgages which tells you how much they needed money. Also never heard of any isle of man links, the blokes also been in a wheelchair for decades & has no use for such cars, especially when they have their own heritage classic collection of F1 cars.
How many F1's have been totaled? Is their a chance that in the late 90's Mclaren bought the car back and used it to rebuild or even "vin swap" #39 to a car that was totaled out? Would that have been cheaper then building a whole new chassis?
This seems like the most likely thing that happened to it, I think it would come under "brand protection" on the balance sheet.
@@michaelbrooks8332 Yeah I was leaning towards that. They sold the car and then they find out its tied to a hitman in a drug cartel. When they asked for keys they could of offered to ship the car to make the right keys or whatever and then refused to send it back and just paid them market value for it. Or they just kept it since the current "owners" didnt have keys or paperwork proving ownership.
Going with that theory if that isnt the case then whoever does have it might also be on the hook for grand theft auto of a 20 million dollar car.......so if thats true then it will never see the light of day
Allot of them been crashed but totaled and disaperd i think just 3
first one in namibia desert by the mclaren team
Second one a guy and 2 passanger this is the only fatal accident of an f1 btw
Third a red one in a rainy day in a brunei highway the car was then used for parts
They are too expensive to be totalled. Famously in 2015 Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) crashed his F1 on a road about 5 miles from where I live. The repair bill was £910,000 (about $1.15m) or about $1.5m today. It remains the most expensive auto insurance repair claim in the UK. They did not write it off as that would be over $10m.
@@nixer65 Totaling a car is sort of just paperwork. A vin is nothing more then a number plate. If one is crashed bad enough and needs enough parts it would technically be totaled, as most likely nothing on the car can be used again. So in that case, they are just vin swapping. One monocoque is scrapped, another one made and then its built off of that. They don't cost 10m to make.
In 15 years we’re gonna be watching the same type of video hoping they’re close to finding it
A podcast called Ocran leaks just put out a 2 part video claiming he knows where the car is at. Still waiting on the second part. First parts is about the owner
an ex sinaloa cartel leader (ocran leaks) just confirmed on his podcast that the car is in culiacan owned by roba chivas son. He has it in his living room as decoration and It will never be sold.
Can you link to the podcast?
@@bbianciniocran leaks is the account of RUclips, search
You know I gota say I am impressed with Ed's Spanish pronunciation.
I remember this story
The isle of man is the home of many a famous person. Its a tax haven in the uk and its full of big houses where famous people move to when they retire. I know of many big places with huge garages and car collections. Would be easy to hide something there. Added the next to no crime and fact people wont go trespassing to search places, it could be hidden for years without being seen.
Its not in the UK. Never has been
I live on the Isle of Man - born and raised here and I've followed Eds hunt for the infamous F1 for years now. My heart dropped when I heard him say someone had seen it here hahaha. I thought the same thing though - Its the perfect place for it to be hidden and no one would ever find it. Once the guy said the police had turned up at the port etc. and arrested them, I knew it wasn't true as that would have made local news. Crazy to think though, it could be anywhere...
@@xXExtremeTABXx absolutely. Im from laxey myself, as soon as i heard authorities were involved i knew it had to be false. Police dont have enough braincells to rub together between the lot of them to pull of an operation like that lol
I believe the blue Ford GT Jeremy Clarkson way back was registered on the Isle of Man
It was. @@ShanesAutos
It will turn up .
Hey Ed, I lived on the Isle of Man for 10 years. Its a small community there and i have a lot of contacts still in the automotive scene, especially high end exotic tuning, maintenance, sales etc. There's a lot of dubious dealings over there due to its former status as somewhat of a tax haven, lots of Russian and Hong Kong money hidden there. So there is a chance the El Chapo F1 could be there... however, I asked on my social media and no one i know has seen or heard this rumour on the rock, and no one has heard of any connections to Frank Williams, or William MS and car collections there. Nigel Mansell used to live there but that was a good time ago now.
As soon as he said IOM I was doubtful, I just can’t see how you’d even get it on the island without everyone knowing, and store it there without anyone finding out.. there maybe dodgy money there but not assets it’s just not plausible
The fact that Frank Williams already owned a collection spanning 30 years of his own team's race & world championship-winning Formula One cars that have far greater history, value & importance than a single dodgy Mclaren F1 is clearly lost on gullible Ed....
That car is crushed way back. Or shot / blown up by cartel . Theres no way otherwise.
The Isle of Man is being used to hide many things of value, so hiding an F1 there would not be that odd.
True but the Williams stuff any long time F1 fan who knows the Williams families financial issues just sounded like pure bs right away lol. Also never had any links to the Isle of Man, alongside Frank being in a wheelchair for decades & never having a known interest in classic or collections beyond their old F1 cars.
I really want to see Ed Rocking an F1 with a Georgia License Plate that says "El Chapo".
honestly it's been a few weeks since ive watched this channel, but i clicked this as soon as i saw it on the right hand side of thumbnails to choose from.
Ed is the only RUclipsr who does 1 take and includes his sponsors seamlessly into his video. Legend
I'm sitting here watching thinking. How did we get talking about watches? Oh wait dot dot dot that's when it hit me😅
My guess it’s still in Mexico and in the living room of a cartel member who will never sell it.
FYI the Isle of Man is not in the UK. It is in the British Isles but is it's own dependency.
Glad im not the only one to point it out. Even recently the term “dependency” is under review as it really doesn’t describe us well at all.
I bet he can hold his breath underwater for 10 minutes
I am based in the Isle of Man and own a tyre business here. If there is any way I can help, just late me know.
You will get it
Ed. I expect you are aware, but you can apply to become the legal registered keeper of a car in the UK. This does not prove you own it, but does allow you to TAX it and thus make it road legal. Basically the DVLA will send a letter to the currently registered keeper and if they do not object you will become the new keeper. What I am saying is it should be possible to make that car legal in the UK (once it also passes an MOT test for roadworthyness), which should make it possible to export to the US under the show and display rules. If that didn't work you'd need to find the current registered keeper, which anyone in the police force could do or the DVLA will tell you if you have a good reason. While I'd be happy to help with any of this if it did come to it I'm sure Shmee would also help. Video here describjng how Taylor from AutoAlex used this process to put an abandoned BMW back on the road. ruclips.net/video/ULTHfZCgTb0/видео.htmlsi=ZasUuciokBq8KTec
Definitely an option now that the Vermont title loophole has flown the coop....
The Isle of Man isn't part of the UK though, so this may or may not apply.
Here for this.
Be like "oh, it's just a modded Noble"
I hope more than anything that you never own an F1.
😂😂😂
These are too valuable to vanish: I’d bet my balls McLaren know exactly where this car is.
My bet is it’s now with a new owner. In a new colour. And probably in the U.S. And McLaren would know.
I really want Ed to be able to get this car
First Vin story i ever saw was the El Choppo F1 and these are always the best. Hopefully you’re able to get it Ed, Best of Luck always!
Plot twist: not only is 039 not going to be a bargain, but the legend of it's existence makes it the most valuable F1 on the planet by 200%
To say I’ve been waiting for an update on the story would be the biggest understatement maybe ever
Humberto’s children will never give that car up or expose themselves, not even in exchange for their father’s killer. They disappeared and did not continue in the drug trade. Maybe when they die there son might expose it.
SOMEONE has to know where this McLaren is at. Tell Ed already!!
One day ED I fully believe you’ll have this car in ur garage
Im a mechanic at Williams, I was about to say I can ask some questions before you said you’d made contact already. Hope you do find this one day!
I'll give you guys the cliff notes. Story was made up. Still no up to date photos.
Nothing would please me more than an El Chapo F1 update from Ed's Garage
Who knew that this story would lead to my home of the Isle of Man 😂
Eds hunt for the El Chapo F1 is like my hunt for the Herbie left at the bottom of the ocean in Puerta Vallarta...
The ppl who keep trying to trick you need Jesus
Ed, love this El Chapo F1 story! Just keeps getting more mysterious.. I think the F1 is probably still in Mexico, hidden some were and forgotten.. Im sure it will pop up one day and hopefully at some point, it will be on its way to Atlanta! :) Saludos from Orlando!
I hope actually find the car one day even if it can't be bought.
On the other hand, if you possessed that car, would you really want to admit to having possession of it over the phone or in text or email especially to someone you don’t know I would think just admitting that you own it or have possession of it could cause a lot of problems should certain people find out
Its right that this car is in the UK, and it has been there for many years.
So, no new news, got it. You are a great storyteller, I'll give you that. I hope you actually find your F1 someday.
When I see these videos pop up, I pretty much know there's gonna be no new news, but they're always entertaining anyway. Like he said though, one day!
I feel like you’d have a better shot at finding the Missing type 57sc Atlantic with how many people have ran you around on this car… I hope one day you finally get it.
Ed's first call when he was ready to do some sketchy shit in the UK was Sam Hard..😂👍
You not go find it because EL Chapo family still got it 😂
3:55 = and in fact ,you can see the "CPJ" bit,poking out on ed's left (our right)
Ed at this point is making bank! With this f1 stuff!
Bring it home, Ed!!!
It looks like it has been MOT'd in the UK from 2005-2020.