My hunt for the El Chapo McLaren F1 (the SHOCKING Finale!)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
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@EdBolian shares the unexpected and devastating end to his 3 year search for the McLaren F1 that was owned by El Chapo's most prolific drug runner.
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wait what
tavarish's here
lmao gotta love your besties
Gotta sacrifice for ur friends
gotta take one for the team sometimes my dude....
@@el_cypress8708 Which continent?
Ed literally just offered up a trade to murderous carjackers..... THIS IS AWESOME
Now that's taking "Shrewed Negotiation" to the very top level!!
Offered to trade another person's car at that
@@ABoringTool We'll send Freddy
@@VINwiki "We'll send Freddy" lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂
Chasing a unicorn springs to mind)
Ed being very polite in thanking the Mexican Cartel and various other drug lords for not murdering him. I also would like to thank them for that.
Ed probably got that kid killed. Once poor peasants found out 10 million dollars was cruising around, it was simple math. Ed isn’t responsible obviously, but…..
I was the 2000th person to like this comment
Thank you from me too
Cartel, leave him alone, we like the videos! I'm sure you do too!!
Imma throw in a thank you
Ed casually offering up Tavarish's P1. I love it lol
that's funny as hell. He offers a car that it takes more money to repair than it is worth for a car that easy commands 8 figures.
@@hagestad shrewd negotiator
I'm sure Ed is helping Tavarish out with the P1. Tavarish has bank, but i don't see immediate P1 Resto bank haha.
That would be pretty solid content for Tavarish!
It has been a wild, 3-year ride.
Must have been your thought when you sat through the recent 4h PKA apperance, bless you - the guys never engage with their cool guests
This has sure been a journey! 😂
I would buy a P440 CPJ t shirt.
Ed I love you buddy but seriously quit while you are ahead. Plenty of other McLaren's in the sea.
It was a wild one. unfortunately a lot of us will agree, that it’s not worth anyone ☠️ someone else to get the car. Just so that Edd’s Investment funds go into their pocket, and not someone else’s.... it might be time to look for another car so that nobody gets hurt.
(Look I know they have $ at their disposal, and it may not be The idea of a seven figure paycheck... but I really don’t want some poor kid somewhere getting ☠️ because excitement is in the air for the American entrepreneur’s Attention...)
Ed: *Talks about how the assumed carjackers are literal murderers and offed someone really close to the cartel to get the car with seemingly no repercussions*
Also Ed: "Hey guys, wanna make a deal?"
This is the part in the movie where the cartel guys laugh and smile until someone locks the door and whips out a tommy gun or an MP5.
@@SimuLord and then Ed walks out with a nice new collection of smg's, the F1, and a complementory kilo of coke 🤣 all shrewdly negotiated for ofcourse!
@@anthonysmalawipredators8794 "They wanted to shoot me, I wanted to get out alive, so we met right smack dab in the middle at all five drug lords dead on the floor and me very much unharmed!"
@@SimuLord lmao
@@SimuLord smack dab in the middle 😭 you gotta love ed man😂
This car is the final boss of Ed’s car story and collection
Como llegue aquí?
Ed next month on VinWiki: "...and after some shrewd negotiation, we agreed to exchange the McLaren for the Spyker, one of the Murcielagos, and just 3 of my vital internal organs"
Correction.. in my best Ed voice, "and just 3 of my vital organs... unbeknownst to me and certainly against my will"
Taking to consideration the history of Ed's cars he would most likely trade his knees as "vital internal organs'
"So we met smack-dab in the middle at $150.000"
and AGAIN thanking them for not killing him 😂
And Freddy's P1
I'm sure this car will one day, somehow, find it's way into the Ed Bolian collection.
We can't be having Freddy own all the questionable McLarens now can we 😅
Who do you think he's going to have bring it back up to working order? It's maintenance hasn't been done in decades, and then there is possibly some detail work and interior work that may need done, and Freddy & Co. has the experience to do most of that.
@@Celician83 I guess that's a bridge for future Ed to cross
@@Celician83 he can call up Jay Leno
After Freddy puts it back together
ive got more chance in waking up black then ed gettin that car 1 hes not worth 50 million to buy it then he hasnt got the 10 million to fix it up hes not gettin a 60 million dolla loan to fix it up
Ed is the definition of “ Shrewd negotiatior” I can’t believe he just made an offer to a drug lord for the second time 😂
...you mean...Good liar...
I am pretty sure that it is a crime. He wants to purchase stolen car.
@@hagestad Technically the car is abandoned since the owner is gone and so is the paperwork. I doubt either of the cartel re registered it so it’s just an abandoned car switching hands. Now if the original cartel wants it back because they felt it WAS stolen, whole different story I’d just give it back at that point
@@judtsomeguy12190 At that point many countries will have you in jail as you knew you purchased something stolen. McLaren f1 is not something that gets abandoned given it has its own tracker build it.
@@hagestad I doubt the cartel kept a tracker in a car used by high ranking members
You did not just offer up Freddie's P1 to murderous hijackers 😂
Yep
Well that's what the fox said.
It’s not a finale, just the end of one chapter and the start of another! Don’t give up on this car, Ed. If anyone can save it, it’ll be you.
One of 2 possible results for this F1; it was hidden in some poor family's house and they get some amount of money never to tell anyone. Or it was completely destroyed for a number of internal reasons.
I would assume the latter.
My guess is that it's in somoens secret collection. There are wealthy peoole with art that was obtained in alternative ways.
the funniest part about this is all the cartel history Ed had to learn along the way 😂
I lived in Culiacán for around 6 yrs and when I saw those pictures i recognized where they were taken literally the bus route i took to school passed by there. I was also there in Culiacán when they caught el chapo's son (Ovidio Guzmán) no one was aloud to go into the city or leave it was a hectic week, I hope that one day you'll be able to get your hands on this car and restore it, saludos desde México
Had you heard tales about the car when you lived there?
You guys got the worst of it. The worst we got was a burned Oxxo in Mochis.
@@dannilsson9906 i did before Ed's first vid on it but i thought it was just rumors like what would an F1 be doing here in Culiacán and then my cousin showed me the pics of it in a neighborhood around 30 minutes away from where we lived also the car was apparently in Cosalá, a small town around 2hrs away which is where I actually live, for a few days and then taken back to Culiacán though i can not confirm this rumor still really cool
@@mexicanspec yeah it was really bad the cartel where also setting cars and buses on fire to block roads 😅
@@jesus_0309 I was wondering if the supply lines for our supermarkets wold get disrupted. The trucks they burned on the highway were delivering produce and the like. Nothing really happened though, at least not here.
What a wild story. I love it.
Ed, don't get killed over this thing.
Go get it Ed.
I love how Ed offered up Freddy's P1 with ZERO hesitation
I love that by the end of it all - Ed speaks directly to the new "owners" of the F1 and he's like - "Yeah I still want it. Lets trade." GOLD.
Well if he is serious that's Jail time offence.
@@hagestad Jail time offence just cause he wants to buy the car? Don't think so
@@spedupsongs4729 Yea buying stolen goods and knowing about it when you do is straight up criminal offence.
@@hagestad he's not buying something that was stolen in the US
@@MuzzaHukka Lol that's like British making the law that basically states - all stuff we stolen from colonies are legally ours. True story. That law exists.
Dude you have some impressive brass balls to ask the potential ‘new’ owners directly like this lol 😂
And to casually offer Freddy's P1..... 😄 I can imagine this video playing in the background at Freddies garage - Ed says "& I also have a friend with a Mclaren P1 that had a bad day... & Tavarish popping out from under the lift going , "Wait What did he just say??" 😂
@@aartsst3227was about to say the same thing lol 😂
Ed actually put out a hit on the cartel member to ship the car elsewhere and buy the car once some time has passed
Not unlikely, or the publicity the car was getting caused some interested parties to try to get the car one way or the other.
Saying something like that can be dangerous. You don't know who is reading this.
@@mexicanspec yeah some of EL Chapo's relatives could be reading these comments
That poor car has been through a lot.
Big twist: secretly Ed hired a spec ops team to fly in and take down the owner of that car and he himself had it exported to Panama to hide the car for 2 more years to drag out the story for the El chapo McLaren all while secretly buying another McLaren to vin swap and import it back into the United states.....he's a mastermind in this whole operation.
I love how Ed is so casual about trying to horse trade Freddy's P1 for the McLaren F1! Ed calling Freddy - "Freddy, some scary people are going to be stopping by to pick up your P1 and I strongly suggest that you give it to them". Freddy -"What do we get out of it?" Ed - "You get to keep you life and I get a McLaren F1". Freddy - .........
Really shows you, Ed’s a salesman and business man in any situation he is put in. Offering to trade some cars to criminals is 100% some shrewd negotiating, gotta love it.
The supercar community here in Colombia is tiny, so if it is indeed here, it won't be kept a secret for long. We'll keep our eyes peeled. A car like this would very quickly find its way into the car Facebook groups and Discords.
There isnt a chance in hell you are sneaking a McLaren F1 into Colombia without making at least some noise. If it is in Colombia, im certain a few people already know it is.
@@MeDicen_RochaI thought that Ed's investigations were serious but you have a lot of wrong information, in fact the F1 is currently undergoing a deep restoration in some state of the USA, the former owner, Valentino Ojeda sold it to a well-known CDMX dealer so no Say stupid, because that F1 is not in South America!!!
True friendship is when you're willing to sacrifice Freddy to secure your McLaren F1. 👍🏼😂
Ed is the ultimate story teller, one of the few people that i can watch his videos to the end without getting bored.
Hey @EdBolian, in the story you said Ojeda "was driving around with his son when he was shot", but based on the Intelligencer article you had in the video, it was actually his daughter. The article said this: "The dealer's young child, in the vehicle at the time, was witness to HER father's death." I know you can't go back and change it, but I thought it was worth mentioning for the sake of accuracy.
Maybe Ojeda’s son prefers she/her pronouns? How dare you assume their gender! It’s 2023, the Cartels will NOT stand for social injustice.
DEA? Nah Ese, more like DEI - Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion.
We saw that. Nearly every other article says it was his son so we believe that is correct.
@@VINwikiI thought that Ed's investigations were serious but you have a lot of wrong information, in fact the F1 is currently undergoing a deep restoration in some state of the USA, the former owner, Valentino Ojeda sold it to a well-known businessman from CDMX so do not say stupid, because that F1 is not in South America!
@@EspejoLugoOmarDPRN Where is your source then?
@Espejo Lugo Omar 17DPR0406N Considering he has been dead for close to 26 years that must be the longest car restoration project in history if he sold that car back into America 😂
With the resources at his disposal it still took him 3 years. Incredible
and it was the same guy as before. even though el chapos son drove it around regularly... not alot vinwiki fans and viewers down in mexico i believe
@@abrahammc2125 is culiacan dude, any question you make will make em paranoid; even though now that f1 it might be just a local tale
I can't believe you just offered Freddy's McLaren to the cartel... THAT is the hallmark of a shrewd negotiator... willing to sell his friend's cars without their permission. I love it!
I am praying that somehow this car ends up being in your charge. It would make for a great story, and I would hope their would be a video series on what kind of shape it is in and what it takes to make it right again.
When Ed finally finds that McLaren and it will have, a story and titles as long as a CVS receipt.
6 years already partnering with premier!? Wow, I remember when you first landed them as a sponsor, time sure does fly.
A fascinating tale, but given how almost every part on the F1 is proprietary (and incredibly scarce) I’m sceptical that the car could have survived in drivable condition for that long without having a full McLaren service. Don’t the fuel cells only last a couple of years on these, for example?
True. That is simply not possible.
Hey ed how are you! We’re from colombia and know about everything there is to know about the car scene here and all the cars that are currently in the country and i can almost 100% guarantee the F1 is not here in colombia, i hope this info helps in the search for the el chapo F1!!
Love this story series , been following it since day one, GREAT CONTENT and even Greater start to my day
Would love to see that car in your collection Ed. Keep the chase alive.
I remember in one of your older videos you mentioned that someone in Saudi Arabia “saw” it. But that person must have been confused with chassis #061 that looks very similar to #039 which used to belong to Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean). A few years ago chassis 061 was bought by a Saudi Millionaire called Faisal Bin Laden and taken to Saudi Arabia which could explain the confusion. So now the Middle East has another mclaren F1 along with the one that Joe Macari in the UK recently sold. Just a useless fun fact there. Also love your videos by the way they are always a treat.
You should straight up visit el chapo in colorado and ask him lol
It is oddly satisfying listening to you talk about British automotive terminology, MOT, Logbook etc. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
The fact that in the uk, if your vehicle has a licence plate issued by DVLA , then you do not own that vehicle, the DVLA does and let's you use it under licence...
Makes no difference you paid for it, you gave ownership to them by accepting the licence.
How do you prove you " own " a vehicle in uk, a receipt is proof of purchase not ownership, you need the original title deed that the car was born with, its identity.
Unless you hold that, your not the owner sadly.
Finally, hopefully the ending we’ve been waiting for
Ed "Negotiating with cartel hitmen is new to me however I am sure we can make a fair deal" also Ed "I need more snakes and a better alarm for my house" word to the wise, the cartel would not sell this vehicle like this they use assets to lure in a list of buyers, then they wait, then they go after them. This smells like a honeypot. I wish everyone involved the best.
This is absolute gold! You should have titled the video "DIY How to make an offer on a rare car under the control of a dangerous drug cartel. " I wish you success in this endeavor.
That car isn’t in panama, ed just got too close and they probably feared he’d send someone to get it so they’ve made up a story about hows its “disappeared” to make you wait another 2 years while the price climbs by another million or 2
Very true, chapo never owned that car and the original owners son didn’t get killed
*it's been such a journey for Ed, the Cartel and the millions of VinWIKI subscribers & certainly for the rare F1.* 🙏🏼
“The end of the road for the El Chapo McLaren F1”…. that sounds like what someone would say that wants everyone else to stop looking.
It’s actually common for a car registration number to transfer from one car to another in the UK, these are known as private plates which this one is as it doesn’t conform to the standard issue DVLA format, the plate owner simply has to register the plate to the car that they want to move the plate to for a fee of £80 (watch any Porsche 911 review over the years by a UK journalist and you’ll see the plate 911 HUL, which is owned by Porsche UK and is put on all their press cars).
I've never been so sad for someone I don't know not being able to buy a car I never saw - and probably never will see! Damn...I would love to watch a F1 happy ending here on VinWiki!
I love how Ed is still legitimately trying to convince some actually terrible people to sell/trade him the car.
Also, can we appreciate his segue skills. Nobody else on RUclips is quite that smooth in the sponsor transitions.
You never disappoint! What a storyteller! I really really hope one day you get that car!
So Ed........imagine the look on Freddie's face when some guys show up to pick up the P1! LOL
This is GREAT!!!👍👍
This is the best series of car content on RUclips. Love this El Chapo F1 saga. One day it will be yours!
Intriguing story. The weird thing is though - if they’ve been driving it around Sinaloa until recently then wouldn’t you expect at least one person to have snapped a picture and posted it on Instagram?
I‘m from the south of Mexico so I don‘t know how well known this car is in Sinaloa, but if it‘s common knowledge that it is cartel owned with some shady backstory nobody is stupid enough to take pictures of it with the probability of getting killed for that
@@checomartinez3854 really? Seems like they wouldn’t drive about “flexing “ in this car for years if they didn’t want everyone to know they owned it. Plus a lot of people would just see a cool car and not know about the shady ownership.
What about city traffic and cctv cameras. Any trace of it there I wonder
These cars have a Kevlar bag fuel tank that starts leaking gas if not replaced every 5 years. Kind of wondering how it survived without contact with MSO for all these years.
@@james2450 a lot of people in Mexico don‘t want to get involved with narcos, so I can really imagine MSO not taking pictures (especially if they‘re paid enough) CCTV would be an option but you have to keep in mind it‘s Mexico not London so I think it‘s somewhat believable that a cartel can keep the car under the radar, especially with the ressources and influence they have (they were hiding whole airstrips and big airplanes so a car should be manageable)
I am starting to think the car is a bit of a trophy within the cartels. Sort of a WWE belt if you like. I doubt you would ever get it easily, and holding onto it might be a little more complicated than you would like.
What a way to start a Wednesday!
I was shocked when Freddie bought the P1, now Ed's like...hold my beer!
This is the best story ever. (Apart from the deaths). Ed, I really really hope that this car comes your way!
Ed, have thought about a GMA T50 or T33? They just announced a spider, Gordon's a tall fella too, so you'd fit. If there was every a successor to the F1 it would be one of those, no horse wrangling, just horse power....
Ed, buying new? Are you mad, sir?
At the moment this F1 is too much of a status symbol for its 'owner', but once it stops working I think Ed will have a better chance... they may have stolen the car but I doubt they have the really old laptop thats required for proper servicing! Good luck Ed... here's to the next chapter😃
*sings to meatloaf*
"I will do anything for that F1, but I wont GO THERE"
haha
I was so invested in this story Ed. I was really hoping you finally got it. Devastating ending.
Ed: Finds out the F1 he wants is stolen
Also Ed: "Murderous carjackers, I have a Murci to trade for your stolen McLaren"
How would Ed get one over Tavarish with the P1?
$575,001. Make it happen, Premier Financial Services!
I hope so god damn much they contact Ed, cause that’d be a phenomenal story.
No matter how successful you are in the used car business, you’re still just a step above short sleeves and a tie. I love it, no shame, all game, would do a back flip to see you get this car.
Take some advertising in areas that keep coming up in the search. Photo of the F1, cash reward, call Ed
If the car has survived this far. I`m 100% sure that Ed will one day get his hands on it!
Ed, I can add a bit of light to the number plate in the UK as I work in Car Insurance and work in Total Loss. The El Chappo car when it was exported from the UK, the DVLA who issue license plates in the UK would have removed the plate from the vehicle as it no longer fell under their jurisdiction. This meant the plate was spare, but they would assign this plate to a similar vehicle, should it need to be registered. The GTR was not road registered and was converted and in doing so, needed to apply for a license plate. The DVLA would have had the plate spare for the El Chappo Mclaren and this more then likely how it ended up on the GTR. If you check the dates of when the El Chappo was exported from the UK and when the GTR was road registered, it will show there is a gap and hence the P440CPJ being assigned to the GTR.
It would be highly unusual for the DVLA to re-issue a plate from an exported (or scrapped) car to another one. Usually a plate "dies" when a car leaves their records... my dad was gifted a car with a non-dating plate starting or ending "AAA" but the car had no MoT and when it was scrapped the DVLA wouldn't allow the plate to be retained or re-issued to another car. OTOH you can transfer a plate that you own and that is on a road-legal car to another car with very little effort and for a small fee. My dad transferred "his" non-dating plate (it was on an early 1960's car that he bought used) onto about 5 different cars that he subsequently owned; on his death I inherited it and it's now on one of my cars. If McLaren owned P440CPJ, they themselves could have transferred it onto another F1. The trouble is, in order to find the chassis number of the car it is on, you need more than just the licence plate - unless you work for the DVLA and have access to the vehicle database
@@cmartin_ok They do it all the time and I have seen several like this. With the car being exported, the reg is free to be reused
@@darrenhitchcox6345 Who owns the reg when the car is exported, and who decides what to re-allocate it to? Is it just motor manufacturers?
@@cmartin_ok The DVLA own registration. When a vehicle is exported it is not needed for that vehicle and is kept as spare. Typically the DVLA will try to assign the vehicle to a similar vehicle, which is likely why P440CPJ has now been on 2 McLaren F1
It was a way of getting it on the road without an SVA and having to modify the car extensively. You cant transfer a plate to a car which isnt already registered. The yellow car just adopted the v5, it’s effectively a clone
The entire El Chapo F1 series has most definitely put Ed's name on a lot of lists.
Gotta give it up to Ed. He made keeping up with the lost gemstone easy to followup. Gracias.
This is my favorite car hunt saga!!
Finallly…. I have been waiting so long for this episode.
That’s a mighty young looking knee you’ve got there buddy.
So, with all the info we have so far, we can conclude that this car still belongs to the same people and they want the interest that was generated on this to die down hence the final "outcome" of it, or, what was said to have happened to it is actually what happened in which case the car went to someone who has access to the resources to facilitate something like that happening and that means this car will never be seen by the public again unless the new owner wants it to be seen in public.
And Ed being Ed with his shrewd negotiation at the end, don't know why that even came as a surprise 🤣
He said “I don’t care who you had to kill to get it but I still want it”
😂😂😂
Damn, I really wanted Ed to have this car. I just knew he had finally at least found it, if not acquired it. I got my fingers crossed for you, Ed.
Ed’s going to get his own personal FBI agent for this one.
I feel we need Legal Eagle on this case, did you just offer to trade a known stolen commodity? 🤣
it’s never the end of the story until there’s at least a photo. even if it’s a pile of ashes in a field
This story is not over!
I love the transition from “hey you carjackers and murderers do you want to swap for your mclaren” to a sponsor segment
Awesome episode! What a great story. Seen them all and seeing it come to an end Thru Ed’s storytelling.... Epic. The power of the internet. Love how Ed is manifesting the P1. It’s already yours. Just a matter of time. This story ain’t over , Ed. It will continue. 🐐
I thought that Ed's investigations were serious but you have a lot of wrong information, in fact the F1 is currently undergoing a deep restoration in some state of the USA, the former owner, Valentino Ojeda sold it to a well-known businessman from CDMX so do not say stupid, because that F1 is not in South America!
Finally after a year on the update on the chapo mclaren f1
Trust Ed to begin his "shrewd negotiation" right here in front of us all! What a legend.....
As a 32 year resident of Mexico, I would wager that they never got the key problem solved. So the car is probably a brick somewhere, probably hopefully inside a barn out of the elements. A car like that would not last mechanically too long, circulating on pot holed Mexican roads. It will turn up someday in Mexico, just like the Steve McQueen Mustang from the movie: “Bullet.”
I love this series. Always so interesting considering all of the death and other shenanigans.
do a spanish version of this series and I'm sure you'll have more info
I love Ed.., attempting to enter the Lion's Den and coming out clean. Something I wouldn't hesitate to myself if I was in such a position to do so. Weird isn't it???
Thanks for the update on the most desirable wreck to restore and your well accomplished efforts to entertain!!
Bro. New level of respect. You are officially crazy. Now I know how much you truly love vehicles.
Lmao offering trades is absolutely hilarious, hope to see it go somewhere
Gotta luv Eds determination and dedication to find that car even at his possibly own detriment. So funny that he Put Freddy's new project car on the list as possible trades, Haha. I bet pictures of it will turn up sooner or later with or without bullet holes in it.
Ed, if that is the actual picture of the “key” invoice. You are totally incorrect about the 200k USD price. Its actually around 20k USD for the key. Check the math.
I so hope Ed gets a hold of this F1.. would be AMAZING!!
"Protecting the businessman from the cartel and certainly not because it's illegal" Immediately describes the guy so the cartel knows exactly who he is, and that his business was very much illegal and that's the why he isn't specifying who it is. You're great Ed.
One of the top 3 stories on this channel! Hope the phone ring one day!
Ed over here pitching a car trade to the cartel in a youtube video. LOVE that hahah.
Eds stories are typically head nod... However, this one just keeps getting better and better. Good luck getting that car Ed. You deserve it at this point.
Please correct me if am wrong but legally Freddy's McLaren yellow car can't be legally driven in the USA because it has a title Certificate of destruction from COPART, however he can trade it in for Ed's El Chapo's McLaren to be legally driven in Central and South America. Good trade Ed and Freddy you can get all of your money back and some.😂🎉