Elon Musk famously crashed his uninsured $1,000,000 McLaren F1 and a Florida man has just found the parts from the wreck after 25 years

A YouTuber has found the parts of an uninsured McLaren F1 that Elon Musk crashed 25 years ago.

Tavarish and Rich Rebuilds had gotten their hands on a mystery box.

Inside were the parts of a $1 million McLaren F1 that Elon Musk had purchased and subsequently crashed back in the early 2000s.

But what parts were left of this infamous car? And would they be worth anything?

How Elon Musk crash his McLaren F1

This story begins way back in the late 1990s.

A young Elon Musk had just sold his first company, Zip2, for a neat $22 million.

And what better way to celebrate than splashing out on a $1 million F1 McLaren?

Only 106 of these had been produced, and had managed to attract some big names as owners – like George Harrison.

But unfortunately, Musk’s McLaren was ill-fated.

According to reports, Musk wrecked the car a few months after purchasing it, because he was showing it off to fellow tech mogul Peter Thiel.

And it’s hardly like this car was sparingly used either, as he’d reportedly put 11,000 miles on the odometer in the first year of ownership.

Musk apparently paid out of pocket for the repairs and kept it until 2007 when he sold it for a profit.

From there, its history is a little bit of a mystery, although it did reportedly catch fire in 2009, according to McLaren Palm Beach.

After that, it was apparently sent to McLaren Special Operations for a complete rebuild.

Fast forward to 2026, and two YouTubers found parts of the car inside a box.

These parts had come from a source who had kept ahold of them after the original repair back in the early 2000s.

Tavarish and Rich Rebuilds are both YouTubers who know their way around a car.

Tavarish is the guy who built a $2.5 million McLaren P1 from scratch.

And then there’s Rich, who revived a dead $80,000 Cadillac after buying it at 96 percent off.

What could they do with the remaining parts they had at their disposal?

Could any money be made of what was left?

First up, there was a massive carbon fiber rear bumper.

Due to its rarity and its connection to the Tesla CEO, the guys estimated this part alone could fetch anywhere between $50,000 to $100,000.

The tires themselves are Goodyear Eagle F1 variants, which could be worth as much as $60,000.

Both YouTubers agreed that while the P1 is a fine McLaren, the F1 remained the ‘best car in the world’, due to its naturally aspirated engine and huge impact on car history.

While it remains to be seen whether these two plan to make bank on the parts, one plan had already began to form.

And that was 3D scanning the wheels and making the rear bump a wall hanging.

They sound like sold plans to us.