Recap of Japanese F1 fleet - Part 1

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zx4000

10-29-2006, 06:02 PM

I bumped into a auto mania on the web but he live in Japan as Korea with Japan nationality. He frequently come to my blog to see Mclaren F1 stuff. One day, he posted two Mc pics in his blog with comment " I was surprised at seeing a Mclaren F1 enthusiast on the web who seem to know nearly Mclaren F1, so as reward to him, posting 97 year Mclaren F1 which is taken from my sort of close car freak", so the potential possibility as to chassis Nr. is #070 isn't it?

Another story is that there is a Mclaren F1 in Korea. The owner is ex-Ssang Yong auto company chairman now this company is belonged to SAIC, China auto company. One of my friends not having seen for a long time told me he saw obviously it was standing basement parking lot with protective Musso off-road car against bullet when he came by that chairman house with document in 1996. Recently i heard he handed it over to very close mate.( Not sure how much deal)

Anyway , you can find it below link ( it doesn't work for downloading the pics from that site), first click above the title "404 Blog Not Found" in his blog and then you can see it in page 2.

http://profile.blog.naver.com/hhroshi.do

bucciali

11-04-2006, 03:23 PM

http://img146.imagevenue.com/loc454/th_75074_bingosports_122_454lo.jpg (http://img146.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=75074_bingosports_122_454lo.jpg)

Peloton25

11-04-2006, 03:32 PM

http://img146.imagevenue.com/loc454/th_75074_bingosports_122_454lo.jpg (http://img146.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=75074_bingosports_122_454lo.jpg)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/Smilies/bowdown.gif Nice work man, nice freaking work! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/Smilies/ten_out_of_ten_emoticon.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/Smilies/dude.gif

>8^)
ER

bucciali

11-04-2006, 03:43 PM

jayfive

11-04-2006, 03:47 PM

so how many F1's does this make for sale then, counted at least 5 and most of those are silver :)

hurstg01

11-04-2006, 04:07 PM

Some great Pics Bucciali! :thumbsup:

Peloton25

11-04-2006, 05:34 PM

so how many F1's does this make for sale then, counted at least 5 and most of those are silver :)

I think the two Silver ones at BingoSport are the only road cars still for sale in Japan now. According to a source who had inquired about purchasing one from them, they are not interested in selling the F1s outside of Japan. That's a strange way to do the business of selling million dollar plus supercars in my opinion. Given the limited market for those cars as it is, I would imagine finding any buyer might be difficult at times, but it's their business.

The silver F1 that was for sale at LMP Cars (#070 we believe) is now marked sold in their inventory list. The silver one spotted in the Miyaoka showroom was almost certainly the same F1. Here's the last shots from LMP's website:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/IMG_1481.jpg

Before they sold it they added a satellite navigation unit, fitted HIDs to the car, and changed the battery.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/th_IMG_3342.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/IMG_3342.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/th_IMG_3332.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/IMG_3332.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/th_IMG_7566.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/IMG_7566.jpg)
Photo #1 comes 'oh so close' to making it into the chassis plaque thread. :frown:

>8^)
ER

jayfive

11-04-2006, 05:51 PM

My fault i actually meant F1's in general not just japan

PatrickT82

11-05-2006, 07:58 AM

amazing!

ArchangelGTR

11-05-2006, 09:38 AM

It's interesting how each owner decides to add their touch to the interior .. especially the electronic gadgets.

Thanks all for the pics.

bucciali

11-09-2006, 05:19 PM

Peloton25

11-10-2006, 12:50 AM

A few more of the pair. The event was the one seen on the card in the passenger seat of #013 - the Historic Automobile Festival of Japan.

http://img378.exs.cx/img378/2923/pa2801611cc1.jpg http://img378.exs.cx/img378/8427/pa2801631fu6.jpg
http://img378.exs.cx/img378/5593/pa2801661jf7.jpg http://img378.exs.cx/img378/8035/pa2801901nv3.jpg
http://img378.exs.cx/img378/5918/pa2803471fc5.jpg

Here's the last image from bucciali's post - I am getting a red X:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/20092.jpg

And here's another shot of the two on the flatbed that I just found:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/img4a203470usxc6k.jpg

Imagine having that pass you on the highway? That's just nuts!

>8^)
ER

hurstg01

11-12-2006, 12:29 PM

#013 is the one shown in the video from a few years back, titled "Illegal Street racing" showing rich japanese in their super-modified NSX's, Diablo's, Countach's etc etc, from 23 secs onwards - the plate reads the same 89-96 and you can just see the red stripe down the side

(can't find it on youtube at the mo....:banghead: )

Peloton25

11-12-2006, 11:41 PM

#013 still hasn't appeared on the BingoSport website. It's also still wearing it's Japanese license plate which may mean that it is only on display and not truly for sale. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/Smilies/dunno.gif

Interestingly, I have been monitoring their website for the past few weeks and in the past couple of days they have swapped out the previous photos of #063 with a new set. I like the car cover shot even though you can't see the car.

http://search.carhoo.jp/4155/car_detail1051000944.html

>8^)
ER

Le Man

12-08-2006, 02:18 PM

Looking to buy myself an Aston Martin and I came across this pic from www.lightauto1.co.jp (http://www.lightauto1.co.jp) check out the green F1 in the background? this is from current stocklist, but no McLarens listed for sale!!

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5708/lightauto1japanzi2.th.png (http://img108.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lightauto1japanzi2.png)

Also grabbed these while there!!

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4791/lightauto1japan2sz9.th.png (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lightauto1japan2sz9.png) http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/9023/lightauto1japanlw3.th.png (http://img456.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lightauto1japanlw3.png) http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9277/lightauto1japan3cn1.th.png (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lightauto1japan3cn1.png)

Peloton25

12-08-2006, 02:43 PM

Light-Auto was mentioned previously in this thread. They had #051 for a short period of time. There was also a Gulf longtail we determined to be GTR #20R in their showroom for a while.

>8^)
ER

Le Man

12-08-2006, 03:00 PM

Light-Auto was mentioned previously in this thread. They had #051 for a short period of time. There was also a Gulf longtail we determined to be GTR #20R in their showroom for a while.

>8^)
ER

GTR #20R???????????????:smokin:

SD F1

12-08-2006, 03:23 PM

GTR #20R???????????????:smokin:

OK please spill what you know about the GTR, BTW I appreciate your wealth of knowledge as all of us do!

Thanx
WG

Le Man

12-08-2006, 05:00 PM

OK please spill what you know about the GTR, BTW I appreciate your wealth of knowledge as all of us do!

Thanx
WG :worshippy :worshippy :worshippy

Many thanks for the compliments SD F1.

Erik has probably made a typo error.

This is the GTR in the showroom!!

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/7888/don4qk1.th.png (http://img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=don4qk1.png)..................http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/7043/gtr972ku3.th.png (http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gtr972ku3.png)

28R In FIA GT championship colour scheme.

20R Is at MTC... in 97 LeMans GT1 winning spec.

Peloton25

12-08-2006, 06:08 PM

Indeed I did - my apologies. I've been scatterbrained lately. :banghead:

>8^)
ER

Le Man

12-13-2006, 05:02 PM

Hope this is not a repost!!

www.zent.co.jp (http://www.zent.co.jp) Go to Zent motorsports.....ZAZ museum...gallery

F1gt missing?

Peloton25

12-14-2006, 12:53 AM

The GT has been missing for quite a while. I think what surprises me the most is that #053 is still listed there.

>8^)
ER

Peloton25

12-19-2006, 03:54 AM

hurstg01

12-19-2006, 04:46 AM

:worshippy You must find it really hard being this good!! Top work again from you Erik and bucciali :cheers:

Le Man

12-19-2006, 10:56 AM

Great post Erik, :thumbsup:

Some very interesting pics, thanks.

Peloton25

12-20-2006, 02:24 AM

Something odd I just noticed when I found this image...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/3841956.jpg

The wheels on LM2 aren't engraved with the "F1 LM" logo as seen on LM3 and more recent photos of XP1 LM. :confused:

I was kind of suprised by this and actually thought that it could have been Photoshopped out for some strange reason, but looking at all the other images I have of the LM2 I don't see any evidence of it being there.

Before you ask, yes I am certain it's LM2. I think there will be more good photos to come from this set, but I haven't gotten my fingers on them yet. Searching in the depths of Japanese sites is not the easiest task... :banghead:

>8^)
ER

hurstg01

12-20-2006, 02:59 AM

Searching in the depths of Japanese sites is not the easiest task... :banghead:

>8^)
ER
Very true!!!!
(It's like another language :rofl:)

Peloton25

12-20-2006, 03:52 AM

This shot was on the same page as the LM wheel, along with photos of wheels from a few other ZAZ Museum residents.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/3841962.jpg

I also found this blurry postage-stamp-sized shot of what I would guess is the other white F1 - Okamoto's #031 - on track. This photo was linked from an even smaller thumbnail if you can believe that (gotta love those tiny images on Japanese websites :shakehead) and I literally laughed out loud when I clicked on it and THIS was the "larger" version. :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/pa0_0018_3.jpg

>8^)
ER

hurstg01

12-24-2006, 12:57 PM

Peloton25

12-24-2006, 03:16 PM

hurstg01

12-24-2006, 04:03 PM

Merry Christmas to you too Erik!!! :thumbsup:

PS - I'm loving these 2 shots
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/th_2145393.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/2145393.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/th_2214984.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/2214984.jpg)

cabrio92

12-24-2006, 05:33 PM

Hello,

thank you very much Santa claus ! Oups, I mean Erik :lol:

You're THE man ;)

Phil

Le Man

12-27-2006, 02:43 PM

I think these pics belong in here!!

Found these pics on a Japanese magazine site, I,ve had to register to access wallpapers and vid,s. So as soon as I get confirmation, there may be more!! with any luck.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/5063/tag1pp8.th.png (http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tag1pp8.png) http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5017/tag2np8.th.png (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tag2np8.png) http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1254/tag3et9.th.png (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tag3et9.png)

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/6498/tag4oo2.th.png (http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tag4oo2.png) http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5057/tag5ag7.th.png (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tag5ag7.png) http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/672/tag6er7.th.png (http://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tag6er7.png)

(clickable)

Don,t shoot me if they are a repost.(or do I deserve some :popcorn:)

Please enjoy.

hurstg01

12-27-2006, 02:53 PM

4th pic is new to me, some of the others I had at different lighting shades - good though!!

mini magic

12-27-2006, 02:58 PM

If it was 012, technically it should have GM signature ahead of the chassis plate, right?

Peloton25

12-27-2006, 08:06 PM

If it was 012, technically it should have GM signature ahead of the chassis plate, right?

It took some digging, but this is original quote on that subject from XOTech:

My indication also suggests that only 13 cars were originally hand-signed by Gordon Murray in the way shown on #007. I am aware of at least 2 other car owners that have returned a component to Gordon for his signature.

Note that he doesn't say that "the first 13 were signed", just that 13 cars were.

I can't find any visual evidence of chassis #009 being signed, but chassis #073 and the car believed to be chassis #059 are both signed on the right chassis spar. Also, chassis #013 seen below, while signed by Murray on the brake balance foil, is not signed by the chassis plate like chassis #007 and others we have seen.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/13996_bingo_14_122_590lo.jpg

I just don't see how the Tag Heuer car can be anything but #012.

>8^)
ER

hurstg01

12-28-2006, 12:56 PM

I have managed to locate 3 old (?) short videos of #013 revving (notice in movie #1 the signature of Gordon Murray on the rear brake balance foil)
movie #1 (http://www.sportscarfan.com/yasu/mclaren/0400/mov01.mpg)
movie #2 (http://www.sportscarfan.com/yasu/mclaren/0400/mov02.mpg)
movie #3 (http://www.sportscarfan.com/yasu/mclaren/0400/mov03.mpg)
They are actually part of a longer video from Japan that I found a while ago but can't place my hands on at the mo :screwy: but to be honest these are the best F1 bits of it

TURN UP THE VOLUME! :)

GTI WR6

12-30-2006, 02:06 AM

Another pic of a Bingo F1 at the 2006 Historic Automobile Festival

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4833/2006motegi36yv6.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2006motegi36yv6.jpg)

hurstg01

01-12-2007, 01:48 PM

Anyone heard of the Hasumi Corporation? They seem to have an F1 in their offices in Japan -
http://img21.imagevenue.com/loc367/th_31266_2176872360100180047TFPEkD_ph_122_367lo.jp g (http://img21.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=31266_2176872360100180047TFPEkD_ph_1 22_367lo.jpg)http://img45.imagevenue.com/loc447/th_31271_2478622450100180047rjXetg_ph_122_447lo.jp g (http://img45.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=31271_2478622450100180047rjXetg_ph_1 22_447lo.jpg)http://img152.imagevenue.com/loc472/th_31275_mcl_04_122_472lo.jpg (http://img152.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=31275_mcl_04_122_472lo.jpg)

Anyone know the chassis #?

Peloton25

01-13-2007, 01:06 PM

Nice find Greg! Depending on the age of those photos it looks like it could be chassis #063 to me, as it has those same four holes in the front nose piece. Also Bingo Sports removed #063 from their inventory several weeks ago so there's a good chance they no longer have it. Hopefully we will see more of it soon.

>8^)
ER

hurstg01

01-13-2007, 01:11 PM

hurstg01

01-16-2007, 02:11 PM

A few more of #013 at Bingo Sports (sorry about the small size - thats all they had :banghead: :screwy: :banghead: )

http://img147.imagevenue.com/loc495/th_78080_359480013_ed1a899807_122_495lo.jpg (http://img147.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=78080_359480013_ed1a899807_122_495lo .jpg) http://img11.imagevenue.com/loc306/th_78085_359480010_90f2567f51_122_306lo.jpg (http://img11.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=78085_359480010_90f2567f51_122_306lo .jpg)
http://img174.imagevenue.com/loc342/th_78089_359480007_687f1ef5a0_122_342lo.jpg (http://img174.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=78089_359480007_687f1ef5a0_122_342lo .jpg) http://img169.imagevenue.com/loc562/th_78090_359480004_d0b22ca738_o_122_562lo.jpg (http://img169.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=78090_359480004_d0b22ca738_o_122_562 lo.jpg)
http://img154.imagevenue.com/loc475/th_78091_359480008_6937b12614_o_122_475lo.jpg (http://img154.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=78091_359480008_6937b12614_o_122_475 lo.jpg) http://img124.imagevenue.com/loc501/th_78214_359480015_581fe271ab_122_501lo.jpg (http://img124.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=78214_359480015_581fe271ab_122_501lo .jpg)

hurstg01

04-07-2007, 01:31 PM

Just found a video of #013 (http://www.hobidas.com/tv/asx/rosso/rosso_09.asx) on track with an Enzo, cockpit shots and everything. Turn up that volume from 04.40 onwards!!

(Hope its not a repost :redface:)

Peloton25

04-07-2007, 11:25 PM

Great find Greg!!

I just permanently borrowed the file. :naughty: I will put it up in a place where I can share it with the group shortly. :cool:

>8^)
ER

hurstg01

05-01-2007, 09:09 AM

The Ex-Ron Dennis car......(give away is the windscreen banner)
http://img19.imagevenue.com/loc683/th_28494_untitled9_122_683lo.JPG (http://img19.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=28494_untitled9_122_683lo.JPG)
I've never seen that pic before....

hurstg01

05-22-2007, 03:46 AM

2 new (?) shots of #003

http://img129.imagevenue.com/loc592/th_23560_003_122_592lo.JPG (http://img129.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=23560_003_122_592lo.JPG) http://img9.imagevenue.com/loc939/th_23561_003-1_122_939lo.JPG (http://img9.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=23561_003-1_122_939lo.JPG)

Peloton25

05-22-2007, 09:59 AM

New for me - appear to have been taken at ELG again.

>8^)
ER

peter i

05-22-2007, 11:12 AM

http://rapidshare.de/files/7251667/ELGmclaren.WMV.html
A link to the ELG Engineering video mentioned above. Rapidshare hosts for limited time-frame only so link will be dead in a short time. Download now or ask forum regulars later.

Last but not least: Enjoy!! I hope you like it...

Here is the old link from google video http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6049026119359239898&q=ELG+engineering

I hope I can upload a new file video to You tube soon...... :smooch:

bucciali

08-13-2007, 06:16 AM

ZAZ Museum has finally come online.

http://motorsports.zent.co.jp/kan02.html

http://img151.imagevenue.com/loc723/th_03992_mclaren-f1-lm_122_723lo.jpg (http://img151.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=03992_mclaren-f1-lm_122_723lo.jpg)

No GT at sight.....where did it go??? Still in ZAZ storage? Sold???

hurstg01

08-13-2007, 06:54 AM

Good find! :thumbsup:

re the GT - nope, not in storage or sold......it may be back there in a while ;)

hurstg01

11-11-2007, 02:06 PM

#012 (?)
http://img184.imagevenue.com/loc259/th_11657_Japan1_122_259lo.jpg (http://img184.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=11657_Japan1_122_259lo.jpg) http://img134.imagevenue.com/loc205/th_11658_Japan2_122_205lo.jpg (http://img134.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=11658_Japan2_122_205lo.jpg)

bucciali

11-15-2007, 04:39 PM

25R - Alive and well, at the 2007 Le Mans Classic in Japan, from 10-11 November. Only picture from it so far.

http://img137.imagevenue.com/loc515/th_65943_P1000714_25R_alive_and_well_LMCJ07_122_51 5lo.jpg (http://img137.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=65943_P1000714_25R_alive_and_well_LM CJ07_122_515lo.jpg)

EDIT: 3 pictures and counting

http://img168.imagevenue.com/loc841/th_69593_lmcj-07-mclf1_122_841lo.jpg (http://img168.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69593_lmcj-07-mclf1_122_841lo.jpg) http://img155.imagevenue.com/loc735/th_01945_IMG_2702.JPG_Thumbnail1_122_735lo.jpg (http://img155.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=01945_IMG_2702.JPG_Thumbnail1_122_73 5lo.jpg)