Diving Ambition Owners copy on Ebay

[tortoise]

Originally Posted by LMMike

Thanks, the reason I was asking is because if I ever found one I would hope it would have been printed in by the printers. I don't feel comfortable taking a chance with one that someone simply had written in, it could be made up info just to attempt to add value to it. You would think it would have been printed in by the printing company the same way everything else had the chassis number embossed or engraved.

If you saw a book, it would be pretty clear whether it was genuine. The part that was written by hand is not just casually scribbled in. It's carefully written in a semi-calligraphic hand, as I said, in order to personalise the book. IIRC they also wrote the production date, and maybe a couple of other items. In the same ink, Dennis, Murray and Creighton Brown signed each book.
If you were concerned about a possible fake, I'd expect the factory to be willing to look at an image of one of the handwritten entries and offer an opinion.

[LMMike]

The one I found was chassis number 003 everything was hand written in bold black ink I was skeptical because that car was supposed to belong to Ron Dennis, what are the chances of it having been his manual. The guy selling it had a great rep and maybe he had nothing to do with what was written in it, it may have been that way when he found it. I'm not sure McLaren would bother with me if I asked that question, I'm not sure how people friendly they are. By the way I'd love to know how you acquired your info?

[carbuilder2002]

I have no doubt they would be more than willing to prove or disprove it's authenticity.

[LMMike]

Hey carbuilder, I'll give them a try, can't hurt. I have been reading your posts over the years, thanks for the past info.

[carbuilder2002]

Well I would assume they would be more than happy to weed out any forgeries that are out there being touted as real but from what I have been reading it sounds pretty genuine to me

[Peloton25]

You could also inquire with Bill Noon at Symbolic as to whether chassis #003 had it's original owner's manual with the car when it passed through his hands early last year. There's always the possibility he keeps record of those sorts of things.

>8^)
ER

[carbuilder2002]

It does seem odd that an owner would let it be parted from the car

[LMMike]

Thanks everyone for the tips, I will give McLaren and Symbolic Motors a try.

[hurstg01]

It's listed again, same price

[LMMike]

Thanks, I had a look. the listing is still the same as before, no changes.