Recap of Japanese F1 fleet - Part 1

[zx4000]

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]

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by bucciali

Nice work man, nice freaking work!

>8^)
ER

[bucciali]

Thanks man. It's nice to just drop that off, after having been so silent for a while. There was bound to be material on them sooner or later. I'm just glad they were not taken through the window :-)

Here's a few more gems out of Nippon:



Don't know when these were taken, but it seems to be 003.

[jayfive]

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

[hurstg01]

Some great Pics Bucciali!

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by jayfive

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:



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


Photo #1 comes 'oh so close' to making it into the chassis plaque thread.

>8^)
ER

[jayfive]

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

[PatrickT82]

amazing!

[ArchangelGTR]

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

Thanks all for the pics.

[bucciali]

Here's the rest of what I found of the Bingosport F1's

[Peloton25]

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.





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



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



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

>8^)
ER

[hurstg01]

#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.... )

[Peloton25]

#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.

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]

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



Also grabbed these while there!!