Recap of Japanese F1 fleet - Part 1

[countachal]

WoW! any chance of some scans? Please

[hurstg01]

[countachal]

Thanks Greg appreciate the effort.

[bucciali]

From a larger collection taken at Light Auto, shared at SCF.com:



Not sure when they were taken. Can't remember that I saw the window banner before.

[Peloton25]

In the News column: BingoSports have now marked their silver F1 road car as SOLD.

So much for one stop shopping.

>8^)
ER

[Peloton25]

And continuing the "Twilight Zone" like story that is McLaren F1 chassis #013...

It's for sale again, this time with an interesting story attached, and the photos once again show GM's signature on the wing.

http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/find...lCarID=1780214

Silver exterior with grey leather interior, red leather inserts in center driver seat

Only 10,440 Km from new

Only 64 road cars ever built!

With original Facom Tool Chest, Leather luggage

In EXCELLENT condition

Serviced only by McLaren authorized technicians

It is silver, with grey interior (red inserts in driver seat), (1994 production), 10,440 Km, and only 3 owners since new.

I sold it for first owner in February 2007 to a UK client, the 2nd owner. He brought it to the UK, enjoyed it for 6 months, had it serviced at McLaren, then sold back to Japan in 2008 to a real estate developer in Tokyo, the current owner. He wishes me to find a buyer for it as he has no time to drive it. (the 2nd owner did not want to pay VAT so sold it before paying this, so not VAT paid).

It was serviced while in the UK in 2007, new cats installed, and fresh.

It has always been maintained 100% by McLaren only throughout its life, and this car has spent most of its life in private collections, in Japan most all its life except for the 6 months with #2 London owner.

In 2005 a major service was performed by McLaren, new clutch, upgraded radiators, etc. And, McLaren also installed new fuel tanks in August 2006 (a $40,000 cost by McLaren) which are good through 2011.

It has the leather bags from new, Facom tool chest, books (owners manual & service books), and is a complete car in excellent condition, and in superb condition, mechanically & cosmetically.

>8^)
ER

[hurstg01]

So the Bingo Sports one doesn't look like it was #013 after all - Gordons scribble is on the BBF and the interior doesn't have the screen seen in the Bingo Sports website pics

[Peloton25]

You mean the one they had on their website a while back, right? Because these pics have also been taken at BingoSports. Tough to tell whether these are recent photos or not though.

Fun little game we play - I just love, love, love silver F1s.

>8^)
ER

[Peloton25]

Solving the recent mystery of the silver car that was back in BingoSports inventory is another post from LP4.com who works in the car trade biz in the UK:

Bingo Sports still have number 13 for sale, although on consignment from the owner who, has just had it over in the uk at the factory, i believe a deposit has been taken on it in the past few weeks.

So that settles it for me - they did indeed take back #013 after it's world tour and it somehow not only lost it's red stripes in all this, but also the extremely unique signature from Gordon Murray that had been on the corner of the Brake Balance Foil. Hopefully they just fitted a new one to the car and someone kept the autographed one for a display piece?

This same source was also able to confirm that the silver car currently advertised by SPS in HK is actually chassis #064 shown in detail on their website, even though the images in their current ad on Anamera.com show #063 instead. To me, that means the silver F1 road car that appeared in the ZAZ Museum in 2008 was more than likely #063 coming back to Japan as I heard one of the SPS cars had.

What a helpful guy!

>8^)
ER

[zx4000]

As Mr.'Tsuzuki's right hand man told me in my 2009 May ZaZ visit, the son of Tsuzuki has chassis no. 006 which has been sent to Mclaren for the every refit at that time with 6months of timeframe. But i am not fairly sure as to coming back of 063 into there.

And not only the black/gray painting for 54F1 GT but also some refinement probably took almost 2years to be completed if i was correct to listening.

Here are more shots in addition to the previous ones.

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by zx4000

As Mr.'Tsuzuki's right hand man told me in my 2009 May ZaZ visit, the son of Tsuzuki has chassis no. 006 which has been sent to Mclaren for the every refit at that time with 6months of timeframe. But i am not fairly sure as to coming back of 063 into there.

And not only the black/gray painting for 54F1 GT but also some refinement probably took almost 2years to be completed if i was correct to listening.

Interesting details you share and I am very pleased to hear of whose hands #006 ended up in. :thumbup:

One thing that is now puzzling is that the photo Le Man shared of a new silver F1 road car inside the ZAZ Museum was included in this thread on 07-29-2008.

The online advertisement showing chassis #006 for sale was discovered later than that, and shared in a separate thread posted by Roger in November 2008.

So, that silver F1 from Le Man's photo probably wasn't #006 I am guessing, even if ZAZ eventually ended up with #006 later.

Any chance of you supplying a clear chassis plate photo of either the ZAZ F1 LM or the F1 GT from your excellent images?

>8^)
ER

[payso]

Originally Posted by zx4000

As Mr.'Tsuzuki's right hand man told me in my 2009 May ZaZ visit, the son of Tsuzuki has chassis no. 006 which has been sent to Mclaren for the every refit at that time with 6months of timeframe. But i am not fairly sure as to coming back of 063 into there.

And not only the black/gray painting for 54F1 GT but also some refinement probably took almost 2years to be completed if i was correct to listening.

Here are more shots in addition to the previous ones.

pics

[zx4000]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

Interesting details you share and I am very pleased to hear of whose hands #006 ended up in. :thumbup:

One thing that is now puzzling is that the photo Le Man shared of a new silver F1 road car inside the ZAZ Museum was included in this thread on 07-29-2008.

The online advertisement showing chassis #006 for sale was discovered later than that, and shared in a separate thread posted by Roger in November 2008.

So, that silver F1 from Le Man's photo probably wasn't #006 I am guessing, even if ZAZ eventually ended up with #006 later.

Any chance of you supplying a clear chassis plate photo of either the ZAZ F1 LM or the F1 GT from your excellent images?

>8^)
ER

Safety belt was just removed for further better photos with his assisstance but he was very worried about to getting those "verified shots" down to public although its already well-known facts stuffs.

He told me as to sold-out of 053 to SPS Hong-Kong and talks very often with Mr.Nelson because the girlfriend of Nelson speaks Japanese very well. The owner of 009 in NZ ever visited there a few years back. Regarding the #054, he gave me the email of owner for contact or test drive.

[Peloton25]

Wait - isn't the black GT (#054) still in Brunei??

One more thing, did you happen to see the chassis plate inside the car? I mean, no doubt it is #058, but I am curious if it looked any different than one found in a normal F1 road car, or if it perhaps said "58F1GT" on it instead of the expected "CHASSIS NO. 058"? Thanks!

>8^)
ER

[cabrio92]

Ugh,

what an interesting post, we cannot wait for further information

Phil