F1 up for auction

[jayfive]

looks like another F1 is up for auction.

http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCar...F08&CarID=r203

[Peloton25]

Nice, but their description, referring to this car as "the last roadgoing F1 ever produced" is brutally inaccurate.

>8^)
ER

[hurstg01]

nice pics

[webslinger283]

i don't believe that they were saying that is was the last production car...just that is was the last production car that was sold...since it was the show car for the mclaren showroom. whether that is true or not i have no clue...but i think that is what they were trying to say

[Peloton25]

What you suggest should indeed be true, but how it is worded in their auction description is not correct. I think part of the confusion centers around people knowing that there were 64 production road cars and this being chassis #065. How they make that work in their heads is a mystery to me, but there were similar claims made when McLaren originally sold this car a few years back.

>8^)
ER

[svxit]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

What you suggest should indeed be true, but how it is worded in their auction description is not correct. I think part of the confusion centers around people knowing that there were 64 production road cars and this being chassis #065. How they make that work in their heads is a mystery to me, but there were similar claims made when McLaren originally sold this car a few years back.

>8^)
ER

I remember when this car went up for sale, there was a short write-up about it in AutoWeek. At the time, they said it was the last unregistered F1 as it had been on display in the showroom, but not the last one produced. Looks like these lot have their "lasts" mixed up.

As I was reading it, I wondered about something else that you may be able to clarify: Were the XPs considered part of the production run? I was never quite sure if they were part of the 64 road cars or not.

[Peloton25]

XPs were counted separately.

>8^)
ER

[hurstg01]

Here are a few pics from the preview evening yesterday, taken from PH.com

[roger_ph]

These pics are from RM-Auction's own homepage:







Roger

[hurstg01]

SOLD for $3.68m, way above the high estimate of $2.48m

Equates to £2.3m +10% premium

[Le Man]

Originally Posted by hurstg01

SOLD for $3.68m, way above the high estimate of $2.48m

Very interesting!!

This chassis is being handled like a piece of art work The car was designed to be driven, lets hope the new owner puts some mileage on it.

credits as per pic.

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by hurstg01

SOLD for $3.68m, way above the high estimate of $2.48m

Jawdropping price!

>8^)
ER

[mini magic]

Unbelievable

[mini magic]

Guess i'll add it to my price chart/graph

[hurstg01]

Originally Posted by Another Forum Site

"car was purchased by an amusing American gentleman from Louisiana, who claims it will be exported to the USA & kept in its present little used condition."
"There was fierce bidding for the car & Chris Evans arrived 5mins before said McLarens time on the podium, and although he didn't appear to be bidding, I'm not so sure that he didn't have something to do with the rival bids??"

Never mind Le Man........