Sultan of Brunei's Car Collection

[basman007]

Ferrari 355 Berlinetta - 3 pictures
Two F355's

Ferrari 355 GTS - 1 picture

Ferrari 355 Spider - 10 pictures
Fantastic colour combo

Ferrari 308 GTB Vetroresina - 1 picture

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano - 3 pictures
This one has been requested alot on forums for some reason.


Ferrari - Part 2 Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/21.html

[basman007]

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Lamborghini LM002 Special by Salvatore Diomante - 10 pictures
First up are a few pics of the silver/grey LM002 that, after Brunei and the UK, is now in Germany. For the first time we can have a good look at the passenger compartment. This Lamborghini seats no less than 7 people! Or 4 grown ups with 6 childeren. And all of that with the luxury of leather and walnut, colour tv, phone and bar.

Then there are three (official) photo's of a white LM002. This one is pretty much the same as the grey one, except for a raised roof. This time Diomante was asked to make an LM002 Estate in wich a person 170 cm tall can stand upright.


Lamborghini Diablo SE30 - 4 pictures
One of my favourite Lamborghini's in a fantastic white colour. The interior is of blue alcantara suede and a purple roof.


Lamborghini Gallardo - 1 picture


Lamborghini Murcielago - 2 pictures


Lamborghini Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/8.html

[basman007]

Another day, another post
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BMW 850i - 2 pictures

BMW Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/3.html



Land Rover Defender - 4 pictures
Various State Review models

Land Rover/Range Rover Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/16.html



Lotus Turbo Esprit - 1 picture

Pontiac Transam - 1 picture

TVR Tuscan - 1 picture

Prevost by Marathon Coach - 5 pictures
This is a 1996-97 Prevost by Marathon 45 feet. Marathon Coach is the world's largest luxury Prevost converter.

Various Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/19.html



Mini Convertible - 1 picture

Mini Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/24.html



Rolls Royce Phantom VI - 1 picture
One good pic of the wonderfull (brown) Phantom VI

Rolls Royce Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/12.html



Vector M12 - 1 picture
It was allready known, but here is one picture to show it's current location: The Marconi Museum. A very special place to store your car temporarily The Marconi Collection can pretty much be dubbed the Brunei museum now

Vector Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/13.html

[basman007]

- Aston Update -
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Aston Martin V8 Zagato - 3 pictures
The Italian coachbuilder created one of the greatest and truly most beautiful cars of all time with the DB4GT Zagato back in 1960. They say that lightning doesn't strike the same place twice. But the lightning bolt that is Zagato, struck Newport Pagnell for a second time in 1986 with the brutal Vantage Zagato. Announced a year previously at the 1985 Geneva Motor Show, the eventual unveiling a year later and every one of the 50 production cars had been pre-sold to customers placing a £15,000 deposit for the £87,000 machine. The standard Vantage was at the time one of, if not the fastest cars in the world; by reducing the wheelbase, loosing the rear seats, tweaking the engine and fitting a new slippery body with flush fitting glass, the Zagato became the ultimate Aston.

Unfortunately, many were not overly impressed by the final styling of the new Zagato. One of the most controversial aspects of the design was the 'power bulge' which was so necessary to house the airbox for the massive Weber 48 IDA carbs bored out to 50mm. Although a flat bonnet was originally intended with a fuel injection system underneath, this would probably not have produced sufficient power to achieve the promised 300 kph top speed.



Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante - 1 picture
This is the 1986 Birmingham Motor Show car. What a stunner
With a maximum speed in excess of 160 mph, these were the fastest four seater convertible cars of their time. Indeed even a mid 90's Virage Volante couldn't keep up with one of these - although a 6.3 Volante would come close.



Aston Martin V8 Zagato Volante - 3 pictures
A Volante version made its debut at the 1987 Geneva Auto Show and was offered at an even more limited run of only 25, although a total of 37 were eventually made due to high demand. This is that 1987 Geneva Motorshow car. Interesting about this car is that it was in fact a conversion of a coupe and was built to full Vantage specification (so that means the 432 BHP 580X engine then).



Aston Martin Virage - 5 pictures



Aston Martin Virage Volante Special - 2 pictures
A black one next to the 6,3 Virage Volante. But I don't think it's just any Volante. The front end is special, almost like a 6,3 conversion front end, except for the lip. But the rear doesn't match that of a regular 6.3, nor the wheels or hood. The hood looks kinda like the Works coachbuilt Lightweight. :c



Aston Martin Virage Volante 6,3 - 15 pictures
Showing three different Virage Volante with the Works Service 6.3 upgrade: one blue one and two greenish cars.

Kingsley Riding-Felce, Service Division Director, said every effort had been made throughout not to lose the the standard Virage's flexibility and practicality. "We did not wish to end up with a massively-powerful and unsocial car which would be unsuitable for anything but motorways," he said. "With the 6.3 we have achieved our objective of a high-performance and yet still classic sports car which is eminently suitable for everyday use and a great pleasure to drive. Its handling and road holding are also of the highest order, yet here too the driver's and passenger's comfort has been important".

Suspension modifications include different spring and shock absorber ratings and revised roll bars and wishbone mountings, and 285 / 45 ZR Goodyear Eagle tyres are on special 18in alloy wheels. Bodywork changes include flared wheel arches and revised front spoiler, with a boot-lid spoiler option. The vented and drilled disc brakes are the largest fitted to a production car, and the calipers are Group C racing developed.



Aston Martin V8 Volante LWB Convertible - 2 pictures
Later Volante convertibles were built to the V8 Coupe's improved specification, and then in 1998 a further variation on the theme became available. Premiered at the London Motor Show in October, this was a long-wheelbase version of the Volante benefiting from a 200mm stretch that increased rear passenger leg room and luggage space. By the time production of Aston Martin's long running V8 finally ceased in 2000, just 64 of these last-of-the-line Volantes had been built compared with 234 of the standard shorter-wheelbase version.



Aston Martin DB7 - 2 pictures



Aston Martin Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/1.html

[basman007]

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McLaren F1 LM - 3 pictures
! Pictures of the awesome LM1 taken at McLaren.

McLaren F1 - 9 pictures
Of 002, 014 and 008 during construction.

McLaren Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/9.html

[basman007]

Americans. These modern cars aren't the primary focus of this thread/my interest, but I came across them and might as well share a few of the pics I found, right?


Chrysler 300C - 1 picture

Dodge Viper - 12 pictures

Chrysler Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/27.html


Ford GT - 7 pictures

Ford Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/26.html


Hummer H2 - 11 pictures
Two modified H2's.

GM Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/25.html


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[basman007]

Let's continue yesterday's theme of more recent cars. I like this batch of cars alot , and the colours on the MB's are great!



Audi R8 - 1 picture

Volkswagen Pheaton - 1 picture

Volkswagen Touareg - 1 picture

VAG Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/28.html



Ferrari F430 - 4 pictures

Ferrari - Part 2 Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/21.html



Maserati Quattroporte - 1 picture

Maserati Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/22.html



Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren - 11 pictures

Brabus SV12 S Biturbo Coupe - 4 pictures

Mercedes-Benz CL500 - 3 pictures

Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG - 5 pictures

Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG - 3 pictures

Mercedes-Benz W220 S600 - 1 picture

Mercedes-Benz G500 - 1 picture

Mercedes-Benz ML55 AMG - 1 picture

Mercedes-Benz - Part 2 Gallery page: http://www.**************/gallery/129612/976/20.html



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[sumlin]

Originally Posted by basman007

I was still wondering about this picture btw. Can anyone help me?

Hi, just spent the whole morning reading this thread. Amazing stuff. I spent my youth as a real car buff but then lost interest as I got older. My friend bought a Maserati recently and it re-opened that 'car' part of my brain again.

Anyway, I don't have any info on the yellow F40 other than I saw it stuck in traffic on the M25 a couple of years ago. I assumed it was a copy because it was yellow and RHD but obviously not. There were a few other interesting cars in the same traffic jam (I seem to remember a C Type Jag) so I assumed it was someone moving some stock or cars being taken to auction maybe.

Also can someone explain why the links to Basmans gallery won't show for me? The link is just *****'d out. Thanks.

[basman007]

Originally Posted by sumlin

Hi, just spent the whole morning reading this thread. Amazing stuff. I spent my youth as a real car buff but then lost interest as I got older. My friend bought a Maserati recently and it re-opened that 'car' part of my brain again.

Anyway, I don't have any info on the yellow F40 other than I saw it stuck in traffic on the M25 a couple of years ago. I assumed it was a copy because it was yellow and RHD but obviously not. There were a few other interesting cars in the same traffic jam (I seem to remember a C Type Jag) so I assumed it was someone moving some stock or cars being taken to auction maybe.

Also can someone explain why the links to Basmans gallery won't show for me? The link is just *****'d out. Thanks.

Hi there and welcome Cool to hear you saw the yellow F40, must have been a beautifull sight. It's remarkable how few times it has been spotted while it has been out and about a few times.

About the *****'d out url. Fchat is a bad sport, quite tasteless imho
try this: s u p e r c a r s . n e t /PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217

[sumlin]

Originally Posted by basman007

Hi there and welcome Cool to hear you saw the yellow F40, must have been a beautifull sight. It's remarkable how few times it has been spotted while it has been out and about a few times.

About the *****'d out url. Fchat is a bad sport, quite tasteless imho
try this: s u p e r c a r s . n e t /PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217

Thanks!

[Martin D]

don't know how known this Lamborghini is, but I saw it this saturday at the Retro Classic in Stuttgart on the visitors parking place.

Martin

[Martin D]

and some more

[basman007]

Originally Posted by Martin D

don't know how known this Lamborghini is, but I saw it this saturday at the Retro Classic in Stuttgart on the visitors parking place.

Martin

Wonderfull photo's, Martin Congrats on seeing it irl and thanks alot for sharing your pictures with us

[gollum]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

Great information - I had the details of a longtail road car (the black one) having been in Brunei from a very credible source and was suprised when others claimed that was not correct.

McLaren built 3 of the cars, but not all were black. The breakdown on longtail road car chassis, officially called the "F1 GT" looks like this.

54F1GT - Black - Originally in Brunei, now most likely in a private collection in England. The current owner's name is believed to be John Studdelhome or Stuttleholm or something like that.

56XPGT - Silverstone Green - this was the prototype hence the 'XP' designation in the chassis number. At last report, McLaren was still in possession of this car. It used to be on display at the new McLaren Technology Center in Woking, but hasn't been seen in a while. McLaren has in the past offered this car for sale privately at a quoted price of £1M, but up until late-2003 had seen no takers. They may or may not still have it and I hope to have more info soon.

58F1GT - Burgundy - last seen in the ZAZ Museum in Nagoya, Japan which is owned by Yoshio Tsuzuki. This car has not been seen in photos taken inside the museum within the past year and may have been sold. Two other F1s from Tsuzuki's collection were sold in the past year (#053 & GTR #13R), so this one may have gone as well. Tsuzuki is the original and current owner of LM2 and also owned road car chassis #018 at one point.

>8^)
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hi all,

yup the black F1 GT (56XPGT), still here in brunei.

F1 GTR (09R), STILL HERE TOO

AND the 3 F1 LM too..

[SefacHotRodder]

Originally Posted by gollum

hi all,

yup the black F1 GT (56XPGT), still here in brunei.

F1 GTR (09R), STILL HERE TOO

AND the 3 F1 LM too..

Do you know if any of the roadcars besides 014 have left?

[gollum]

Originally Posted by furious_ferrari

I'd be willing to pay you if you have any pictures of the 2 Black Mclaren F1 LMs. There is not a single real picture of the cars released to the public. PM me.

how much will u pay for the pics?

[#Lennard]

Seeing the new pics (SLR/R8/etc.) I assume they are still buying cars, but not as crazy as they used to

[gollum]

Originally Posted by SefacHotRodder

Do you know if any of the roadcars besides 014 have left?

theres only 2 road car left (didnt note the number), grey and dark blue

[SefacHotRodder]

Thank you

[5815]

I recall some questions being asked what was DPD and DPM on the car registrations.
DPD - Duli Pengiran DiGadong, (Prince Jefri's title)
DPM - Duli Pengiran Muda, (the Sultan's son)