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Given that we are talking about a 206, if the car isn't truly complete it will be difficult to make it complete. Glass, steering wheel, shift knob, outside filler cap, gauges, switches, tools, document pouch, documents and all sorts of other bits are unobtainable. While reproduction bits for some things are available, they are often easily distinguishable from the original bits. It appears there is a great deal of work to be done on the body and given that the entire car is made of aluminum, this is going to take some very skilled labor. If I were in the market for a 206GT, I would part with $500K+ for a good car rather than spend $250K on this one and then spend the difference or more to make this one great. While the journey is the reward, this looks like a long and hard journey with a questionable destination. My $0.02. Keith
Having a sense of humor, if I had the money to waste, I think this thing should be sent to Classiche just for fun. It would be fun to see what happens.
Don't forget, zero, zip documentation with this car. Granted, they might get it out of Japan, but I assure you, it would never get in, to this 3rd world country. I would love the project, but, and that is a big but, is it really worth the headaches, even with the badly focused pix and sundry missing parts? I mean, and don't want to be mean, but the fellow in Japan, is hardly what you would call Mr. Communicative, so factor in a trip there and, and, and.... Nahhhh...got enough issues of my own. I will be really surprised if anyone buys it, unless there is a HUGE price reduction. Regards, Alberto
I raced 0398 for about 2 years back in the early 80's. It came to me from Tom Price who bought it from Clive Doyle. Clive had raced the car a bit in England, but I was never able to document any race history previous to his ownership. There was a rumor that the car was run as a privateer entry in the European Hillclimb Championship by the Swiss owner, but I could never find it. I sold the car on to Mike Sheehan, who raced it a couple of times and then sold it to a buyer in SoCal. The new owner crashed it at Riverside in his first race, spinning and backing it into the wall outside Turn 3 (according to a friend who was there). I was told the crash damage did not involve the frame, but the body needed repair. That is the last I ever heard of the car until now. It was certainly RHD when I got it, but I don't know how it started life. There was also a substantial spares package with the car when I sold it, with spare engine, gearbox, wheels, etc. but I imagine that is all gone now. As I recall the car had stock running gear with a fancy exhaust, modified nose, and a single racing seat. It also had an oil cooler mounted up in the nose. It ran and drove beautifully, had been nicely restored, and was completely corrosion-free. But that was 30 years ago.
Sorry, but I looked at my old photos and the car was LHD when I had it. 30 years and the memories are fading. Rob
Sorry. I meant the 1/18 model. I believe it is a 246 model made to look like the subject 206GT. I would buy the 1/18 I'm afraid. I'm ambitious. But I have two big projects already.
I just got a look at the photos of 0398. It's too bad, as it really was a good car. I have attached a photo of me racing the car in Palm Springs in 1985, showing that it was definitely LHD at that time. RHD conversion must have been done in Japan, or maybe the conversion was never completed and that is why it is apart. Good luck to the buyer. I can't imagine it would be competive as a racing car, and converting it back to road car will involve the expense of sorting out the nose bodywork and rebuilding the subframes to support the front bumpers, as I think those had been removed. Rob Image Unavailable, Please Login
I just noticed that the instrument binnacle is still located on the left side in the photos the buyer sent, which tells me the RHD conversion was never completed, or that they just stuck the steering column on the right side to make it look like it is RHD. Rob
