Sultan of Bruneis's car collection

[Deisel Weisel]

A list dating from 2006: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/sultan-o...

[SpeckledJim]

C70GT said:

I've not seen the collection, but have seen one of the cars close up.

In the late nineties I went to a Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Cub annual rally and parked up in the Silver Cloud row. Next car to arrive and park next to me was an absolutely stunning Silver Cloud Drophead, owned by the Sultan. The car was a 1964 model that had been returned to Rolls-Royce for a complete last nut and bolt restoration and the annual rally was it's first trip out following restoration. To say it was truly stunning is the understatement of the year, it was truly, truly stunning and more some. The dazzling scarlet paintwork burnt your retinas just looking at it and needless to say the quality of craftsmanship was beyond compare. It was rumoured that the restoration had cost £300,000 plus, which in the 90's was an incredible amount. http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...

The Sultan (and Prince Jefri) basically kept Pyms Lane afloat for a few years.

Proper 'think of a number and triple-it' time for the luxury manufacturers they patronised, and they bought many many dozens of unique bespoke cars at totally, totally, totally ludicrous prices.

Then they forgot about them and let them bake/rot. Most of them never turned a wheel.

The way they abused the national wealth of Brunei was and is utterly disgusting.

[Fun Bus]

Have a read of the linked article further up and your questions will be answered.

[nct001]

A very good mate of mine sold the sultan the number plate

JB1

Anyone know if this is true he bought it / on one of his cars?

[thegreenhell]

sim16v said:

wolfracesonic said:

FourWheelDrift said:

More info here - https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/the-sultan-of-b...

Interesting, the collection was in dire states by 2011 it seems, so It will be even worse or non existent by now, I would imagine.

I personally think that saying the cars are beyond saving is rubbish.

If they were sold at a "sensible" price, they would be financially viable to restore.

Anything is restorable/repairable, if it is worth more than purchase price + resto costs, then it is worth doing.

Not beyond saving, but certainly pretty dire, check out the Countach Anniversary towards the bottom of this thread:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[jamoor]

Maybe not the same, but totally worth a visit if you're ever in the UAE, particulary a PHER
http://visitabudhabi.ae/en/see.and.do/attractions....