Flemke - Is this your McLaren? (Vol 5)
Discussion
PAUL.S. said:
They are hardly the rotting corpses dumped in the humid Brunei jungle that many wanted people to actually believe!
As more emerged about Prince Jefri's exploits, it also became apparent not all cars were treated equally.There absolutely are/were abandoned and rainforest reclaimed garages where the cars (some pretty unique and fairly special) were absolutely f
ked.There were also though some garages that had been maintained, kept powered/dehumidified/etc. - and it seems the F1s at least were kept in those.
Sway said:
PAUL.S. said:
They are hardly the rotting corpses dumped in the humid Brunei jungle that many wanted people to actually believe!
As more emerged about Prince Jefri's exploits, it also became apparent not all cars were treated equally.There absolutely are/were abandoned and rainforest reclaimed garages where the cars (some pretty unique and fairly special) were absolutely f
ked.There were also though some garages that had been maintained, kept powered/dehumidified/etc. - and it seems the F1s at least were kept in those.
Sheehan made a lot of claims, no doubt to scare off other potential buyers at the time, but no pics of such ever emerged
h0b0 said:
Not sure that's the Brunei collection - yes, there's a lot of LaF's and yes, he can buy them all, but I think that shot came from an event in Italy?....hurstg01 said:
h0b0 said:
Not sure that's the Brunei collection - yes, there's a lot of LaF's and yes, he can buy them all, but I think that shot came from an event in Italy?....hurstg01 said:
h0b0 said:
Not sure that's the Brunei collection - yes, there's a lot of LaF's and yes, he can buy them all, but I think that shot came from an event in Italy?....https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/ferrari-e...
PAUL.S. said:
Sway said:
PAUL.S. said:
They are hardly the rotting corpses dumped in the humid Brunei jungle that many wanted people to actually believe!
As more emerged about Prince Jefri's exploits, it also became apparent not all cars were treated equally.There absolutely are/were abandoned and rainforest reclaimed garages where the cars (some pretty unique and fairly special) were absolutely f
ked.There were also though some garages that had been maintained, kept powered/dehumidified/etc. - and it seems the F1s at least were kept in those.
Sheehan made a lot of claims, no doubt to scare off other potential buyers at the time, but no pics of such ever emerged
There was at least one garage where the roof had fallen in, and lianas/jungle was very evidently eating through the cars contained - things like Merc S Classes rather than Ferrari and McLaren.
Finale said:
E90_M3Ross said:
Must admit I'm not a massive fan of the rear of that version of the F1..... Longtail? Or just HDK?
What's HDK ?I Googled with no success .
The car in question however is an F1 GT, the road car version of the Longtail.
Most also think it is one collection where as in fact the Sultan has one vast one, and his brother Price Jeffri had another. Then there are newer princes with the latest supercars, still mainly lhd.
When it was found Prince Jeffri had been upto no good with state funds a number of years ago, the Sultan cut him off and his collection gathered dust as a result, which is the element which went into apparent decay as power to the a/c systems was shut down, so those pics may be of his facilities.
When it was found Prince Jeffri had been upto no good with state funds a number of years ago, the Sultan cut him off and his collection gathered dust as a result, which is the element which went into apparent decay as power to the a/c systems was shut down, so those pics may be of his facilities.
thegreenhell said:
Finale said:
E90_M3Ross said:
Must admit I'm not a massive fan of the rear of that version of the F1..... Longtail? Or just HDK?
What's HDK ?I Googled with no success .
The car in question however is an F1 GT, the road car version of the Longtail.
Sway said:
Sods law, but I now can't find the article I remember - but that also aligned with remarks made by a colleague who worked in Brunei for a number of years and was held in very high regard.
There was at least one garage where the roof had fallen in, and lianas/jungle was very evidently eating through the cars contained - things like Merc S Classes rather than Ferrari and McLaren.
Could be this one: https://ferraris-online.com/a-princely-collection-...There was at least one garage where the roof had fallen in, and lianas/jungle was very evidently eating through the cars contained - things like Merc S Classes rather than Ferrari and McLaren.
There was a PH'er who started life as an avid car spotter (Not Shmee, possibly Alex Penfold?) young kid who spent his time 10+ years ago running around London taking pics, almost certain he fell into the Middle East crowd and had exclusive access to the Sultan and two princes car collections, he shared pictures of the air hanger type buildings they where stored in, some looking like show rooms and some looking like 'Barn find' type conditions.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff