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exiges1
11-08-2015, 05:08 PM
Interesting and mostly complimentary NSX piece in this months mag, the car even makes it as the centrefold. According to the article its owned by Honda UK and was the first UK car, a pre production model used mostly for transmission testing. It was saved by two Honda UK engineers from the scrap heap after it broke loose from a dyno and smashed through a wall wrecking it. Good on them for rebuilding it.

http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/webkit-fake-url://d7af967e-c17b-4e0d-aa63-7d7e00f8e61e/imagejpeghttp://www.nsxcb.co.uk/webkit-fake-url://0a826789-2a0d-4588-bdac-76bd6d83a94d/imagejpeg

Senninha
11-08-2015, 05:24 PM
I've heard several stories but never the smashed thru a wall version ... if Honda UK really went to the expense of rebuilding a total loss then you would think they would do something about retail prices for the 300 or so owners who wince when they have to but a clip that has an NSX part number ...

Happy to be corrected but I think someone was pulling that jurno's leg for the article ...

exiges1
11-08-2015, 05:36 PM
Yes good point, it seems they weren't immune from this factor either. Article goes on to say " they were given a limited budget (after pitching the benefits of rebuilding the car to Honda bosses) and six months to restore the car.....(however even with) parts being made by Honda in house the costs still climbed into five figures"!!

Apparently it's got an agreed insurance value of £70k.....

(tried to to post a pic of the front cover but no luck not sure what I'm doing wrong)

Pride
11-08-2015, 06:46 PM
(tried to to post a pic of the front cover but no luck not sure what I'm doing wrong)

I'm not the only one then when it comes to posting pics:(

12510

Just tried posting and low behold, albeit very grainy.

exiges1
11-08-2015, 07:29 PM
Congrats! Must be perseverance - I gave up!!

britlude
11-08-2015, 07:51 PM
and a bigger version...

http://magazines.magazineclonercdn.com/covers/104174.jpg

from their website.... preview pages show the NSX in the intro and index pages.......

http://magazines.magazineclonercdn.com/covers/104174/extralow/0002.jpg

and

http://magazines.magazineclonercdn.com/covers/104174/extralow/0003.jpg http://magazines.magazineclonercdn.com/covers/104174/extralow/0004.jpg

TheSebringOne
13-08-2015, 10:01 PM
The same car was at the last Japfest I attended which was a long time ago. I took some pics next to mine. I spotted it on my way out of
Castlecoombe. Its a auto too.