NSX Resurrection attempt

[mjames75]

This is that exact same one!!! It is only ever used on a track and for development and testing apparently.

Think you have read it wrong, hes not telling you honda have a type s...its a question

[Jivaldinho]

Think you have read it wrong, hes not telling you honda have a type s...its a question

My mistake, Just got so excited at seeing an NSX type S... a bit more info. This car has never been uk registered, it has never been on any UK roads. It is only ever used for testing and development hence why it in such a state and It has only done 15000 miles or so. At the end of the day I am just happy to have seen and been in an NSX Type S regardless of its story

[Silver Surfer]

I have a spare set of NSX seats... Do you think they will mind if I swap out the Type S seats?

SS

[NZNick]

What happened to the lovely titanium gear knob? - without that the gear-change will be compromised....
The hand brake looks wrong too.
Seat side leather needs some tlc.

[Pride]

If you ask me its a total wreck and an embarrassment and the guys at MIRA will be laughing their socks off.
jivaldinho, have your ever thought that VTec are just stringing you along with a big **** and bull story line.
Think about it, what RND can they possibly be doing using an old Ford Orion gear knob and a handbrake that pulls up to the roof lining and that's just what we can see, no wonder it's never been road registered.
There is simply no way this car is owned by HUK, and who ever does own it should hang their head in shame.
Pride (which they don't have)

[nobby]

It's a very depressing state of affairs to have a type s in such a state regardless of who owns it.
the seats just wanna make me cry

[Jivaldinho]

Ooops, I just went and got the NSX-R steering wheel and NSX-R Air Shroud. I have the boss and the horn buttons already plus I have the opportunity to buy the carpets too.... now If only I could get hold of the seats!!!!






Also I have decided to have a play with adding a Nexus 7 to my setup but without adding the Navpod. Purchased the Nexus 7 dock and with a bit of modification will have it in place of the clock!

[markc]

What happened to the lovely titanium gear knob? - without that the gear-change will be compromised....
The hand brake looks wrong too.
Seat side leather needs some tlc.

It isn't titanium Nick. Just unscrew yours and feel the weight, it weighs a ton! Possibly made from the same "unobtanium" as the ignition key

If you ask me its a total wreck and an embarrassment and the guys at MIRA will be laughing their socks off.
jivaldinho, have your ever thought that VTec are just stringing you along with a big **** and bull story line.
Think about it, what RND can they possibly be doing using an old Ford Orion gear knob and a handbrake that pulls up to the roof lining and that's just what we can see, no wonder it's never been road registered.
There is simply no way this car is owned by HUK, and who ever does own it should hang their head in shame.
Pride (which they don't have)

I wondered where that car went. There were pics of it in a UK workshop years ago but it went missing... until now.

I wouldn't completely dismiss the HUK link although I can't think why they wouldn't work on it in their own workshops? It could be the car that featured in the 1997/1998 Honda brochure wearing UK reg L421 WMR, along with another black Type S (P888 RAM). The pics were taken at the Nurburgring so those cars were definitely in Europe, maybe they were never shipped back to Japan. That could explain why Honda never euro type approved/tested it and why it hasn't been/can't it be UK registered.

Both the above cars appear at the Nurburgring in these videos...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSzov3vIzsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7FRwuq2krA

Cheers

Mark

[NZNick]

The orange car (in Mark's L421 WMR post) and vid #1 is an S-Zero - no stereo and no aerial hole on the rear passenger wing - see post # 5 pic # 2 and @ 6:52 in the first YouTube clip.

The "Honda" car in this thread has both a stereo (visually confirmed) and an aerial hole (guess).

Not the same car me thinks.

Not had the need to unscrew the knob yet Mark, just enjoying the sublime action of the shift ...... and yes, it does feel like the unobtainium key

Thanks for the links to the vids - I'll watch them in full tonight when I get home from work. Hopefully my car is OK as we have just had a severe earthquake not too far away.....

both house and car are undamaged - some light damage in Wanaka.

[markc]

The orange car (in Mark's L421 WMR post) and vid #1 is an S-Zero - no stereo and no aerial hole on the rear passenger wing - see post # 5 pic # 2 and @ 6:52 in the first YouTube clip.

The "Honda" car in this thread has both a stereo (visually confirmed) and an aerial hole (guess).

Not the same car me thinks.

You're right Nick the car at the Nurburgring is an S Zero but the car at the start of the first video (at Tanaka circuit in Japan) is a "regular" Type S.

This actually a 3 part video and I'd posted sections 2 and 3. The first section is here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7FRwuq2krA

VTEC say the car is from Honda R&D, which I think is in Germany (fro Eurpoe), not HUK so there may be more to the story. There's no question the car is exists and is currently in the UK unregistered. I wonder what happened to the black Type S (wearing P888 RAM) Gan San is tooling around Switzerland in?

Cheers

Mark