VIN: the Sultan of Brunei McLaren F1 chassis 014
History of chassis 014
Constructed in 1994, chassis 014 was one of five F1 road cars sold to the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah.
Together with his brother, Prince Jefri, the Sultan acquired a fleet of high end automobiles paid for by Brunei’s natural gas and oil resources.
The collection is believed to total in excess of 7000 vehicles, most of which are executive models from the likes of Rolls Royce, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and BMW. However, a large number of high performance exotics have also been purchased, often in multiples and frequently with special features.
In addition to the five F1 road cars that made their way to Brunei, three F1 LMs, an F1 GTR and an F1 GT were also delivered.
Numerically, 014 was the last of the five Brunei F1 road cars. It followed 002 (Dorchester Grey), 004 (Grand Prix Red), 005 (Jet Black) and 008 (Cobalt Blue).
Painted Titanium Yellow (one of two yellow F1 road cars), 014 stayed in Brunei until late 2002, when it appeared for sale at Taylor & Crawley in London (run by former McLaren Cars Sales Director, David Clark).
The car was purchased by Gary Schaevitz of New York, who has variously owned chassis 024 and 045.
During late 2005, Schaevitz sold 014 to the Silicon Valley Auto Group in Los Gatos.
Unable to find a buyer, Silicon Valley Auto Group consigned 014 to the RM Auctions Monterey sale in August 2006. At this point, the odometer was showing 3224 miles. A price of $1.7m was achieved.
014 was purchased by another collector from New York and, in 2007, the car returned to Woking where it was repainted white and brought up to LM specification.
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