Have you ever dreamed of owning a classic racing car, but the running costs, garaging and lack of anywhere to drive it and the worry of damaging it put you off? Then this is you perfect opportunity to live that dream from the comfort of your spare room, use as an attraction at a museum or to take on the road to events!
Faithfully recreating the front 3/4 of a 1960s Formula 1 car, from nose to the back of the cockpit, and in authentic period livery, sitting it the simulator with the triple monitor set up transports the driver to a different place.
• Has been shown at Silverstone Classic and other events
This was built as a demonstrator for the company who created it, taking it to prestige motor racing events such as the Silverstone Classic and Salon Prive.
Having served its purpose as a demo, the company sold the simulator via Car & Classic auctions. Unfortunately the successful bidder has had to undergo back surgery and is having a custom rig built, meaning that this delightful bit of kit is once again available.
Sitting in the simulator is as close to the real thing as possible. It has a Heusinkveld Pro triple pedal box for clutch, brake and throttle and a bespoke built gear shifter.
The replica red leather rimmed steering wheel has a "Go Race" quick release to make getting in and out easier. It has a 20Nm direct drive motor to provide feedback on steering inputs, and the single seat is a simple padded item as in the original car. Moreover there's a Heusinkveld Pro triple pedal box for clutch, brake and throttle on an electrically movable base plate and a bespoke built gear shifter.
It is VR headset ready and a headset can be supplied at extra cost if required.
The body was hand built to be a faithful recreation of a ‘60s F1 car, built to an accurate 1/1 scale and in correct livery. It has visible rivets and fixings under the paint following the original pattern, has a correct windscreen and chrome bullet mirrors. It even has a roll hoop in case the racing gets too intense.
At the front it has fibre glass wheels with real used tyres on the rims. Overall it is 2.8m long and 1.1m wide at the wheels, and 2.8m wide with the screens in place.
The simulator runs on a standard 3 pin socket and is driven by a Scan PC 3XS with 1660 graphics card, and can be used with just one 50” screen, or surrounded by 3 for a fully immersive experience. To create the feeling of movement there is a fan for wind simulation and under the seat are twin Base Shaker subs to give the engine vibration.
In the car it has a Heusinkveld Pro pedal box, 20Nm feedback motor for steering and a bespoke gear shift.
This is a unique opportunity to own something like this, a life size classic Formula 1 car you can race in your own home. It is as accurate as possible, to the back of the cockpit, and can be collected from Farnborough or delivered at cost and set up if wanted.
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