#059 - C8 Double 12 Supercharger - Black/Rubi

[evandaalen]

Well done!!

Another mystery solved ...

[Laviolette GT2R]

Nice work IVR !

[ToniF40]

now in race style

[IVR007]

You've had some great info. Thanks ToniF40. Maybe you could visit Konig/Spyker of Moscow as well and check the cars and VINs they have?

[Wouter]

Nice.....this is becoming a trend..

[Wouter]

It is even racing a SNORAS squadron C8 during Bavaria City Racing in Moscow..

YouTube - SNORAS Spyker Squadron на Bavaria Moscow City Racing

Also posted by Spykerowner...in the video thread. This livery looks great on a Double12!

[Laviolette GT2R]

Currently for sale at Konig Motor Club - Spyker of Moscow

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[Laviolette GT2R]

Some new information and lots of speculation about this Double 12:

This Double 12 was initially fitted with a Ruby Red interior and a normal gearbox and than Supercharged at MTM before being delivered by Spyker to a Russian customer. This is a photograph of the car in her initial configuration:
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(note the Supercharger badges) This shot was taken at may 25th 2006 and it is the earliest picture of this Double 12 I could find.

After some time, the Russian owner wanted an automatic gearbox and this was fitted by Spyker. It is possible that the photographs posted by F Spider (see the first post of this thread) were made when this conversion was made. This is not certain, just speculation by me, but #059 was at Zeewolde at one time in 2007, as the photographs of F Spider show. The interior was still Ruby Red at that time.

When the Russian got his Double 12 back, he did not like the automatic gearbox because he felt it did not match the Supercharger. So he decided to have a non-supercharged fitted. This switch could have been made at some point during the first half of 2008 - but this also speculation - because at the factory visit at august 18th of the same year there was this Supercharged engine:
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(note the text "S.C. ex #059") I think the interior was also changed from Ruby to Tropicana at this stage but again, this is speculation.

This time, the Russian client complained about a lack of power and decided to again have a Supercharged engine fitted, this was done at MTM though. By this time the interior had allready changed to Tropicana Orange, except for the steeringwheel, revealing that the interior once was Ruby Red:
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In august 2009, there was an article about this Double 12 in Auto Motor und Sport.

Currently for Sale at Konig Motor Club - Spyker of Moscow with Squadron livery.

[Laviolette GT2R]

I am sure the Auto Motor und Sport articel about this Double 12 is floating around somewhere but I could not find it so I decided to post it anyway:

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[Laviolette GT2R]

I found these on the internet:

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