Hi Folks, firstly let me try and help Franky understand the Website structure. We have for the last few years been trading in Supercars, which in the main have been sold on through a network of reputable traders - e.g. Foskers for Ferrari, The Octane Collection and Millennium Heroes for Porsche, BMW, Mercedes AMG etc. This is why the cars have appeared as dealer stock, which is why the website refers to Trade to Trade deals on affordable Supercars. However, we will of course sell to both trade and private buyers where there is a need as well as directly source any particular car that a private buyer is trying to find. The Supercar activities are a complimentary activity to the core Samuri business.
Secondly to answer Sean's query. There are two names synonymous with Samuri both Samuri Motor Company and Samuri Conversions. When we decided to resurrect the Samuri Name we chose to go with the Samuri Motor Company and formally incorporate this name with Companies House. For those in the know, Samuri Conversions Limited was formally incorporated (by me) in the mid eighties and ran until around 2004 (Check Companies House Records). From the records, it will be seen that the Owners/Directors were Ross Scott Ferguson, Kevin Irons, his father Bernard Irons and his son Kristian Irons over this period of time.
The actual chronology of Samuri is such that Spike set up Race Head Services, then partnered with Bob Gathercole in Samuri Motor Company before steady state operations as Samuri Conversions Silverstone Circuit, which is where Kevin and I became involved. Therefore, in answer to the question, we are known under both names and will use both.
Sean's last point is a bit of a minefield as to how to provide a definitive Register of Samuri's? So often with history, when it is seen through the rose tinted spectacles of nostalgia, it can sometimes deviate from true facts. However, what I can say categorically is that we cannot change the past and moving forwards any work that we do will be carefully documented and all cars we work on will be name plated and cross referenced to a data base. I know of cars that Spike worked on and made some minor mods or improvements to - are these cars genuine Samuri's well here is where we enter the shades of grey argument. Kevin and I will define what level of modifications are carried out on future cars so that it will be easy to differentiate from simple go faster mods to full blown Samuri conversions. The easy way to do this is to start with the 350/370Z offerings and then work backwards with the 240/260/280Z offerings, where we hope to emulate what Singer has done for the 911 with 240/260/280Z Resto-Mods, but more on this at a later date. Currently we are focussing on completing the restoration of CBH 567K, which is almost done and then doing similar restorations on YJH 142K and UGH 216M. However, a priority will be developing a 350 or 370Z Demonstrator and an "a La Carte" menu for the modifications we offer.
I hope that this answers your queries, but will be happy to clarify further if required.
Roscoe