Niki Laudas (Daniel Brhl) Prop BRM P160 Formula One Car

Sold Stock #38142 | Sold Nov 24 2014

RUSH (2013)

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Niki Lauda’s (Daniel Br?hl) Prop BRM P160 Formula One Car

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A BRM Formula One car made for Niki Lauda (Daniel Br?hl) in Ron Howard's racing biopic Rush. This vehicle is one of only nine prop cars built for the film; the other cars used were genuine period racing vehicles. In the film, Lauda bought his way onto the BRM team for the 1974 season with a bank loan. He later defected to the more prestigious Ferrari team, but not before radically improving the BRM car in the garage and on the race track.
The car is based on a custom-fabricated chassis with a fibreglass body, Rover V8 BUT engine with a wet sump and an Elite sequential gear box. The car features a red and white finish and vinyl decals for BRM’s key sponsor Marlboro as well as several other sponsors. “BRM” is displayed prominently on the engine cover and Lauda’s name appears in white below the vehicle’s cockpit. The cockpit is simple, featuring a black steering wheel and blue safety harness.

The chassis was designed to accept a number of different exterior shells, allowing the same platform to serve as different vehicles within the context of the film. These custom-built prop cars are highly authentic, and the mechanics working on the film stated that they had difficulty discerning the difference between the modern reproductions and the originals.

All fuel and fluids are drained from the vehicle, and the battery is removed. The vehicle remains in very good condition. Also included is a generic pit-lane jack. Dimensions: 410 cm x 200 cm x 135 cm (161” x 79” x 53”)

This car is substantially modified from its original engineering and should not be used to drive. It is sold in a static ‘rolling only’ condition, drained of all fluids and battery removed.

£20,000-30,000

This item comes with a Propstore Certificate of Authenticity

This item is located in London.

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