Williams 0001 Found

[king.stromba]

Ok, ive been doing some investigative work on the history of the Clio Williams and i have tracked down 0001. Anyone interested in knowing the story? I also have pics.

 

[iPap]

Very much so!

 

[iPap]

Prey tell!

 

[ChavyBoy]

Most people where on the understanding Frank Williams crashed this baby !

 

[iPap]

I bet he still has it stored somewhere? In pieces!

 

[king.stromba]

There is good news and bad news to this tale (well good and bad for me).

 

[Turkish]

come on then spit it out man !!!!!

 

[Siggsy]

Its like story time at school!

On a cold a dark night......

 

[jon_r]

come on then!!!!!!!!

 

[Bryan]

go on

tell more

 

[Dansta]

TELL US!!!!

 

[captain_clio]

w**k

 

[Bryan]

Quote: Originally posted by captain_clio on 22 July 2003
w**k

no thanks, want to hear this story 1st

 

[king.stromba]

Ok here is the story.

Start star wars music!!

Along time ago in a galaxy far away........

This comes from the horses mouth. Big Frank himself. I wrote to him about 3 weeks ago and he has replied. Apparently Clio Williams 0001 is alive and well. Frank was given 0001 in exchange for the race winning FW14b formula one car he had at the end of the 1992 formula one season. There was a ceremony with all the Renault big men there and Frank himself. Clio Williams 0001 is in the Williams Formula one private collection with just a poxy 19 kilometres on the clock. Now this is bad from my point of view as it makes my car look sh*te. However there is a twist in the tale. 0001 is a left hand drive car. So mine is the first production of a right hand drive model. I have also been invited to go and see the car, so im hopefully going to get some pics that i can put on here. They also sent me a digital pic of the 0001 plaque, as soon as my scanner is working, ill get it posted.

Rob

 

[captain_clio]

Quote: Originally posted by bambam on 22 July 2003

Quote: Originally posted by captain_clio on 22 July 2003

w**k

no thanks, want to hear this story 1st

lol, me too

 

[weight]

So all the stories about it bein crashed is all crap! lol

 

[sjd172]

Have fun at Williams mate, lucky git !

 

[king.stromba]

Yeah i dont know where that originated from (stroy of being crashed). Im hot on the heels of number 0003 now.

 

[captain_clio]

INDEED

 

[weight]

I know where 0097 is if your intrested lol

 

[king.stromba]

Now ive got one and two, ill wait till i get 0003 and 0004 and start my data base web site

 

[Sport182]

That a wicked story, good of them to get back to you with all the info.

So Willy 1 is alive and well.

 

[king.stromba]

Takes the pressure off me to keep mine as the best as itll never be as good as 0001

 

[Tom_16v]

19km!

 

[paddymph]

wahey!

 

[king.stromba]

Personally i think Renault got the better deal, i mean a Clio Williams for a fecking F1 car!!! Nice swap Frank, LMAO.

 

[iPap]

But yours is the 1st right hnd drive model... Thats someting in itself...!!!!



Lucky bugger!

 

[shanemc]

good work,where did the story of it being written off originate from so?!

 

[VoRN-182]

It would have been impossible for Frank Williams to have crashed 0001 anyway cuz he has been in a wheel chair since 1986 after he crashed a Ford Seiara!

 

[aaronc]

Quote: Originally posted by VoRN-182 on 22 July 2003

It would have been impossible for Frank Williams to have crashed 0001 anyway cuz he has been in a wheel chair since 1986 after he crashed a Ford Seiara!

Thats what i have always thought.

 

[Illusion]

Yeah, well from wot i heard, a reporter crashed it...but i guess thats all a bunch of w**k now.

 

[007]

LOL - Do you think I can come along - I own williams 2 no 2,000,000,000,000,101

 

[jonnyboy]

feck thats well cool. Id love to own a car like that summat nice and rare

 

[king.stromba]

Well its for sale so get your cash out

 

[cliocup]

Finally someone put 2 and 2 together. A; who ever said Frank crashed #01? and B; yes, hes been in a wheekchair since the late 80s. No clios back then...

 

[Jonathan]

How does the williams 1 numbering work between LHD & RHD? Are the LHD drive ones numbered (if at all) from 500-xxxx, i.e. is there a UK #100 and a Euro #100 or is it #1 = LHD, #2-#500=RHD & #501-#xxxx=LHD.

Does that make sense ?

 

[Kelly]

AFAIK UK ones go from 2-400 (now we know 1 is a LHD) and the european LHD ones go from 401 - 3000 (i made that last figure up cos I dont know how many there were lol)

 

[Ben j]

dont actually think it matters number wise. its just how they were built at the time thats why number 002 of the clio V6s was left hand drive too

 

[king.stromba]

Number 2 to 400 are all right hand drive. 0001 and all the others are left. Renault obviously made 0001 left for the sake of being nationalistic, however, the 2-400 batch were right hands drive because the whole marketing strategey of Renault was to aim it at the growing boy racer market in the 90s in Britain. Continental europe did not have the same boy racer culture and so was less important from a marketing point of view.

 

[steve-hall]

I was told by the now dead clio williams owners club that number 403 was right hand drive?! Oh and I know the where abouts of number 118 a(my old one sob,sob), and approximately 4 years ago I found number 83 (or possibly 84 - I cant remember) that had 89 miles on it and was still not registered by the ex-renault garage that owned it.