It was the first time that anyone outside of Japan had taken notice of a Japanese sports car, even though only 351 units were ever built. The car was built with a large amount of input from Yamaha, most notably in the design of the twin-cam head of the inline-six engine. But even the interior wood trim comes from Yamaha's piano division.
This particular 2000GT is a 1968 model, and was one of only 84 left-hand-drive examples built. It was sold first in Belgium. It received a three-year complete restoration starting in 1999, as well as some smaller updates since. It still has its original tool kit, which is extremely rare, but there is one non-original touch. The literature from RM Auctions states that the car has been fitted with a nitrous system, which seems like a very odd choice to make. Nonetheless, the car is going up for auction this weekend at Amelia Island, and is expected to fetch between $900,000 and $1.1 million.
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