I remember nearly buying this one! I remember the plate & saw it advertised on Car & Classic. One of the first I enquired about from a chap called Andrew if memory serves me correct. I have all the old email correspondence.
Should I email him? I wasn't aware this was the pistol one. I we put off when my brother HPI'd it and it showed up as black on his checks but was clearly blue. The owner had no idea and was quite offended by my suggestion.
He seemed like a decent nice enough chap and retired maybe older. He seemed to have no idea.
Was the pistol one a write off or something then? Or just poor example?