Reborn for the Road: The R390 GT1 Le Mans

One man waited 25 years to realize the dream he helped create.
Only one Nissan R390 GT-1 road car exists—and it was never meant to touch the street.

In this intimate portrait of speed, memory, and craftsmanship, we follow Le Mans driver Érik Comas as he brings a forgotten prototype back to life. Built for endurance. Shelved for decades. Reborn—nut by bolt, with its soul intact.

More than a racecar. More than a restoration.
This is what happens when you refuse to let go of a dream.

Directed by Jeremy Heslup
DP Oli Watts

Restoration by Chiavenuto Classic Racing

[harveyfalkenstine]

Another masterful video that captures the essence of the car and the emotions of its owner/driver. Valkyr again demonstrates the ability to capture the emotions associated with witnessing historically significant cars. These are objects of practical artistry, the sounds and visual impact of this video produce the emotions that are similar to witnessing music or other forms of art.

[mrctuned]

Literally had chills the ENTIRE video. I'm so glad I found the insta page when this project began, and followed it to completion. Absolutely stunningly beautiful racing car, which looks even better uncaged out on public roads.

[mauricionunez]

Thnks for show THE BEST RESTORATION from 2022

[francescoruggeri]

This is a passion and love project, well done Mr. Comas! Bravissimo!

[nabukadnezar]

Beautiful car, the livery is stunning. What a great memory

[simong]

Wonderful video, wonderful video. Thank you for sharing these insights, Erik. And congratulations for everything you achieved. It is nice and refreshing to see a racer cherish something long-lasting like that from the past.

[UniqueModelCreations]

Simply stunning video!! Beautiful masterpiece of a car! Thanks for showing and sharing the love!!

[frotto]

Beautiful. A great car that gets to keep moving instead of being stored...

[pedrolopez]

This video and story is priceless. Wow! Thank you very much Erik and you for sharing this with us :D

[SmallBlogV]

Extremely cool. I love the idea that taking it out onto the street feels like "opening the cage" to him, like a captive racer has escaped. It's a unique spin on the idea of driving as a form of escapism.

[Normally_aspirated]

What a story. Sheesh, talk about living the dream

[anonymousbullet]

Fell in love with this car back in grand turismo 3

A few honourable mentions would be the Mazda 787B, Toyota gt one and Suzuki escudo pikes peak

[PedroSantos-bwww]

I have this model 1/18 scale its autoarts masterpiece to rival exoto! Simply beautiful!!

[nishunair]

Beautiful!!! Érik's story is awesome❤

[Pintkonan]

i dont feel ashamed to admit that i envy you. the car you drive is easily among my favourite cars of all time and i cant even say its for the motor. its look is absolutely stunning, a real work of art. ofc i know the car from Gran Turismo 2 for the play station and ever since then i have fallen in love with this car and its beautiful 1997 black-red sister. the motor is great, too ( in the game ^^ but im sure in real life its the bomb, too xD).

[kane_Starcraft]

Que gran video, señor Erick Comas usted pudo lograr un buen resultado con este coche, viendo la carrera en si el numero 30 estaba mejor posicionado de los 4 que estaban en carrera, que sucedio??. Porque el numero 31 se rezago? y como un Mclaren f1 pudo terminar 4to? eso es increible. Por otro lado en la grilla de partida y la primera hora fue facil darse cuenta que habian 2 grupos dentro de la carrera el primer peloton de los 10 primeros entre los que estaban toyota, mercedes, porsche, bmw y el segundo peloton joest, nissan, panoz, courage, ferrari. Muy aparte ver a los pilotos y mecanicos de toyota totalmente desmoralizados con ese resultado fue algo muy duro de pasar, pienso que fue uno de las mejores versiones, quizas la mejor porque reunio muchos fabricantes y que bellos eran en si, ojala se vuelva a dar asi nuevamente en lemans con esa modalidad de autos no como ahora los hibridos que la verdad no tienen escencia no e que le ven yo eh perdido mucho el interes a partir de los 2005 en adelante mas me llama la atencion los gt1 donde estan los ferrari ford y porsche creo que ahi si se puede apreciar algo de lo que queda realmente es una pena.

[josephxiong]

Imagine just casually owning a NISSAN R390 GT1.

[kikoelargento]

I could watch a full tv show from this story and other similiars

[PMP-ei]

I used to work at Nissan and didnt even know about this car..

[gregorymarsh]

That's awesome that he made it available to drive on public roads.

But I'm confused. There's this car, thr official 1-of-1 blue road car, and third: a R390 that looks exactly like the race car but is painted all white (except the red spoiler). So who has that one? Has it too been converted for street use?