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Hi.
Right, let's start. (^^)
First of all, the 1976 chassis (KE007) never went to Heroes racing. After the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix, it went straight back to Kojima Engineering and stayed there until it was rebuilt using KE009 body kit to be taken round to all sorts of events in Japan and also, the KE007 and KE009 are completely different chassis although it looks very similar.
In terms of the two KE009s that went to Willi Kahusen's, they are most likely to be the ones that actually raced at the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix. They had F-2 style centre body part (without Ferrari 312T2 style air intake at cockpit sides) and wider track (by 50mm) together with the front wing that I mentioned yesterday.
However, after the race, Kojima Engineering had some extensive test sessions at Fuji Speedway (much to the annoyance of Bridgestone!!) and at one of the test sessions, Kunimitsu Takahashi crashed one of them quite heavily (crashing into barrier backwards). So, they "might" have built another one if it was unrepairable.
So, the total number of Formula One chassis built by Kojima Engineering are either 3 (most likely) or 4 in total.
Best regards
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