A few month ago our Japanese representative Hide Ohba brought some nice contempory pictures to daylight. (Look at Japan II ).
Meanwhile the car is in his former glory as the pictures at the bottom show. 

               

The Magnette log is as follows:

1958-1960 US embassy employee
1960-1962 Shell agent young owner
1963 Benzo Usui (Shotaro's Friend)
1963-1970 Shotaro Kobayashi
1970-to about 1980 farmer
1980-1997 Benzo Usui again
1997-up to now Masahiro Sato (Shotaro's Friend)

As you can see the car belonged most of the time to friends of Mr. Kobayashi. 
When Mr. Usui bought the car at the beginning of the 80s, the bottom was very rusted, because the car was stored for a long time in a farmers warehouse. The car was restored at the 'Motor House Bugatheque'. This restoration stopped before the body painting finished and this car stayed about 15 years in the Bugatheque garage.
Four years ago Mr. Sato bought the car and started again to restore the car at Bugatheque, what is 60 miles North from Tokyo.  
Meanwhile some parts are lost, but fortunately Bugatheque has another ZBV parts car. But still some parts are missing (door glass etc). He got parts and new rubber, rechromed all chrome parts and changed all electric wire harness and adjusted brake,clutch and engine. He changed all upholstery and also re-paint wanish mirror finish by himself. The petrol tank was rusted and Seich made a new tank. 
This ZBV is painted in an unusual Bentz color bule-grey, but the paint is still in excellent condition. Featured wing mirror position is the same as 60's.