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1989 Nissan Skyline GT-R.
Short bit of history (to the best of my memory, was being told all this while getting a ride in it, so was a little distracted
If anyone has watched the High Octane (.co.nz) videos, you may or may not recall in High Octane 3 (?) there was a yellow R32 GT-R at Ruapuna Raceway in Christchurch doing 11's in the quarter mile. Had the licence plate 111111 or IIIIII.
This is that same car. Albeit, it is now blue, has less power with two hairdryers again instead of one i think and has a little history between that vid and now.
It was stolen and later crashed in Picton (top of the South Island). Had body repairs done to a decent standard. Was repainted. Another member of our car club (southernskylines.com) owned it a few years back and did a bit of work to it, he then sold it.
It has been sitting in a Christchurch car yard for two years or so until a couple of weeks ago when another club member bought it and came up and gave me a ride in it today.
His other car, a red R32 GTS-t, was only the second ever Skyline i went in (at this meet in 2004) and was no doubt one of the quickest.
Until i got a ride in the GT-R today though, i want one SSOOOO badly now!
GT-R's are reasonably common here (city of 120,000) but this still attracted a bit of attention. Has quite a hard suspension setup so you feel every bump, but man...
EDIT: Oh, in case you didn't know already, this was the first GT-R i've ever been in.