![]() ![]() The next day (Sunday 17th June) we were due to attend a car show, instead we skipped that and travelled 3.5hrs to go view the car.Įverything was correct and the car was as clean underneath as it was on top. ![]() I requested some photos of the underneath and wheel arches to which he supplied me with the following day. I contacted the seller and answered the questions I was bursting to ask. It had the correct engine with a manual transmission, it looked bone stock and quite clean in the photos. I reached out to a very well known importing company called Torque GT to start the Import process.Īfter a couple of weeks of browsing through the Japanese auctions and getting my head around grades and what meant what, I hadn't found my ideal dream car (I understand this process can take weeks,even months!) While I was waiting for the weekend the pass and Monday's auction listings to go online I carried on the search in the UK, this particular white R34 kept appearing, but something didn't seem right. Trawling through the typical UK selling sites there wasn't anything that ticked all the boxes. I announced the decision in May and of course in the mean time I was doing my research on which chassis is best, engine specs and parts available. The plan was to gather as much money as possible and then search for a car, whether that's already on UK soil or imported. So I cut my loses and broke the car for parts in September when the insurance and MOT expired. Thats without the cost of a new clutch & flywheel, powder coating of parts etc The front end needed a repair/repaint for the third time, engine bay needed repainting and the spare engine chucked in. Unfortunately for me to be 'happy' with the car (we're never really 100% happy are we?) it needed alot more money throwing at it. The MX5 was a really fun project and I learnt alot about mechanics,auto electrics and thinking outside the box. In 2023 when the R34 becomes legal to import into the US, I've got a strong feeling the market will either dry up or prices will rise even higher. With The Fast and The Furious movies making a huge impact aswell, the car became a dream for many many people.įast forward almost 2 decades and the prices of these cars have rocketed, almost to the point of being unattainable. Growing up with video games such as Gran Turismo and Need for Speed, a particular car of the late 90s grabbed everyone's attention, the Nissan Skyline R34 GTR. This is very cliche, but I think most who are of similar age will (hopefully) relate. I saw it more as a development of style and to push the boundaries of what I was able to do. The car went through several phases/looks, some may argue I ruined the car. ![]() Some may remember my Supercharged MX5 that I built over a space of 5 years. Firstly I would like to apologise if 2001 isn't classed as retro, but these were first manufactured in 1998 so it guess it counts? ![]()
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