Wednesday 19th December 2012

Time For Tea? San Francisco Skyline

(Yet) more retro Nissan goodness from our friends at Petrolicious

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You know the score with these videos from across the pond now; beautiful photography, some slightly over-earnest discussion of emotional bonding with cars and a bit of moody, reflective music in the background.

This latest instalment from Depth Of Speed/Petrolicious man Josh Clason returns to a subject matter he's touched on before - namely old-school Nissan Skylines - and is a welcome education on the subject given that on this side of the pond anything pre-R32 is generally little-known. As mentioned in the video, American servicemen based in Japan back in the day grew to know and love the GT-R, explaining the Stateside awareness while we Europeans remained ignorant. Until Nissan started chasing 'ring laps later in the GT-R's life.

The weather wasn't on their side for the shoot but you still get an impression for how cool the cars are and how amazing they sound. Not quite as amazing as the Hakosuka GT-R we Time For Tea'd a little while back but still pretty special. And if you're in the mood for a bit more classic GT-R indulgence this story on Speedhunters has a beautiful selection of pics too.

 

San Francisco Skyline from Petrolicious on Vimeo. 

[chrisw1991]

Beautifully shot and the sound just wow, I love these old skyline's. My choice out of the two would be the white one

[MantaMike]

Beutiful old Skyline for sale at Bingo Sports in Tokyo at the moment, such a shame you never see these over here!

http://www.bingosports.co.jp/StockDetail1/shop_632...

[gofasterrosssco]

MantaMike said:

Beutiful old Skyline for sale at Bingo Sports in Tokyo at the moment, such a shame you never see these over here!

http://www.bingosports.co.jp/StockDetail1/shop_632...

Thats is stunning - how much?

[Big Fat Fatty]

gofasterrosssco said:

Thats is stunning - how much?

Lots.

They're rapidly approaching £100k+ these days, the second gen GTR fetches even more as they're even rarer. Although that one in the link isn't original, it apparently has a 3100cc engine, the 6 cylinder S20 in the original was only 2000cc. It looks like a 240/260Z engine.

Edited by Big Fat Fatty on Wednesday 19th December 16:15

[Du1point8]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C278311

okish



http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C329257

time to start dribbling

[BMWill]

very sound words!

[chrisw1991]

MantaMike said:

Beutiful old Skyline for sale at Bingo Sports in Tokyo at the moment, such a shame you never see these over here!

http://www.bingosports.co.jp/StockDetail1/shop_632...

That is just perfect in every way, I seriously want.

[trando]

chrisw1991 said:

Beautifully shot and the sound just wow, I love these old skyline's. My choice out of the two would be the white one

+ 1

[AA88]

http://jm-imports.co.uk/index.php/nissan-skyline-c...

This is so beautiful

So intrigued what the display does on the 13th pic, anyone know?

[addzGU]

WOW - two awesome classics!

[joema]

I love time for tea. Love the cars.

[nosuchuser]

pah. I've one of each:



Was going to post the depth of speed vid as a response to last weeks Time for Tea but got distracted

The red kenmeri has been for sale with them for ages I think. That bingosports hakosuka...


I'll just leave this here for anyone who hasn't seen it http://depthofspeed.com/track-day/

Edited by nosuchuser on Wednesday 19th December 19:09

[ellisd82]

New cars added to my wish list. These look and sound amazing!

[FRA53R]

I have always wanted a Hakosuka GT-R! Shame getting a real one is so difficult

[stew-S160]

So much want happening. Beautiful cars. Beautiful sound.

[Neil G60]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching that

[roystinho]

The Hakosuka is on my dream list. Hell I'd even have a rep that just looks like a GTR instead of a real original racer. I briefly flirted with the idea of importing a rep, but it was stacking up at over £25k for a decent one imported with shipping iirc (something like that, the numbers kept growing and I halted my interest before getting an actual figure)

[mat205125]

I'd never noticed how "Vanishing Point" Charger they looked from certain angles.

[whytheory]

Dribble.

[Adz The Rat]

Absolutely stunning and way better looking than the new GT-R's.

Just the sort of thing to buy and put away for 10 years.