Nissan Skyline GT-R "Hakosuka"

[hy789]

Hello all,

I was kindly asked over in a parallel thread http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... to repost my story here. I'm in the process of importing a 1971 KPGC10 from Tokyo. We've just been given an arrival date of late November and once the car arrives we'll be restoring it.

Should you wish to follow the story more closely you can find my badly written blog here:

http://www.hakosukablog.wordpress.com

Hope it's interesting to some. Cheers!

[hy789]

khd82 said:

Hey mate I don't know the first thing about these cars, but after checking out your blog I've noticed that there's one for sale over here in Australia... probably easier than trying to do a deal in Japanese, the pound is killing the AUD at the moment and we also have RHD, plus there's quite a few AU/UK shippers given the number of expats out here.

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Nissan-S...

Good luck with the search!

Thanks for the link, appreciate it. I've actually already found a car, was looking for a 2-door GT-R. The model list is a minefield (an interesting one) and I'm going to try and break it down on a very basic level in the next blog post!

[hy789]

Chunkychucky said:

Awesome car, look forward to seeing how this thread progresses! If it has a genuine S20 in it then even better - hell they're rare and sound superb

It does indeed have an S20 engine (pics over on other thread). I'll be posting more over time. Cheers

[hy789]

No sorry, I've only just started the blog so still catching up over the last few months. I've kind of spoiled the ending saying I'm importing one but there a story in between.

I didn't buy that car, it's still being offered by a dealer but the price is 21 million yen.

If you're using google chrome on a laptop/desktop there's a translate button top right. Won't give you everything but translates some parts.

[hy789]

Well there's plenty to come on the blog and I'll get into pricing in a later post.

Yes it's a KPGC10. If you follow the blog you'll get auto updates.

[hy789]

Waiting for the ferry

[hy789]

The car has arrived. First pics over on this thread:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...