spotted on Trademe: one 1962 S21 Skyline Super (much like Michael’s one, except in somewhat tattier condition)… dead engine, dead rego, rust for Africa, and all for $12,000? Daaaaaaamn. Would they even be worth this much in restored condition?
Check out the other cars in the background too!
suit restore. Captain kyteler, I suggests thou gets busy on thine!
I already checked - those plates are (de)registered to a Hiace
So, as was expected, my second package from Japan arrived (actually it arrived yesterday but let’s not be picky, I posted this entry a day late) in the same 3-day time frame that the first one took. Though this time I was at home to receive it, at 11:20am. Even the Courier was surprised it had arrived in 3 days and said himself that it was faster than internal New Zealand freight, I agreed. So… what came this time around? WELL! Let’s see!
It came in a long white box, like so…
Oooh, what could it be? It's fairly long or is that wide?
PLACE BETS NOW!
It’s KHR31 heaven this week on Goo.
| The R31 Skyline packed on the pounds and shed a lot of the raw edge that made its predecessor the R30 such a thrill to drive – making it more subdued and quite possibly the black sheep of the ‘modern’ era of Skyline – but it made up for this by virtue of its HICAS and 4WAS technological wizardry, brand-spanking new RB inline six with ceramic turbo for instant boost response, and carrying over the mega-angular styling cues of the R30 while other manufacturers began inclining towards more rounded, graceful shapes. |
Exhibit A: 1986 Skyline GTS-X turbo
How is it so slammed?
Yours for the sum of 598,000 yen, complete with “panel board” rear spoiler and slammed on 14″ XR4s 
…which is a point of minor contention, really. I know there are folks out there who like ridiculously small wheels and stretched licorice-strip tyres, but from a purely aesthetic point of view a car the size of a R31 really deserves some larger diameter XR4s with bigger profile tyres; 195/50R15s would be perfect (plus you get to keep your stretch!)
Exhibit B: 1987 Skyline GTS-X turbo
You'd better hope that front spoiler don't catch on nothing.
this one’s a ‘facelift’ KHR31, identifiable by the snazzy projector bulb headlights and covered tail lamps. The retractable front spoiler receives mixed reactions, but I for one like it. At 580,000 yen it’s a smidge cheaper than the example above, but you know as well as I do that it’s simply crying out for some less ugly wheels!
Initially when I put my S12 up for sale, I pondered putting it on here. I didn’t really see too much point and so decided against it. More likely than not, most that read this are far from my tiny hometown of Invercargill, NZ and being it’s at the bottom of the South Island, not that many people are likely or even vaguely keen to want to drive the distance to get such a car unless it was mint. Which mine is not. It’s tidy enough and it does it’s job well as a reliable daily driver but it’s certainly not mint.
Then recently when Alistair decided he would be putting his Isuzu Bellett up for sale (a previous feature car on RC, as seen here) I offered for him to put it up here on RC as an entry. Then the thought occured to me that perhaps I should dedicate a section of the website as a classifieds type area for as the title of this entry says “Cars For Sale”, it seems the done thing on most magazines, to have a dedicated section of cars available to buy. SO … why not? It wouldn’t exactly be a hard thing to manage. However, I wouldn’t want to engage in something if there was little purpose. So what I will do in this entry, is ask you the reader whether you think it would be a good idea or not.
Just make a comment on this blog entry, letting me know what you think and I’ll weigh it up based on the responses. Alternatively you can use the RC forum or the RC thread on the oldschool.co.nz forum to let your opinion be known.
…and as to make this entry not an entire wasted breath. If you’re interested in an S12 or a Bellett, then follow these links… (more…)
