Ravenoak

I think ebay is a great thing for selling most things but for cars I am not so sure. Before I sold the PNV to Zapata I put it on ebay and "sold" it. However the "buyer" was a kid who had no money and used a school email account to register on ebay. Negative feedback is not enough of a sanction to stop some fools bidding and wasting your time. Although it is a binding contract, trying to enforce it on someone with no money is obviously an issue. The one good thing about ebay is that it gives you the opportunity to cheaply advertise the car with heaps of photos and a long description. As for the value of a PNV, as with all cars at the moment you will struggle to get a reasonable price. Hell you can get a GTR for less than 20 grand now, R32 GTS-T's can be had for less then 10 grand and R33 GTS-T's are rapidly approaching that price for an early stock one. A PNV is still a 1983 leaded petrol car with hardly scintillating performance and spares are not available at your local Autobarn. As PNV's dont have the racing heritage the DR30's have in this country they will never be in the same price range, despite their rarity.

I got a set 8 years ago from Nissan Australia and that was the last set in NSW but if you ask nicely maybe they still have set interstate? I also managed to get some rare alloy wheel centre covers for another old Nissan a couple of years back which they managed to supply. You never know what they ahve in their warehouses. If not try Rare Spares (I think American Autoparts in Sydney are their agents now). Otherwise the wreckers yards or ebay. Good luck

I used to have one of those in "Jaffa" orange. Rust in those are a bugger (especially around the rear wheel arches and boot) but mine was very reliable. I remember I bought the last new old stock window rubbers for the rear windows from Nissan Australia. It really suprised me how many old parts Nissan Australia still carries. All it needs is a RB25 DET and they would be great!

Actually dont worry about the photos, I just realised it is not a Turbo RSX. Sorry

Any interior photos?

I dont own mine anymore as Zapata bought it off me. He will be able to supply the chassis numbers etc Mine was a 1984 model, GT-ES in white. It had the Paul Newman badge on the rear (there are photos of it on my website - http://community.webshots.com/user/ravenoak). It was a 5 speed manual with the following luxury items: cruise power window/mirrors power drivers seat 4 speaker stereo headlight washers paul newman logo on the seats and steering wheel I also think it had a LSD when I sold it was in great condition. It was imported in 2002 by Autostyle and it cost me $9500 with 118000 kms on the clock. It had a small dent which I had them remove before I took delivery but otherwise the paint and panels were remarkable for a 20 year old car. The Skyline garnish was missing from the rear but I had a custom rubber strip with thin chrome edging made up for the rear. Looks great and factory except to those in the know. At that time I was told there were only 3 in NSW (hence the IOF-003) plates but ghost rider later told me I was told a bit of bull on that one oh well. Re the values of them, I tend to disagree they are worth serious dollars in THIS country. Lets face it in stock form they are slow, the steering is wooden and the Skyline nuts in this country want DR30's, HR-31 coupes and GTR's, given the racing history of those cars in Australia. Maybe also because they require leaded petrol in stock form and insurance is expensive for the value of the car. Whilst I enjoyed the car, the cheap price of R32 GTS-T's will largely see the majority of people buy one of these rather than a car with the boat anchor that is the L20 ET. Leaving that aside I would still like to park one next to my STi.

Hey Lads, his name is Stephen and it was me! I used to live in Canberra but I am now in Sydney. Hope the Paul Newman is going well. It was a nice machine. cheers