It Was A Sad Day.....

[Ant97GTR]

I knew this day would come eventually, but it was still sad . After around 2 months of advertizing I finally sold my skyline over the weekend....and boy was it weird seeing someone else drive my car away!

I imported her waaaay back in 2001, stock as a rock, before the modding bug took hold and ended up with around 200rwkw by 2003/4. Naturally you can't enjoy the car fully on the road without loosing your licence these days, so I got my CAMS licence in 2004 and took her to the track. With many a fun time had at tracks like Sandown, Winton and PI the car stayed reliable, and in 2005 I took out my class in the SAU Vic championship and almost took out the overall chamionship (was pipped at the post by Snowie). The car has always put a smile on my face everytime I drove it with very little going wrong in that time.

So with a heavy heart, RIP RFB-401, may you give your new owner as much motoring enjoyment as you have given me over the last 5 years.......

Now that I've done the sad farewells, it is time to welcome the new addition to my family, and I can't wait till I get her in my driveway

I have spent the last year keeping my eye out for the right replacement and when I stumbled upon this I knew it would be a fitting replacement . It is a mildly modified 1997 series 3 GTR with something a little different under the bonnet (I'm sure the anoraks will pick it in a second ). I will be regoing it in Vic around mid-Oct before transporting it to Perth while I am there for work.

lol I guess I'll have to change my username too

Cheers

Ant95GTR

[Bec]

Hahaha - congrats Ant.

Im sure the replacement will quickly fill the void your old girl left behind.

[Ant97GTR]

Thanx Bec

I'm sure after the first drive of my new baby, I'll forget about the old girl

[doxximus]

Damn you.

[GTRgeoff]

Name change.... ant97GTR

well done mate. Looks nice. Stock R34 engine or covers? Still running the R33 plenum. What turbos? R34BB??

You have gotta love it, but whip it to Benno for a quick tweak on the stocker computer for a healthy 250+rwkw

[saff_cossie]

Looks great Ant, just change it Ant95GTST now.

[eMsta]

wow.............nice.....

[ABuSD]

Thanx Bec

I'm sure after the first drive of my new baby, I'll forget about the old girl

100%

Congrats!!

Dont see too many(if any?) Black GTR's doin the rounds!!!

Whats with the red stitching in the interior? Special model or something?

Or is it a Series 3 thing?

[ferni]

Nice car ant! First thing is to get rid of those crap falkens before you bend the car. Not the tyre you want to be using on a nice car like that.

[Ant97GTR]

Hahaha thanks for your comments

Points go to GTRgeoff....stock R34 motor with around 20,000k on it Turbos are r34 N1's and already has a PFC tune of around 250awkw

Nice one saff lol....Ferni I know, I know! I had those on my gtst and in the dry they were ok but in the wet they were a nightmare!!

[Roy]

Hey, congrats on the new family member

...the GTSt brotherhood is getting smaller and smaller

[West]

I knew this day would come eventually, but it was still sad . After around 2 months of advertizing I finally sold my skyline over the weekend....and boy was it weird seeing someone else drive my car away!

I imported her waaaay back in 2001, stock as a rock, before the modding bug took hold and ended up with around 200rwkw by 2003/4. Naturally you can't enjoy the car fully on the road without loosing your licence these days, so I got my CAMS licence in 2004 and took her to the track. With many a fun time had at tracks like Sandown, Winton and PI the car stayed reliable, and in 2005 I took out my class in the SAU Vic championship and almost took out the overall chamionship (was pipped at the post by Snowie). The car has always put a smile on my face everytime I drove it with very little going wrong in that time.

So with a heavy heart, RIP RFB-401, may you give your new owner as much motoring enjoyment as you have given me over the last 5 years.......

Now that I've done the sad farewells, it is time to welcome the new addition to my family, and I can't wait till I get her in my driveway

I have spent the last year keeping my eye out for the right replacement and when I stumbled upon this I knew it would be a fitting replacement . It is a mildly modified 1997 series 3 GTR with something a little different under the bonnet (I'm sure the anoraks will pick it in a second ). I will be regoing it in Vic around mid-Oct before transporting it to Perth while I am there for work.

lol I guess I'll have to change my username too

Cheers

Ant95GTR

Is it a sad day or a happy day ?

Congrat mate, coming back to Vic next year at all?

[Ant97GTR]

Cheers Troy....I would've loved to keep her mate but I think I would have had to throw a lot of $$ at it in the coming year just to keep it on the road so I think I hopped out at the right time

West - Definitely coming back to Vic mate....Melb will always be my home

[Savage Bliss]

I can hear the worlds smallest violin playing... but I also hear bongoes... coz it's party time! Nice ride, kudos!

[Kaz200]

Nice!

I almost thought you were going to be one of these 'sold my skyline and bought a commodore' people!!.. til I read the rest of the post

Make sure you change the rego to WA before you move back here

[Jamezilla]

Great work Ant!

Looks ace.

[Starionturbo]

That is one Tough ride!!

R33 GTRs have always been a favourite, just make sure you run a minimum of 265s on the rear!!!

[Ronin 09]

mmmm black GTR... well done

have fun keeping it clean though!

[R32Big_boy]

Super Uber cheater class for you.

[JAGR33]

Well done Ant, about time you bought the GTR, knew you always wanted one...

Be great to see it when you get back to Melbourne, and I'm sure u will regurlarly take it to the track...