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Garage Saurus carbon R32 for a daily, painted white. keep your 1000ps hi mount too, id go for low twins for tractability. (it is a run about after all :) )

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For a weekender, (I) cant go past a 240z (first car i can remember saying to myself ''i want one!'')

silver,wantanabe's,caged,RB26,stroked,poked,you name it! :(

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Dude you are F**king awesome!!! :D

Me and a friend were just talking about the 2 cars you posted last night.

Garage Saurus Carbon R32 GTR FTW and the 240Z with what you mentioned with black wide fender guards and carbon bonnet.

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Dude you are F**king awesome!!! :(

Me and a friend were just talking about the 2 cars you posted last night.

Garage Saurus Carbon R32 GTR FTW and the 240Z with what you mentioned with black wide fender guards and carbon bonnet.

Lol! yep, spot on, but i think id paint the bonnet!..... dont want to stand out TOOO much! hahaha

I see most of you don't read.

The request was not for an off-the-shelf dream car, but something that given the time, money and skill - you could build or restore for yourself.

I don't see too many people being able to fashion a Murcielago out of a log and a Repco catalogue...

Anyhoo, for me, it would be a 1973 Porsche 911 2.7 RS and ANY classic Ferrari.

250 Cal Spiders and GTOs are telephone number money, but a 250 GT Lusso or 275 GT still are in the realms reasonable fantasy.

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1973 911 RS

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250 GT Lusso - Steve McQueen's actual car

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275 GTB

My Dream cars to own and restore or modify

Torana A9X

Porsche 550

Datsun 180B SSS with either a RB25DET or RB26DETT (just for the fun factor)

'71 Skyline GT-R

'58 Corvette (fully optioned - four speed manual, power windows, power top) - yes the manual was an option back in the day.

The 917/30 was the most powerful sports car racer ever built and raced. The 5.374 litre 12 cylinder (90.0 x 70.4 mm) twin-turbocharged engine could produce 1,560 bhp (1,160 kW) with twin turbochargers run up to full boost, a simply astonishing 39 psi, though it usually raced with around 1,100 bhp (820 kW) at 7,800 rpm to preserve the engine. The 917/30 dominated the Can-Am series during the 1973 season. The 917/30 could go from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 1.9 seconds, 0-100 mph (160 km/h) in 3.9 seconds, 0-200 mph (320 km/h) in 10.9 seconds, and on to a top speed of 257 mph +, (413 km/h +)

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Garage Saurus carbon R32 for a daily, painted white. keep your 1000ps hi mount too, id go for low twins for tractability. (it is a run about after all :D )

post-43010-1224119833_thumb.jpg

For a weekender, (I) cant go past a 240z (first car i can remember saying to myself ''i want one!'')

silver,wantanabe's,caged,RB26,stroked,poked,you name it! :P

post-43010-1224120480_thumb.jpg

+1 for the 240z, some one posted a one of a silver fully restored and done up to the max. with RB26 and everything.. and it looked absolutly amazing.

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