wheels 50th anniversary r32 poster

[coco69]

not sure where my friend got it from, but he gave it to me today.

a reprint in poster form of the 1989 july front cover of wheels magazine. it's got a red 32 gtr, title: SKYLINE SUPERCAR!, and overall very retro looking.

not sure if its old news or wat, but it looks cool to add to the walls of my already car filled bedroom.

just thought i'd share.

cheers.

[coco69]

caption:

"Nissans new godzilla on wheels aims to slay the sierra. And it'd here soon."

and articles featuring starions. omg thats so oldschool.

[KamikazeR33]

we want pics

[inark]

yeah coco get out the cam!!

[doxximus]

havent they been reprinting the old covers for the 50th aniversary thing and attaching them to each issue each month? maybe its out this issue?

[funkymonkey]

hmm i think maybe jamesziulla can organise to have em reprinted (just modified a lil for SAU) eh james? eh eh?

[predator]

yer, get out the scanner and scan at 1200dpi.. come on, get too it..

[Wardest]

I've got that poster too. I'm gonna have it framed.

Its the sort of thing you won't find very often because the domestic car magazines never mention the Skyline any more.

Its as if the whole Skyline episode has left an open wound in the domestic car racing scene and the motoring press don't wanna rub salt into it. You can see this when anytime some writes to Wheels or Motor magazines asking why they don't run articles about Skylines or other imports. The editor just fobs them off saying that there are other publications for that so look elsewhere.

It has become a dirty little secret and a skeleton in the closet. You can feel the shame when its spoken of by Holden and Ford affiliates. The Skyline couldn't be beaten so they changed the rules so it couldn't play anymore.

Its the worst case of sour grapes I've ever seen and it will forever eat away at the conscience of the descision makers and supporters who instigated it.

The poster represents more than just history. It is a beacon to all which is just and true in this world.

[JET-RB]

i got one too still folded at work with me now mate gave it to me pretty cool...gotta get it framed too...

[Jamezilla]

Sure - I can get them reprinted

Is it in current wheels mag? Will have a lookie at Borders on my way home.

[predator]

Its the sort of thing you won't find very often because the domestic car magazines never mention the Skyline any more.  

Its as if the whole Skyline episode has left an open wound in the domestic car racing scene and the motoring press don't wanna rub salt into it. You can see this when anytime some writes to Wheels or Motor magazines asking why they don't run articles about Skylines or other imports. The editor just fobs them off saying that there are other publications for that so look elsewhere.  

It has become a dirty little secret and a skeleton in the closet. You can feel the shame when its spoken of by Holden and Ford affiliates. The Skyline couldn't be beaten so they changed the rules so it couldn't play anymore.  

Its the worst case of sour grapes I've ever seen and it will forever eat away at the conscience of the descision makers and supporters who instigated it.  

The poster represents more than just history. It is a beacon to all which is just and true in this world.

:werd: NISSAN is a dirty word in Australian motorsport, all because they were too damn good. Now in anything else, people would just accept that, but where Aussie pride gets in the way of just plain common sense then its stupid.

[KamikazeR33]

go james u can do it!

[Cortide]

Originally posted by predator666

:werd: NISSAN is a dirty word in Australian motorsport, all because they were too damn good. Now in anything else, people would just accept that, but where Aussie pride gets in the way of just plain common sense then its stupid.

http://www.angelfire.com/ms/touringcar/bat...rstresults.html

i was bored at work

looked it up because of the motorsport reference and i remembered skaife winning in a GTR

I dont know about the accuracy of this site but looking at the times, the gtrs time in 1991 still hasn't been beaten.

[fattdex]

i saw that poster loose in a stand at the supermarket. i considered nicking it :-) :-) :-)

[doxximus]

Originally posted by Wardest

I've got that poster too. I'm gonna have it framed.

if ur thinking of doing it in alluminium pm me i'll look after ya if u wanna travel to epping

[coco69]

hahah i like the way wardest put that essay. that was a brilliant read...

damn, the poster fell of my wall this morning and its got a tiny tiny tiny lil tear in the side. :'(

im gonna have a sook.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

heheh sook

[T0nyGTSt]

Mark Skaiffe still owns an r32 GT-R.

Why is that?

I would dearly love to see Jim Richards get his arse handed to him by an r33 or r34 GT-R in the next Targa Tasmania.

Man that would be the best.

Full circle as it were.

Then he can retire.

T.

[phorj]

I heard from a Targa Competitor that all the rules were changing around enxt year the Porsche's may not be eligible to compete... or they were going to do a 'Porsche Cup' type thing!

As it stands now there are heaps of restrictions on what you can and can't modify in the cars, so it makes sense to spend $300k+ on a porsche and race it 'stock' rather than try the same in a GTR... that's why they're thinking on changing the format

NOTE: This is what I've heard... may not be correct, just thought I'd add my 2c

[adznight]

Hehehe, my GF works at a newsagents so I have posters galore. I'll have a shite load left over once the mags go back hopefully so if anyones after one yeah....Or you could just buy Wheels I guess.