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Went to a Pickles Auction today, hoping to buy the 1980 GTEX Skyline on offer.At the auction I was the only bidder, but another was bidding on line. "WHO WAS IT! anyone on here?. It was a good buy if you did'nt already have one. I only wanted the interior, rear bumper and a few odds and ends. I actually thought it was going to be a Turbo model but it was only a 2.0L injected, otherwise I would have bid more. Hopefully it shows up on this website, restored to it's former glory.post-44326-1253677913_thumb.jpg

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Yeah, but Drew he's upsetting the balance of Skyline distribiution around OZ. There's bugger all old Skylines here as it is. I had a feeling it was foriegn intervention. I got home and said to my wife that I bet it's Drews mate buying up another car to flog off to Kuwait, so I was half right. My intentions were to swap interiors and then wrap it up and store it at a friends farm. I was the only person bidding at the actual auction. No one even looked at it in the 3 hours before auction, I thought I had it in the bag. Anyway it's a good buy. Just needs a front guard and some major panel beating on passengers door striking panel. Interior is schmick, all rubber seals are spot AHH! can't talk about it anymore.

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Ok, I see your point... it sucks that the car is coming to Melbourne. At least your car is even rarer now in WA!

The car was originally advertised as going to auction a week earlier, and poor Rabee wasted almost a grand on flights to WA and accomodation only to find the insurance company wanted to delay the auction by a week. The auctioneer felt bad for him and arranged a phone auction so he didn't need to fly back a second time round.

Rest assured the car will cop a full-blown resto, which I'll be heavily involved in (rather than being parted out) and it will definately remain in country and be reregistered.

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Rest assured the car will cop a full-blown resto, which I'll be heavily involved in (rather than being parted out) and it will definately remain in country and be reregistered.

excellent. there are next to no C211's in oz (especially coupe's) which leads me to a minor favor i must ask (i don't want to buy anything ;-) )

i will be installing the C211 dash into my C210 which i have complete from a 4 door C211 i owned 10 years ago

the metalwork for the dash area is different. ie, i have to chop metal from mine. i was wondering if i could get some photos when you guys have stripped that area down, so i can see the differences, so the transition is easy. im pretty sure it will line up with the studs, but i have to cut the sheet away. the windscreen vents are in the sheet metal on the C210, whereas the vents are in the dash mould itself on the C211 as shown. any help would be appreciated

and does anyone know where a R30 is wrecking in sydney. looking for complete rear end to bolt up to the coupe, and use active torque blasting (atb) lsd in the r180. with the cv rear end, should be a pretty strong setup. thanks guys and i hope i've explained myself well

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Im wrecking an R30 hatch here in Canberra, only 2 hrs away from sydney

I can arrange transport no probs as I head out there at least every few months

Has R180 setup, shafts, the works.

You will need to source handbrake cables though and give the whole lot a good degrease and scrub...

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Im wrecking an R30 hatch here in Canberra, only 2 hrs away from sydney

I can arrange transport no probs as I head out there at least every few months

Has R180 setup, shafts, the works.

You will need to source handbrake cables though and give the whole lot a good degrease and scrub...

thanks andrew, might have to take you up on that one. i can drive down and get it no problem

ill send you a pm. and yes, this car is staying in australia allright!! :-)

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