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I found this old girl really cheap and i just had to snap it up, my fascination with rarely seen cars is quite un-bearable!

this is what it used to look like and do!

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When i got it, she had no engine in it, no interior and no good suspension parts.

I have since added coil overs, rear camber arms, a full interior and cleaned up the inside tenfold. My engine is on its way from japan which is a 72,000 km RB25DET manual from a R33.

anyways, this is what she looks like now.

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at the moment she is still working on getting to the point of rego here in S.A. then it will be the fun part of modifying!

I would not mind seeing more photos or even videos of when this thing was drifting. I would also like to find out what modifications this thing had before it was sold.

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Same rb25dett as what was in. Jack callows old grey laurel?

Im looking at a bodykit this weekend for it. And ordering a bonnet emblem from tailand ....

Ill ask on secret drift about info.

Cheers fellas

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