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Hi all Nebie from SA

Just brought my first import a few weeks ago. A rough defected R32 GTR. I worked flat out and gave it all the love and money it deserved, Then some cu#t stole it from my GF's mum's driveway. Not to be disheartened tho the very next day I brought a un complied Veilside Combat R32 GTR. That i was going to use the parts off to make the rough one awesome now i think I might keep it for track use and keep out of sight of a$holes.

link to stolen thred

http://www.skylinesa...stolen-r32-gtr/

just a note to the thieves dont bother looking for the veilside one where you stole the last one from its not there and if you found any thing in the car with my address on it its not there ether.

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the rough one

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the un complied veilside

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Welcome to SAU. Sorry to hear about the 32, I had mine broken into about a month ago down at Glenelg down at a mates place while I saw passed out at home down south, only had the car vor about 3-4 months :( Love the Veilside 32 looks great. Hope you find the other 32 unharmed.

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it's been over a week and the rough 32 is still missing its prob all been put in a shit box VL by now.

With the Veilside GTR I bought it over the phone on word from a mate and he has no idea (he drives a WRX lol). So you can under stand how happy I was when we turned up with a car trailer and found what looked to be a genuine Veilside Combat (engine in storage but I had been told that). With a huge Trust inter cooler. then I got even happyer when i opened the glove box to find a Autronic and under the bonnet I find some crazy coil packs and adjustable coil over tops, then in the boot I find a huge fuel system with surge tank and twin pumps. Then with help from members we have figerd out that its an Endless demo car, with Veilside kit, wheels and exhaust.banana.gif

Then yesterday its finally time to pick up the engine and I get a RB26 (in bits) with forged pistons, a T88 turbo woot.gif, trust high mount manifold with external waste gate, balanced crank, gear box, flywheel with OS triple plate, adjustable cam gears, grex cams,a head with what I think would be garden hose injectors and a twin feed fuel rail and a light weight anodised crank pulley rofl.gif

I have a lot of work in front of me but I have the time.

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