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Hello from a wet morning in Scotland.

Been a Skyline owner for about three and a half years now after importing one directly from Japan with less than 6,000 miles on the clock. It's a 40th anniversary edition R33 GTSt automatic, with very few mods;

Ohlins suspension

K&N panel filter

Powerflow cat -back exhaust

Nismo strut brace

American Racing Torq Thrust M Alloys Fronts: 17 x 8 ET 30, Rears: 17 x 9 ET 45.

It's my daily driver, so wears a few battle scars. Which, one day I'll get to sorting out, but for the moment I'll just keep adding miles to her.

I use to love driving my R33, but since developing a fault with the auto box, it's now driving me nuts. To make matters worse, I know where the fault lies, but I can't get hold of the part, so I'll be giving MV Automatics a call tonight (morning for you guys). I hear you highly recommend them for auto box work and advice.

Let's hope they can help me too.

See you on the forum thumbsup.gif

In the meantime here's a few pics of my baby:

At the action house in Japan

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At the docs in Japan

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Earlier this year

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