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Hello Skylines Vic,

8 years ago I first joined the forum and the club dreaming of owning an R32 GTR.........then I built a house........then I had a kid..........then another kid..........the sold a house........then started building another house........so things, including membership, lapsed.

Then about 4 weeks ago my wife informed me that she wanted a new car. The white Corolla Ascent wasn't cutting it for her anymore and she had set her heart on a John Cooper Works Mini Countryman.

I said yes, on one condition: she could have her car, if I could have mine. The deal was made and I signed with Iron Chef Imports to look for an R32 GTR for me.

Well yesterday they found the right car and I was successful at Auction.

Ii appears I now own a silver 94 R32 GTR VSpecII (still cheaper then the Countyman ;-)

So I'm back :-)

I'll be sending my membership form in today and will probably pester the forums with stupid noob questions on servicing, width of the number plate well at the rear, good vehicvle alarm installer and the rest.

I look forward to meeting some of you at future events, once the car is in the country.

Cheers

Andreas aka The Baron

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welcome back.

your car, hhnnnggggg.

love 32 gtrs.

looms to be a nice clean example.

fingers crossed its better then it looks in the pics.

I have confidence in Iron Chef ;-)

Provenance and Inspection reports told a convincing story - am expecting detailed pictures tomorrow or sunday :-)

Cheers

The Baron

The Baron hasn't quite told you the full story - it's not just any old V-Spec II. It's a grade 5A V-Spec II. You will wet yourselves when the pics come through...I've been bugging my agent for them ever since we bought the damn thing...

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