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Nope, just trying to help, not be a smart arse.

Interesting that it comes to a maroon 32, also gives you a snip at the VIN, and more importantly, it's still registered,. Now, could it be coincidence? Yes, the plate could have changed car, but it seems to add up.

Nope, just trying to help, not be a smart arse.

Interesting that it comes to a maroon 32, also gives you a snip at the VIN, and more importantly, it's still registered,. Now, could it be coincidence? Yes, the plate could have changed car, but it seems to add up.

What year does your search commence from? Also, there appears from Duncan's link to be an imposter. Are you able to post up search result.

Car was definitely purple.

I did. It doesn't.

In any event, I'm not sure what a maroon GTR has to do with the special company purple hue the car was painted. The plates were a reference pre searchy by two years at least. Those plates would have moved onto another car by now.

What makes this car so significant?

It was a no expense spared build at the time by a well known Jp workshop. It featured in magazines and videos. It was well know in Australia at the time and then it disappeared. Similar to a Jun Gtr,

Top secret gtr, veilside gtr, or mines gtr. It was a workshop owned and built car.

Given the length of time past since they sold it, I would think the bread crumbs would be very difficult to follow. I am sure that no personal information would be given in any event. I am hoping someone on the forum can update on the car and what became of it. Also interested in the old Joviant built, Kakimoto bodykitted GTS25T too - what became of that car? Are they still about and in what condition?

Unsure about that car.

But my car was originally built by Brett at Joviant. He closed up shop about a year after I bought my car. I think around 2008.

This was his GTR (that motor is now in my car, btw). http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=1930

I will say this. For a 2003 built motor it is still going strong. I just did a turbo upgrade and just about ready to bump up the boost for another 50 kw or so. Although it could probably use a freshen up. It has about 50,000 k's @ 260-320kw.

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Unsure about that car.

But my car was originally built by Brett at Joviant. He closed up shop about a year after I bought my car. I think around 2008.

This was his GTR (that motor is now in my car, btw). http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=1930

I will say this. For a 2003 built motor it is still going strong. I just did a turbo upgrade and just about ready to bump up the boost for another 50 kw or so. Although it could probably use a freshen up. It has about 50,000 k's @ 260-320kw.

Unsure about that car.

But my car was originally built by Brett at Joviant. He closed up shop about a year after I bought my car. I think around 2008.

This was his GTR (that motor is now in my car, btw). http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=1930

I will say this. For a 2003 built motor it is still going strong. I just did a turbo upgrade and just about ready to bump up the boost for another 50 kw or so. Although it could probably use a freshen up. It has about 50,000 k's @ 260-320kw.

This is great Eric. I knew Brett and worked around the corner from his shop in Brookvale when the car was being built. He spent a lot on the engine. I remember at the time they were hand crafting an entire exhaust for it that ran twin pipes all the way. Did it still have this exhaust when you got the engine?

Brett loved that car, and this type of information is exactly why I started the thread. A known workshop owned and built gtr with history. At around the same time he was developing the gtr, they also had a white wide-body kitted Kakimoto built r33 gts25t do you know anything about that car. Also be interested to know what happened to Brett and Joviant?

I bought my car from Sebaz here. He bought that motor from Brett cause they were mates. So I just had the Motor and Autronic SMC set up from Brett's car. Not sure what happened to his car.

I didn't really know Brett other than the one time we were introduced by Sebaz when I bought Seb's GTR.

My car was the only Joviant Built one I've come across.

Business relationship only Tim, if that helps.

John's Dad and I are both pharmacists too, but I don't remember him now.

Rohin (aka gtr_fan) bought his ADM R32 GT-R off John at UAS, if that helps too.

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