Gtr R33 Rust

[bray]

I'm new to this site and just had a quick question for some of you that may already have a similar issue or have owned a gtr for some time. I'm currently living in japan and after three years of being here I will be moving to Portugal. A Japanese coworker has a gtr r33 he is willing to let go. He hasn't used the car in three years use to a fan belt, and water pump that needs to be replaced. He will fix those to two if I buy the car but the car also has small rust on the rear quarter panels and rust on the strut towers. What's up with this rust? Does anyone think it would be worth purchasing for $7,000.00. I will not have to pay shopping to Portugal, my job is providing me with that.

Any thoughts?

[darksky34]

depending on how bad the rust is, 7000$ sounds like a bargain. Though, that's because I'm comparing it to what we'd pay in Australia (20k +). I'm sure you could find someone to fix up that rust and you'd still be sitting with a winner. But really if i were you, i'd be considering what the actual damage is and what the outlay is to fix it. Alternatively go and find another one without rust! Will most likely cost you a fair bit more though.

On another note...I wonder how many more skylines are just sitting in storage in Japan?

[bray]

I will say this...living here I've my share of amazing skylines. The Japanese are generally very good at keeping their cars in top condition, from all types of cars, this is the first Japanese owned vehicle I've seen with rust on it and that's cuz it's been sitting in his garage. I grew up in New York City and everyone goes through what I call a "honda civic" stage since they're soooo cheap. Here japan skylines can be seen everywhere! Many military individuals are purchasing gtr r32s now because they'll be able to ship them at no cost back to the states starting in 2014. After 25 years they're considered classics. Surprisingly enough I've lucked out to find this one, I've looked at various r32s that run for an average of 10,000 completely stock. So 20k + is pretty hefty when you seem them here for half of that. Check out yahoo.aleado.com. It's a Japanese auction link...you can see various gtrs and their prices

[Hadouken]

We know the prices in japan. at the end of the day after importing, freight, tax, compliance, registration it will be a big bill in the high teens for a 10k car

[darksky34]

I will say this...living here I've my share of amazing skylines. The Japanese are generally very good at keeping their cars in top condition, from all types of cars, this is the first Japanese owned vehicle I've seen with rust on it and that's cuz it's been sitting in his garage. I grew up in New York City and everyone goes through what I call a "honda civic" stage since they're soooo cheap. Here japan skylines can be seen everywhere! Many military individuals are purchasing gtr r32s now because they'll be able to ship them at no cost back to the states starting in 2014. After 25 years they're considered classics. Surprisingly enough I've lucked out to find this one, I've looked at various r32s that run for an average of 10,000 completely stock. So 20k + is pretty hefty when you seem them here for half of that. Check out yahoo.aleado.com. It's a Japanese auction link...you can see various gtrs and their prices

My point was that:

do you like this one enough to buy it + fix it?