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Hi guys,

Thought I would keep a log of the current build with Josh at Galvsport. 
Some of you may have seen it recently. 
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Basic Build Spec:
RIPS RB32 with the entire kitchen sink. 
Brad Stacey Cage
Full Restoration with brand new exterior Rubbers/Trims
Genuine Veilside EIII
Billet Merge Collector
GW3884R (AKA6465) street Setup. 
CPC Billet Plenum. 
102mm DBW Throttle body. 
Full Set of Nismo Links
MCA Reds Nitto II spec. 
Quaife Diffs
The DriveShaft Shop Axels and DriveShaft.

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6 hours ago, JH32 said:

NIce specs, what's some of the history behind the build?

This is actually my second GTR after bending the chassis on the first one back in 2011.  It was literally in the last stages of being built to how I wanted at the time (only a brakes  upgrade remaining because they'd sent me the wrong parts). It then sat in storage waiting to be re-shelled, kind of pissed me off every time I thought of it so nothing happened for a couple of years. 

Then I bought a shell in 2013 but as I was doing long stints of FIFO at the time, not much happened so I sold the shell in 2015 and was going to part out the first car. 

Not long after that, my dad had to have a emergency quadruple bypass recently which put things into perspective. I didn't like how I'd never finished building a GTR so I went and bought another GTR that needs some work and here we are. The first car will serve as a donor car  to the current project although the spec has changed quite a bit since then. 

Hopefully everything goes well with this build and I can enjoy it until I am physically no longer able to do so. 

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