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Timmy finally joins SAU

Hi Guys, new to sau, a couple of good friends are members in here so I thought I would get amongst it. 

Im 31 and live on the south coast of nsw, I'm a fitter but branched out into construction and structural welding, I love to fabricate my own gear where ever I can.Guess you could say I was hooked on the r chassis skyline since gran turismo 2 all those years ago. When I was 13 justjap in kirrawee opened a workshop around the corner of my fathers workshop and it was the first time I had seen a 32 Gtr in the flesh along with the then rare 32/33/34 gt range. I spent a lot of my time in school holidays visiting and trying to catch a glimpse of Darren,Steve or Garry giving opening one up on bath road, every now and again Steve would bring his targa 32 out which gov smacked me being a young fella. 

I guess the car that hooked me on skylines was Mario's midnight purple 33 Gtr, gtr700, I had watched his videos on exvitermini.com and it was one of my favourite gtr's with its 3037 high mount setup.One night on the way home from my dads workshop in his then brand new xr8 falcon, mario pulled up alongside us and he could see I was in ore, he gave us a demo from 80 to the top of 4th gear. The way it moved hasn't left me. When the time came for me to buy a car at 17, I was set on a fresh 33 Gtst with its 25k purchase price. At this time there was a snobbery going on with the local insurance company's for grey imports, an annual premium of $5800 would of applied for full Comp cover, so the idea was abandoned.

i went through my Aussie Falcons, a near new Au xr8, a series 3 Ts50 tickford falcon with a vortech blown 400ci Windsor, then a bf xr6 turbo Built in conjunction with cv performance. These cars were good fun as I loved stomping on the hsv guys, but even with brembo f50's, sorted suspension they still didn't like to stop or turn anywhere near as quick as they would accelerate. I called it a day and sold up and my toys after a long licence disqualification for some silly antics in the xr6t.lesson learnt.

a few years passed and the itch for a skyline was still burning in the back of my head as I seen some tough 26/30 combos being built and the release of the nitto 3.2 kit.

my first purchase was in July of 2015, I picked up a 1998 pre production ev1 yellow r34 gtt with all some nismo fruit; 400r front seats, r tune coil overs, dash cluster, 2 way gt LSd, built motor and ridiculous altia kit. The car has had some love in the past, in a former life so it served as a good base to build from. I have since given the car a major overhaul of new oem parts and custom fabricated a stealth turbo setup.

In November 2015 a chance arose to purchase a final month production 2002 r34 Gtr vspec 2 in tv2 bayside blue as a rolling shell. I figured the slim to none odds of finding another roller urged me to lock it in and bring it home. After some f**kery with the seller who I won't name, I had in back in my garage missing some pieces it was meant to be sold with. After a few phone calls, a public out on a certain page and a flight booked to return to vic, the missing parts arrived. I have been rebuilding/ acquiring parts for both cars since.

I will be starting a build thread for both cars with my progress so far. 

Introduce your self and get to know me. I'm thankful to of met Rajeel, Michael and Terry so far, it means I am not alone in my obsession! haha.

cheers guys

 

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