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A few months ago I purchased an R33 rolling shell and have been working on restoring it. After some bodywork and checks, I've been able to identify it as a 1994 Nissan Skyline R33 GTS-25T Type M, and found out it was imported into Australia back in 2005 by a previous owner. I found the dashboard and gauge cluster were Nismo, and just assumed the previous owner had put them in for some reason. However, I recently discovered that they had made GTS-25T Type Ms in Nismo spec, something I hadn't known before. I want to verify, so does anyone know of any other indenfiers or defining features that can confirm whether or not its a Nismo? Note: No engine, transmission, exhaust, spoiler, or bodykit. All had been removed when I purchased it. 

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On 14/06/2022 at 4:32 PM, Duncan said:

I am reasonably sure there was no "nismo" r33 gtst, what information did you have on such a beast? If you check your vin in FAST it might tell you if there is something special

I'd found these while doing research on the gauge cluster 

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As others have mentioned it's most likely the Nismo package option.

I do remember many years ago there was a guy on this forum who owned a Nismo optioned gunmetal grey series 1. it was a Nismo pre-production concept car which was set to be a GTS25t equivalent of the 400R. it was pulled from the assembly line and never made it. it was only discovered from official nissan marketing material left in the boot.

On 14/06/2022 at 10:12 PM, dyl33 said:

That nismo wing is filthy.

Well, let's just say it was "period correct". You would have been the coolest person in the carpark under the freeway in 1995

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On 14/06/2022 at 10:23 PM, mlr said:

I new I seen something somewhere 

Build this, call it the long lost number 4

 

 

 

On 15/06/2022 at 6:15 AM, Duncan said:

Well, let's just say it was "period correct". You would have been the coolest person in the carpark under the freeway in 1995

So was this so called 2500R actually a thing ? As in did this car infact come from Omori ?

On 6/14/2022 at 4:41 PM, BK said:

 

So was this so called 2500R actually a thing ? As in did this car infact come from Omori ?

It's maybe plausible in some regards, but the pictures show some pretty obvious modifications that wouldn't have been how Nismo does things. The missing fan shroud is a weird one.

On 15/06/2022 at 9:41 AM, BK said:

So was this so called 2500R actually a thing

yeah, saw it myself in real life. Was in Sydney many years ago, no idea where it went.

 

OP, you can search your VIN in gtr-registry.com and see what comes up. But you will find it's a regular GTS25t with some Nismo aftermarket parts (fairly common).

 

On 15/06/2022 at 11:38 AM, niZmO_Man said:

yeah, saw it myself in real life. Was in Sydney many years ago, no idea where it went.

 

OP, you can search your VIN in gtr-registry.com and see what comes up. But you will find it's a regular GTS25t with some Nismo aftermarket parts (fairly common).

Wow - just read the whole thread on that so called 2500R prototype. I get it is a real car, but it didn't actually go back to Nismo for anything did it ?

What a really, really shit thread to read... so confusing and contradictory on the claims made.

On 15/06/2022 at 1:24 PM, BK said:

Wow - just read the whole thread on that so called 2500R prototype. I get it is a real car, but it didn't actually go back to Nismo for anything did it ?

No idea, very good point. It was a good dream though hehe.

Yeah, seems the whole Nismo thing was just a kit. Not too disappointed, still my dream car either way, and the gauge cluster is sweet. I have fallen in love with the idea of a GTS-25T Type M Nismo though, so I might pursue a Nismo-inspired build! Chassis no. is ECR33-017724 if anyone was curious. 

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On 15/06/2022 at 5:35 PM, GTSBoy said:

Imagine all that love and attention paid to a car that actually looks good. Like a 32 or a 34?

While I disagree with your implication that the R33 looks bad, perhaps this R34 GTT Nismo kit tickles your fancy? I find the wing particularly beautiful for the car 

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Oh no. That R34 wing is dreadful. Looks like it belongs on a Honda. The whole back of the kit is bad actually. Only the front is OK.

I belong to the "R33s are boats that look like a Maxima aggressively rear ended a Magna" camp. The profile of the car is poor. The length between the back edge of the door and the rear wheel arch is just too long on a 33. The front is bland in a Magnaesque way and the rear is just f**ked up.

The R32 maintains the correct proportions from the cars that created the look (ie, the early Mustangs, and to an extent the earliest Skylines) that sort of survived in the 70s Skylines but definitely was solidly in the design language of the 80s Skylines. The R32s only blemish is really the front end of the bonnet. But that can be changed.

The R34 brought back the correct profile and proportions. It was actually confrontingly square when it first came out, but that soon passed. The only blemish is the slightly incorrect taillights, but they are much better than the very wrong lights on the 33 (and the lower end and Aussie built 31s). Equal sized stoveplate rear lights are a requirement for a proper Skyline.

You have to slap a lot of tupperware onto a 33 to mask all the problems.

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