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If I had cash I’d have put in a bid. Pretty sweet project. Plus I can take a mould of the elusive blank FM button on the cluster surround and wiper less rear glass

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On 27/8/2024 at 6:31 PM, funkymonkey said:

If I had cash I’d have put in a bid. Pretty sweet project. Plus I can take a mould of the elusive blank FM button on the cluster surround and wiper less rear glass

I honestly had no idea the N1's had a blank FM button till I read this and did a google, makes sense but the thought never crossed my mind. Cool little skyline trivia that I will probably never use again 😆

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I mean an N1 came with a minimal paint thickness compared to dealer models. It’s probably had a ton of vinyls and stuff possible a race paintjob or two over the years.

you don’t buy an N1 for its stunning good looks or comfort 🤣 you buy it to send it and measure how much air you can get on the hill at Bathurst

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17 hours ago, funkymonkey said:

I mean an N1 came with a minimal paint thickness compared to dealer models. It’s probably had a ton of vinyls and stuff possible a race paintjob or two over the years.

you don’t buy an N1 for its stunning good looks or comfort 🤣 you buy it to send it and measure how much air you can get on the hill at Bathurst

I'm pretty sure people only buy n1 GTRs to put them in a garage/shed somewhere these days

On 01/02/2025 at 7:45 AM, Duncan said:

I'm pretty sure people only buy n1 GTRs to put them in a garage/shed somewhere these days

blame old mate Hawkins for that one :D I remember way back in the day the japanese didn't want them either... they always assumed a race shell would be thrashed. We found a few when looking for an R34 GTR for the Whites to drive in Targa Tas back in 2002.

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5 hours ago, funkymonkey said:

blame old mate Hawkins for that one :D I remember way back in the day the japanese didn't want them either... they always assumed a race shell would be thrashed. We found a few when looking for an R34 GTR for the Whites to drive in Targa Tas back in 2002.

Pretty sure we can blame the Americans, we were buying blown up 32s for 8k and complete running 33 vspecs for 14k until they were allowed to have them and parts were plentiful and cheap as chips

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On 1/31/2025 at 11:20 PM, r32-25t said:

I wonder if the n1 was cheaper when bought new 

It was more expensive than the base model GT-R, however cheaper than the V·spec and V·spec II. I've attached a scan of one of the price lists I have collected over the years.

 

On 2/2/2025 at 11:15 PM, r32-25t said:

Pretty sure we can blame the Americans, we were buying blown up 32s for 8k and complete running 33 vspecs for 14k until they were allowed to have them and parts were plentiful and cheap as chips

A lot of people blame the US market however I don't think we can blame any specific region for the price increases over the years.

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6 minutes ago, soviet_merlin said:

Man, I'd love to buy a brand new GTR for $50k. If someone invents a time machine please let me know.

To be fair, you could got to the movies on Tuesday for $2 in 1994 as well.

Or buy the median house in Sydney for $92k

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6 minutes ago, Duncan said:

To be fair, you could got to the movies on Tuesday for $2 in 1994 as well.

Or buy the median house in Sydney for $92k

Hah, fair enough. Hence the need for a time machine to spend the hugely inflated money from now back then.

8 hours ago, Duncan said:

To be fair, you could got to the movies on Tuesday for $2 in 1994 as well.

Or buy the median house in Sydney for $92k

So by that logic, an insanely expensive GTR for $200k+ is quite cheap, at 12% of Sydney's median house price compared to over 50% when a GTR was new...

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yeah I'd have bought a couple of houses in Sydney in the past, and then come back forward in time, sold the houses and use the money to buy more R32 GTRs.

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