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Silver'sR33 Rising Star

Silver'sR33

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Not RB powered (VQ30DET) but I had never seen one of these before last week when I saw this (actual) one:

http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!c...icle_id=2027137

out at uni and thought "wtf is that" and looked them up on the net...

Plus there's a newer one for considerably more cash:

http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!c...icle_id=2027982

Looks like they are both the same seller. Please note I am not affiliated with this seller nor am I trying to give him/her free advertising...I just thought this might be of interest to fans of the more obscure Nissan turbo models.

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strutto Grand Master

strutto

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Thats Mark aka XVLeo on here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/me...ber.php?u=11390

The new one is his, I believe the older one is his brothers... He lived in .jp for a few years and brought the Y33 back with him...

I've had a close look at this thing in the flesh and it's AWESOME!!! No slouch and pimp as it gets...

NismoGirl Grand Master

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This car looks awesome in the flesh. Mark's taken very good care of it and I'm suprised he's selling it.

We were discussing the night we saw it that it was very american looking with the rear lights.

I also like the look of the older Leopards. I'm wondering whether he will swap for a VL ;)

Evo_Lee Experienced

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thats dam nice ! ....looks like a cross between a large silvia and U12 pintara/ maxima

because it is known and sold as a Maxima in the states...do a search online.

Certainly different, not a very popular car in Japan the late Leopard.

But the early Leopard was, if you can still find any in good nick. Certainly worth dropping an RB26 from the one I saw at the garage.

edit, was thinking of another which required modification to the firewall.

Evo_Lee Experienced

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I like the 97 model VERY VERY much...

Y33 Leopards started in 1996 were all 4AT and powered by VG20E, VG25DE, VG30E, VG30DE, VG30DD, VQ30DE and VQ30DET.

You could say it was Nissan's car against the Toyota Aristos as they weighted between 1540kg - 1630kg.

There was also a RB25DET version with 4WD but she weighted 1700kg!

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