Single owner 1972 Skyline GTR, only 22,000 kilometers on the odometer

Employing a 2.0-litre S20 straight-six engine (a revised production variant of the 1966 Prince GR8 engine from Prince/Nissan's R380 racecar) and producing no-less than 160bhp

only 1197 first-generation Skyline GT-R models were constructed, with any unmolested survivor in original condition commanding top dollar.

http://bhauction.jp/auction/2019tas/search/002.html

someone is incredibly good at making vinyl wraps look like aircraft, patina'd to boot

Who takes a car for a joyride, instead of towing it to the dealership for repairs? Royal Towing of Houston.... (Nissan Roadside Assist sent them) and their moron tow truck driver was busted by the dashcam videos, and is now famous for effing up. He's good to his jackass buddies though, he let them drive his customers GTR too

http://abc13.com/news/video-man-claims-tow-truck-driver-took-his-car-on-joyride/1575066/

The tow company sent a driver to pick it up on Sunday, then he brought it to his own residence, unloaded it, and joy rided in it, and let his jackass friends (who seem to be extras from the meth house on Breaking Bad) joy ride it. They screwed with the GTR all day, and into the early morning hours, as they finally disconnected the dash cam at 2am. On Monday it was delivered to the dealership for repairs, and Tuesday it was picked up by the owner. That's when he noticed his sunglasses were stolen... so he went to the video and discovered the car had been basically stolen for a day, instead of being delivered.

The Pearland Police Department presented the case to the Brazoria county DA. The DA office accepted the charges for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and burglary of a motor vehicle.



see all 8 videos from the car owner at http://www.motohouston.com/forums/showthread.php?t=344537 

When you just know

Found on https://www.facebook.com/carthrottle/?fref=photo

#81.. bitchin Skyline GT. Coolest thing? Characters under the number 81 in silver paint

Passing on a 2 lane... annoying right? But a GT-R went too far, and forgot that important physics law, you can't apply brakes if you ain't on the ground

Found on http://garage1975.blogspot.com.br/2015/02/nissan-gtr-ready-to-take-off.html

7.49 sec at 189mph, Nissan GT-R (skip the first 40 seconds of nonsense)

Found on http://www.carthrottle.com/post/watch-how-violently-the-worlds-fastest-nissan-gtr-launches/

race cars are a great start to the day

Found on http://www189.carbuzz.com/news/2014/12/28/You-ve-Gotta-See-This-Batshit-Insane-Japanese-Hill-Climb-in-a-Ford-GT40-7724512/

cars you're not likely to ever see over your hood, or in your rear view mirror, in traffic... and you'll never win the "guess the make and model by the tailights" game with these

this, is a Mitsubishi GTO. I have never ever heard of one before

Ferrari stuck it's PR foot in it's mouth, all over the internet... when they gave some celeb a cease a desist about the vinyl wrap on his 458... and Nissan jumped on the opportunity to exploit the free publicity machine, and punk Ferrari at the same time

Nissan has taken an opportunity to punk Ferrari by wrapping a GT-R for Ddeadmau5, who recently created one of the most iconic Ferrari 458s in the world by wrapping it in Nyan Cat colours and then was hit with a cease and desist letter from Ferrari lawyers, after his 'Purrari' 458 -- wrapped in a Nyan Cat theme -- was run in the Gumball 3000... at least, somewhat. He was banned from driving in France, literally escorted into a police van and driven to the border.

Allegedly, Ferrari wasn’t too happy with the house artist’s rainbow-pooping image choices, and sent the musician a cease and desist letter. Ferrari’s official claim was that the ‘Purrari’s’ bespoke nameplates weren’t appropriate trademarks. 

 "Yeah it was mostly about the custom floor matts and the custom purrari badges," he noted in a Twitter post. “I wonder if the jackass lawyer at @FerrariUSA who sent us a “cease and desist” letter over the purrari is un-butthurt now that I unwrapped. Whatever. It's just a normal ass 458 now. All good."

 Seeing an opportunity in the controversy, Nissan posted a picture of a GT-R featuring a similar wrap inspired by the Nyan Cat meme. "Hey @deadmau5, heard what happened to your car," the company quipped. "Good news? We found a replacement, ready right meow." From http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-wraps-a-gtr-for-deadmau5-after-ferrari-threatens-to-sue.html

http://www.carthrottle.com/will-deadmau5-replace-his-purrari-with-this-nissan-nyan-cat-gtr/

It's not what you can do, or have made, not always.... sometimes it's taking an available opportunity to one up the pretentious over priced competition who has made an ass of themselves

image from http://jalopnik.com/ferrari-sent-deadmau5-a-cease-and-desist-about-his-purr-1627640534

from http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/deadmau5-nyan-cat-ferrari-458-spider-for-sale-at-%C2%A3200k

update Sept 11th, the Ferrari got sold and he bought a McClaren 650 http://www.magneticmag.com/2014/09/deadmau5-reveals-meowclaren-signs-uber-driver/

Godzilla with and without a scaly vinyl wrap... found in the car show at Speedfest 2013

Optima Battery Faceoff Challenge completed at Road America, winner Bret Voelkel with Factory Five '33 Ford, and 4 invitations announced for Optima Street Car Invitational in November the day after SEMA

above photo of the 2400 pound, 630 Hp '33 Ford made by Factory Five, owned by the Ride Tech owner, from my coverage of this springs race in Irvine, full gallery at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-variety-of-cars-at-2013-run-to-cost.html

2400 pounds, 630 Hp

1933 Factory Five Ford (Above),
 1964 Chevy Corvette,

2013 Nissan GTR,

1963 Pontiac Le Mans

 and 1981 Pontiac Trans Am

won entries to the 2013 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational. Above 4 images from Pro.touring.com newsletter

Full gallery at http://bangshift.com/gallery/optima-faceoff-at-road-america-2013.html?pid=150440 who covers cool races like this

Think about watching the kick ass cars live, it's possible, and you can bet the best race will be the Optima Street Car Invitational in November just outside Las Vegas on the Saturday after SEMA

A couple unusual Nissans came to Breakfast

How about that watch, chronograph, stopwatch... all the racing essentials

http://www.breakfastatbalboa.com/