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Yes Its Sad To See

Started by _lx5008_ , Feb 27 2008 11:37 AM

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#1 _lx5008_

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 11:37 AM

hi all, ive known this car for 20 years. it was such a nice car back then. today the same owner came into work and we were talking toranas.i said do you still have your torana he says yes its been off the road for the last ten years just sitting in the back yard. he says come around and have a look and buy it if you want. he only lives a few streets away from my work .so around i go and took some pics. hope to pick it up tomorrow.
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#2 _lx5008_

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 11:40 AM

what do you all think is it a gtr ?

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#3 RIM-010

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 11:40 AM

Doesn't look too bad... A little bit rough around the edges though. Is it all there? Engine etc?

It looks like it's been sitting there since the days when people didn't care too much about GTR's that they'd go to the extent of making a fake one, tags and all...

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 11:42 AM

complete car less carby

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 11:46 AM

Good find did it have webbers on it ?

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#6 _lx5008_

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 11:49 AM

no single carby. just dont know my lj numbers. is it a gtr ?

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#7 Bazza

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:08 PM

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If I have read the tag correctly as H225841 - it comes up as a GTR completed 13/3/72 and sold by Norman Booth Dee Why in March '72. The original engine was L115944

The ADR tag rivets look undisturbed also.

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#8 _lx5008_

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:09 PM

thats for that, do think its the right colour

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#9 _lx5008_

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:16 PM

paint code 567 13883

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#10 Bazza

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:19 PM

Hi

It looks like Brooklands Blue (same as mine) but you haven't put up a picture of the Trim Tag. If BB as above - it should be 568-13131.

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#11 RIM-010

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:21 PM

Adriatic Turquoise, going by the colour chart in the LC/LJ forum...

I've never seen Adriatic Turquoise, but I assume that it looks something like this.

Wait on, it says that Adriatic Turquoise is metallic...

Tim

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:21 PM

Nice find for sure,
Another project on the way eh!
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#13 Bazza

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:24 PM

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13883 is Adriatic Turquoise Met. It may have had a colour change or the paint has lost its metallic finish. Still looks like blue to me though.

Do you have the Body No from the Trim Tag - to see if it accords with a 3/72 car?

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#14 _lx5008_

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:32 PM

im going to onsell it, dont have the room.
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#15 RIM-010

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:39 PM

Rust in the radiator support doesn't look good...

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#16 _Brewster_

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 12:57 PM

what a find, are you going to restore it before selling it?

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#17 Bazza

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 01:01 PM

Hi

The body number appears to be "date correct".

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 01:08 PM

Yes it is sad to see but also good to see that the owner is willing to sell it and not just continue to leave the car sitiing there. Its good to see a car going to a good home. I have come across cars and the owners are not willing to sell because they are gonnas, there perogative. But it is frustrating when you go back to check on a car you were trying to get or hear thru the grapevine that the owner sold it to the wreckers or a scrap metal merchant. Good luck with the car.

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#19 _TJ253_

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 02:02 PM

Nice find be a good Project for someone You should restore it and add it to your collection

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Posted 27 February 2008 - 04:03 PM

Good find mate! Hopefully you have saved it just in time! I hope you got it for a good price! and it just goes to show that they are still out there!

I was chatting to a guy at the carwash last night, and he said his uncle has a Mint condition GTR that has been in his family since new. The guy said that when his uncle thinks he is ready to drive it (and safe to) Its his... For only $2000!!!!!

So to all you hunters out there! Stay on the hunt!!!