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Gday all

Just Bought an R33 gts-t Shell (Literally) the only thing it has is Front, Rear and Rear Quarter windows

I Have no Parts for it at the moment Buy them as i go. Where Should I Start?

Thanks

I will shortly be pulling a 235RWkW engine out of my R33 to make room for a RB30/26. Also available is a R33 GTST Powerfc and hand controller. Engine comes complete with GT3076 turbo. Splitfire coilpacks and Z32 AFM, if your interested??

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I reckon it will work out a lot more expensive and frustrating that just buying a working car..

If you're than keen on building it up, then try find a wrecked 33 that you can swap the interior and working bits from.

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yeah seems a little crazy.. unless you're thinking about a stripped interior drifter/track car or something. I'd say you'd really be struggling to find everything from forums/2nd hand, hope you know some one who works for nissan. might be worth buying a halfcut though as others have said.

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Halfcut gets you everything you need from dash forward. Schedule about 4k? (Haven't really looked into halfcut prices recently)

In terms of interior there is a guy in Perth wrecking 2 33's atm that will probably have most the parts you need. His thread is in the FS section (Car parts and Accessories)

Running gear you'd have to source, referring to hubs control arms etc and again that guy has a turbo 33 that hes parting out which should have most of what your looking for.

Once you have 90% of it in I'm sure you'll start looking for specific parts. If your doing the work yourself and its a bit of a project then good luck with it all and im sure it will be a rewarding process.

If you were looking at trying to get a cheap r33 this way you'd be better off selling this hell and getting a complete car.

My2c.

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Pretty sure he bought the leftover shell from the guy that was wrecking those 2 33's. It is smashed and literally bare except for glass: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Bo...ts-t254005.html

To be honest man I think you would be better off buying a complete car. Not only do you need to fix the smashed up front end but you need to buy so many individual components to get it to a working state...it will be a massive headache.

If you were trying to do it this way to save money then I think you will be suprised at how much you dont save.

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Thanks Everyone For the input

I'm Gonna Keep The Shell And Do it up not to fussed bout how much it'll cost

I Just always wanted to build a car from scratch and what better car then an R33 Parts Aplenty

And as Someone mentioned above upon completion it will be very rewarding!

I've enquired bout a half cut from prestige motorsport is there anyone in W.A that imports Half-cuts?

Thanks All

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