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5 internets to anyone who can tell me when the last run of R32 GTR's was, what colour and how many?

I would guess then Hiroshi Hasegawa did the r32 gtr too and the were white and about (from wikipedia) 2756 of them.

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5 more internets if you know what the luxury skyline model was called when first released, and who designed it (if you work this out, it should give you a hint to the first question)

Prince Skyline ALSID-1

Year: 1957

nope. The luxury model of the Prince Skyline was the Prince Laurel, both designed by Shinichiro Sakurai. When Prince merged with Nissan, he continued to head development of the Skyline, Laurel and also the Mid4 projects. He was also president of Autech, and ran his own engineering/mechanical workshop called S&S Engineering. The R32 GTR was his brainchild.

eco20050507_hitokoto.jpg

In late 1999/2000, as an homage and celebration of 10 years of R32 GTRs, Nissan gave S&S Engineering (headed by Sakurai, who had now retired from Nissan) 32 R32 GTR shells, which were then hand built using R34 GTR mechanical parts, and brand new R32 GTR V Spec II trim. They were all white.

http://www.sseng.co.jp

He's pretty much the godfather of the Skyline, and very highly respected in japan for his contribution to the automotive industry (he's a automotive hall of famer too). You can read his book (in japanese):

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oEUoqH...tsec=frontcover

nope. The luxury model of the Prince Skyline was the Prince Laurel, both designed by Shinichiro Sakurai. When Prince merged with Nissan, he continued to head development of the Skyline, Laurel and also the Mid4 projects. He was also president of Autech, and ran his own engineering/mechanical workshop called S&S Engineering. The R32 GTR was his brainchild.

eco20050507_hitokoto.jpg

In late 1999/2000, as an homage and celebration of 10 years of R32 GTRs, Nissan gave S&S Engineering (headed by Sakurai, who had now retired from Nissan) 32 R32 GTR shells, which were then hand built using R34 GTR mechanical parts, and brand new R32 GTR V Spec II trim. They were all white.

http://www.sseng.co.jp

He's pretty much the godfather of the Skyline, and very highly respected in japan for his contribution to the automotive industry (he's a automotive hall of famer too). You can read his book (in japanese):

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oEUoqH...tsec=frontcover

I remember this and thanks for posting it.

:laugh:

Was a good conversation we had about it too!

I read in a motor magazine, which had an interview with Gibson M/Sport, that the R32 GTR's were sent across from Japan with fully race-prepped Nismo motors.

I'll try find the article and post it up....

nope. The luxury model of the Prince Skyline was the Prince Laurel, both designed by Shinichiro Sakurai. When Prince merged with Nissan, he continued to head development of the Skyline, Laurel and also the Mid4 projects. He was also president of Autech, and ran his own engineering/mechanical workshop called S&S Engineering. The R32 GTR was his brainchild.

eco20050507_hitokoto.jpg

In late 1999/2000, as an homage and celebration of 10 years of R32 GTRs, Nissan gave S&S Engineering (headed by Sakurai, who had now retired from Nissan) 32 R32 GTR shells, which were then hand built using R34 GTR mechanical parts, and brand new R32 GTR V Spec II trim. They were all white.

http://www.sseng.co.jp

He's pretty much the godfather of the Skyline, and very highly respected in japan for his contribution to the automotive industry (he's a automotive hall of famer too). You can read his book (in japanese):

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oEUoqH...tsec=frontcover

Thats an interesting bit of trivia funkymonkey...any idea where these 32 cars now are , & what build numbers distinguishes these from the rest.. and what were officially the last 32 ever built ?

I would rather one of these than an N1 or mine..and not to mention not many people would ever know about the very last built cars & their desirability.

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Thats an interesting bit of trivia funkymonkey...any idea where these 32 cars now are , & what build numbers distinguishes these from the rest.. and what were officially the last 32 ever built ?

I would rather one of these than an N1 or mine..and not to mention not many people would ever know about the very last built cars & their desirability.

lol if I did I'd have bought one of em by now. The only distinguishing feature I'd have to say is the red RB26DETT out of an R34, and an "S&S engineering" badge on the boot. That and the fact that it'd be worth as much as an R34 GTR or more in Japan.

Also...

~The N1 ... the use of light-weight headlights.

light weight headlights my arse. They were the only GTRs equipped with non projector headlights found in poverty spec non GTR's. It was "lighter" than the projector versions, and had the extra clips bolted on to hold the grille in place (clips can be bought from Nissan still).

Did you know that...

There's something extra special in today's Daily Telegraph - Cars Guide Cover Story?

Who is it highlighting? :P

What car is it highlighting? :rant:

What Event is it highlighting? :yes:

NISMO - take a bow!

:banana: Did you know that...

some of the best examples of R32 GT-Rs in Oz will soon be available on Disc via a couple of extraordinary SAU photographers?

Matthew Everingham and Kory Leung will present to you the best and finest in 'high resolution' from the...

R32 GT-R 21st Anniversary Celebration held 3 days ago.

Orders are available from...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/So...st-t340253.html

And you can preview the low res shots from...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/R3...ry-t339826.html

Did you know that...

The owner of the burgundy ex-Gibson ex-Skaife R32 GT-R at last Sunday's R32 GT-R 21st Anniversary hasn't contacted me yet to claim his Prize of "Best Concours R32 GT-R"???

Is he here?

If so, you've got over $200 worth of Prizes to claim! :blush:

I've posted up on ACT this morning too!

Did you know that...

The owner of the burgundy ex-Gibson ex-Skaife R32 GT-R at last Sunday's R32 GT-R 21st Anniversary hasn't contacted me yet to claim his Prize of "Best Concours R32 GT-R"???

Is he here?

If so, you've got over $200 worth of Prizes to claim! :banana:

I've posted up on ACT this morning too!

I remember Lin Fox owns 1 of the Bathurst R32 GTR's...

I remember Lin Fox owns 1 of the Bathurst R32 GTR's...

lol I was the only one skinny enough to fit into the seat so I got to drive it when we borrowed it for Autosmellon back in 2003 (or was it 2004?)

Did you know that...

There's something extra special in today's Daily Telegraph - Cars Guide Cover Story?

Here we go...

with David Fitzsimons at work...

http://www.carsguide.com.au/site/news-and-..._my_nissan_gt-r

R32 N1 GT-R

...and NISMO ! :banana:

lol I was the only one skinny enough to fit into the seat so I got to drive it when we borrowed it for Autosmellon back in 2003 (or was it 2004?)

Damn that is awesome!

Nice one man!

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