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Hi all im new to Sau and very new to any turbo cars i have got my fathers 1995 nissan skyline as he has passed away January last year and as it was in the hands of the solicitors i have just got it a month ago but i havnt done much with it as my other toy a 1967 chev impala i have been putting a new engine into .

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the car got left out in the sun for 16 months and the clear on the roof has faded and my father broke the front bumper but i have fixed it up and my father had to have a auto because one of his leg got run over about 5 years ago so he couldnt drive a manual any more

This is my chev

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i just wondering what that knob is behind the windscrean wipers

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Also i headed the sydney last week end and went out to a skyline wreckers out at weatherill park and got some rims and i put them on the car today

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this is how the front bumper was

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and now how it looks i have never fibreglass before

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mate i found the paper work that come with the car when my dad bought it its got 1995 GTST r33 skyline to4 82r turbo hi mount, external waste gate, plazmaman plenum, gready computer ecu ,stage 3 shift kit gearbox 3000 rpm stall converter ,front mount intercooler , auto trans cooler , 600hp fuel pump , 306 hp at rear wheels at 10 psi boost 3 inch stainless exhaust all gtr body kit

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