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Hello all you fellow Skyline enthusiasts!

I’m from that small island they call the UK and have owned my 1998 34 GTT for quite some time now, 10 years at least!

It’s recently been returned to me after having some extensive restoration work done, along with a nice new paint job of the classic Bayside shade of blue.

Looking forward to getting to know people on here and sharing the rest of its journey to being completed with you all, as I still have a long way to go with it as yet so gonna need all the help I can get!

Regards,

Beanie (aka, Tim)

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1 hour ago, Duncan said:

@PranK is there a restriction on posting pics based on post count?

For that influx of Spammers we had I made no pic posting and no PM's for first ten posts. This is group based and I've manually updated @Beanie to the Members group which will open up the images and PM's. 

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Thanks @PranK for the updated member status, much appreciated! 👍🏼

Now, about those pics…

Unfortunately I could only find ones that I took in the dark.

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I was soon to discover that underneath it wasn’t in the best shape, but it was mine and that’s all I cared about at the time 😆

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It didn’t look too bad, it was more what I found underneath when the modification itch started. It had clearly been used as a previous track weapon and suffered quite a smash to the front end.

 

I decided my first mod would be a FMIC for it to gulp in some chilled air:

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When I removed the bumper to make a start on fitting it, that’s when it started to reveal its past to me.

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One very nasty looking buckled inner wing…

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…and a not so happy looking front panel and crossmember 😫

This may not cheer you up too much, but it really doesn't take much contact to crumple it back like that, and while any pre purchase inspection should have warned you it won't really change how the car feels as long as the panel mounting points are in the right spots so it looks right externally.  I would clean up and repaint the rust spots though

Well I had 2 choices from then on. I either had to (reluctantly) move it on to another potential buyer and take the loss on the chin. Or I stick with it and turn it into a restoration project. I chose the latter.

Project Snowstorm began!

The frp body kit was the first thing to go.

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Turns out the original colour used to be silver.

The Neo and gearbox were removed, along with the prop and exhaust system before it took a trip to the bodyshop, where I wouldn’t see it again for quite some time due to the pandemic hitting very soon after they took it away.

Eventually, progress began and damage assessments made. Even the front chassis leg was in pretty bad shape!

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Then the chopping commenced. For these guys it was just usual routine, to me it looked absolutely terrifying!

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More to follow as I’m struggling to focus on my screen at 12:45 am!!!

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