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Super rare, super desirable RHD 5th Gen C211 Skyline with 2.0 6-pot
turbo - a properly collectible JDM hero car...
Probably the coolest car in the sale (along with the iconic P1…oh,
and maybe the Sapporo…)…Anyway, definitely one of the coolest cars in the sale
and barring maybe the earlier 3rd Gen Hakosoka Skyline, the next best
thing.
Dating from June 1980, this Nissan
Skyline is a 5th Generation C211 variant 2000GT Turbo EX and is
finished in Nissan Alpine White and sits on a set of deep-dish Wantanabe OG
alloy wheels finished in matt Bronze with polished lip and black wheel arch
extensions which were a factory option.
The
super keen amongst you may notice this C211 has some C210 bits including the
front and rear lights which the aficionados really get all steamy
over.
Under the bonnet of this Skyline 2000GT
EX lies the 2.0 L20 ET turbocharged six-cylinder engine which developed 143bhp
and 206NM of torque when new, driving the rear wheels via five-speed manual
transmission. This variant was the
most powerful of its generation and replaced the previous 4th Gen
2000GT-R version, and was the first turbo engine to power a Japanese production
car.
The car comes to us from an enthusiast
owner who restored it himself through his own body-shop at a cost of c.£5,000 we
are told, which was a glass out re-spray (some images of this in progress are on
file) along with a wheel refurb.
During his
tenure he also changed the belts and rebuilt some of the pulleys as well as
crackle finishing the rocker cover, changing the filters, plugs and fluids too
although the car hasn’t seen much recent use so would likely benefit from some
tinkering and fettling.
The car has been kept
as stock as possible, even down to keeping the original interior intact despite
there being some signs of age/wear to the rear seat tops and seat squabs as
pictured, but originality is key and the interior is a wonderful place to be
with the comfortable charcoal cloth seats, multitude of gauges, switches, air
con, heated rear window, electric windows, period Hitachi radio/cassette player
and of course, the sound balance joystick which is super
fun.
The car starts and runs, sounding super
with its subtle straight-six rumble and gurgle but we did note a squeal of belts
with the battery light flickering which suggests the belts will likely need some
adjustment.
The car is
lovely and looks squat, sleek, retro and menacing all at the same time
- its not perfect and the new owner will no doubt find bits to tinker with
and improve as with any 43-year-old car.
The
history file includes the V5C revealing just one former UK owner to our vendor
since import and registration in the UK in 2013, the original Japanese owner’s
manual and workshop manual for 1979, a Suffolk Alarm system certificate of
installation, print-out from the Japanese sale showing the KM count to be just
59,450 (it currently shows 61,557), HM Revenue & Customs confirmation of
Duty paid dated March 2013, Export Certificate showing it came from Kagoshima in
Japan, two old MOTs from 2013 and 2014 at 59,527 and 60,695KM and what looks to
be a Japanese invoice of sorts dated 2010.
The
Skyline is of course MOT and tax exempt, the last time it was presented for MOT
was in 2014 when it passed without advisory.
A
fantastic opportunity to acquire what is now a super rare, super desirable
5th Gen C211 Skyline 2000GT Turbo in a market where Skylines have
gone nuts in value and collectability.
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