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Bought the car in 2017 from a local importer that mostly dealt with Skylines. He had purchased it to put alongside GTRs at shows to grow his business. I have always wanted a glass top car, and this one checked that box. Also an SiR, so checked that box. I looked up the VIN on a Japanese registry, and this was fully optioned when sold. B16A, LSD, glasstop, electric everything, leather, AC/PS, OEM mirror covers, OEM window rain guards, OEM floor mats front and back, everything, the works.
Car was first registered in Japan in October of 1989. Car had 78,600 KM as of September 2010, and 79,500 KM as of January 2013, the last two times it went through shaken (Japanese three year inspection). Car was exported in June 2015, and I bought it about a year later. According to the exporter, the car belonged to a mechanic at Feel's Honda Twincam, and it has all of their products installed on it (ECU, I/H/E, strut tower bars, etc). I'm not sure if they did anything with the engine, have yet to put it on the dyno, or open up the motor, but it does have an aftermarket clutch for sure based on the feel.
Car had ~83,000 KM on it, just around 50k miles, undercarriage looked great on the lift, no noticable surface rust anywhere. BUT the car had been painted at some point in Japan, as it was originally optioned with the OEM black. The engine bay is still black, but the car was presented to me in red... with a 'Mugen' body kit. I put that in quotes, because the exporter took it to a show, and one of the judges told him it was not authentic. Rear seat also needed to be rewrapped in vinyl. I used this as a strategy to talk down the price some saying I didn't like the fake kit, and it would be hard to get the car back to stock. Walked away with it for $7500 cash, put it in storage, and resumed collecting parts. In storage it sat until last year, when I felt I had most of what I wanted for the car, and to the body shop it went.
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Car was first registered in Japan in October of 1989. Car had 78,600 KM as of September 2010, and 79,500 KM as of January 2013, the last two times it went through shaken (Japanese three year inspection). Car was exported in June 2015, and I bought it about a year later. According to the exporter, the car belonged to a mechanic at Feel's Honda Twincam, and it has all of their products installed on it (ECU, I/H/E, strut tower bars, etc). I'm not sure if they did anything with the engine, have yet to put it on the dyno, or open up the motor, but it does have an aftermarket clutch for sure based on the feel.
Car had ~83,000 KM on it, just around 50k miles, undercarriage looked great on the lift, no noticable surface rust anywhere. BUT the car had been painted at some point in Japan, as it was originally optioned with the OEM black. The engine bay is still black, but the car was presented to me in red... with a 'Mugen' body kit. I put that in quotes, because the exporter took it to a show, and one of the judges told him it was not authentic. Rear seat also needed to be rewrapped in vinyl. I used this as a strategy to talk down the price some saying I didn't like the fake kit, and it would be hard to get the car back to stock. Walked away with it for $7500 cash, put it in storage, and resumed collecting parts. In storage it sat until last year, when I felt I had most of what I wanted for the car, and to the body shop it went.
