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Originally Posted by tuRBy
what wheels have you got on the 1st-gen c10 skyline, are they rs-watanabe ? 16x9? they suit it really well  |
Thanks. They are R.S. Watanabe 8-spoke, type 'R' in magnesium, front 9.5j x 15 and rear 11j x 15. I was running it for the first time on Japanese-made Dunlop slicks, and it was quite lively on the high crown and undulating road surface up the hill with them being so cold.
I'd prefer to run it on 14 inch diameter wheels and tyres to be more period-correct. The wheels are not a problem to find, but good 14 inch tyres of that width are........
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Originally Posted by paul creed
Nice to see Eric Heerema's 250 TR parked inbetween the two GT-R's.
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Fantastic car, isn't it? Moss drove it up the hill. I was looking at it closely and the patina is just mind-boggling. I believe Mr Heerema drove it there, and drove it home again. Excellent.
On the R35 subject, I found it interesting to talk to a few people that were not naturally inclined to be impressed by the new GT-R on the reputation of the previous cars alone. I got the feeling that
this GT-R is being taken more seriously by true
car people than any other has in the past, and it really
is causing a bit of a stir. Hard to explain fully, but the car
does have enormous presence - backed up with the reputation that it has been building for its dynamics - and was not out of its depth in such illustrious company. It has star quality in spades.