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    Quote Originally Posted by pacifico66 View Post
    Dropped the GLI off for service with a new mechanic he had a pretty neat collection of stuff and good taste, anything he could convert to manual he did my favorite was this RS6 and a big B7 Alpina he also does a lot of engine swaps in the smaller BMW's will get more pics when I pick up the wife's winter beater

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    I'm digging that Alpina. What a collection of cars.

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    https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3gg...utm_campaign=n

    Now, how do you think they managed that? The GT-R was never sold as LHD in any market and the designers said it was take an extensive redesign to make it work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by happyscrappyheropup View Post
    I'm digging that Alpina. What a collection of cars.
    I just looked up that particular car it's extremely rare and very cool

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raza View Post
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    Now, how do you think they managed that? The GT-R was never sold as LHD in any market and the designers said it was take an extensive redesign to make it work.
    Like everything some people have far more money than sense. This has been the case for a good long time. When I was in college working summers as a mechanic we had a guy pay us a boatload of money to take the diesel engine out of a Nissan truck and put it into a Nissan 200SX. We then put the 200sx engine into the truck. Both were fuel injected and this is not a direct swap like a Fox chassis Ford or between any GM product with a small block V8. We had to fabricate everything including the oil pans, mounts, hoses.... It was fun but took working 7 days a week to complete both. He was still driving both ten years after we finished the pair. I think he could have bought a new S class (which they had a diesel then) and a BMW 5 or 6 series for what he spent.

    At least the GTR was a expensive car to begin with, but they probably paid for it three or four times to convert it and make it look correct. I think that was the only way to have one in the US since the 25 year law was not in place. How much is a 2-3 year old newer one. While I like that this has an inline 6 the current V6 makes double the power, better suspension, brakes and tech.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Samanator View Post
    Like everything some people have far more money than sense. This has been the case for a good long time. When I was in college working summers as a mechanic we had a guy pay us a boatload of money to take the diesel engine out of a Nissan truck and put it into a Nissan 200SX. We then put the 200sx engine into the truck. Both were fuel injected and this is not a direct swap like a Fox chassis Ford or between any GM product with a small block V8. We had to fabricate everything including the oil pans, mounts, hoses.... It was fun but took working 7 days a week to complete both. He was still driving both ten years after we finished the pair. I think he could have bought a new S class (which they had a diesel then) and a BMW 5 or 6 series for what he spent.
    Yeah, that’s insane. My buddy works with a shop and they have some weird requests sometimes, but nothing that weird!

    At least the GTR was a expensive car to begin with, but they probably paid for it three or four times to convert it and make it look correct. I think that was the only way to have one in the US since the 25 year law was not in place. How much is a 2-3 year old newer one. While I like that this has an inline 6 the current V6 makes double the power, better suspension, brakes and tech.
    You could have them legally imported and still be RHD, I’ve seen plenty like that. But I have to say, I never really warmed to the newer models, once they moved the V6. It just didn’t have the character, and of course, making them automatic only was a big L, as the kids say (I think they still say that). The R34 is one of my favorite cars of all time, the R33 probably my second favorite Skyline gen, if I had the money, I would totally get one. Don’t think I’d go for an LHD conversion unless I had extreme confidence in the work.
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    Apart from the engineering, how do they fabricate reversed dashboards and consoles? Or are they already available from other markets?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tribe125 View Post
    Alpert from the engineering, how do they fabricate reversed dashboards and consoles? Or are they already available from other markets?
    If I remember correctly this is the base chassis for the Z car and the G series Infinity. There may even be a Renault that was the same chassis or one of their spin offs. They may take the dash from one of them to build it. The steering plate can be cut out and welded in which would include the pedal mounts. The one good thing about modern cars is that with economy of scale very few cars share 50% or more with others cars in the family.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Samanator View Post
    If I remember correctly this is the base chassis for the Z car and the G series Infinity. There may even be a Renault that was the same chassis or one of their spin offs. They may take the dash from one of them to build it. The steering plate can be cut out and welded in which would include the pedal mounts. The one good thing about modern cars is that with economy of scale very few cars share 50% or more with others cars in the family.
    That is true of the V6 models, but the I6 models developed long before then. The interiors are completely different as well.





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