Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. We're live outside collector cafe, but not at the old light car. I've got Chris Bull, I was joining today. I was the bike and I was always there.
I thought about myself. I thought about myself. I thought about myself. But we're out of it.
We're at the roads, we're at Chibello Cafe. Yeah, Chibello warehouse and they've got a cafe between warehouses as well, which is right. And we've got it surrounded by a range of decades and countries. It's a beautiful car that you'll never see on the road and then it happens by every couple of weeks.
Every month, the moment we increase the frequencies. So, I might as well plug where we find out the collector. You've got to add collector cars with a K on an insert and put the cars on Facebook. And you'll see dates down at road, see what you see down at the spot on.
Great coffee, great cars. And great people. And we'll go through some of the cars, but we've got one special car here. We've got the little owner of a very unique car, because a lot of them probably got crusches at the Japanese.
What have we got? What have we got? What have we got? So, we're looking at a 1971 Nissan Skyline GT, which has been totally restored in Australia and it's best called a tribute to the GDR.
But in reality, it's an out-law, very different to the original GDR. Other than the body shape, the body shape, the body shape, the body shape, the body shape, the body shape, the body shape, the body shape, the body shape, the body shape, the everything else has basically been taken over the top. Yeah, so that was the original Skyline GT. Is the grande, or not the GT?
Well, I think the Skyline actually, the name was allocated by Prince, which was a car company formed up for the Second World War from an aircraft company. So that with aircraft technology, Prince was formed in the many cars. So, it was an early Skyline, which was pretty nondescript. But the one that most people know is the Prince Skyline GT, which was very successful in racing in Japan.
300 actually came to Australia and a few will make you race at Bethas. So, the original... You mentioned the only 7-1 period before? Between the mid 60s.
60s. The 60s, yeah. And the takeover of Prince by Nissen was in the 66. So, the first few cars produced by, or Prince cars produced by Nissen were actually had the two names, Nissen Prince, and ultimately then they went straight to Nissen.
And so, you wanted to coop, I believe? Yeah, two door. So, the four door, Nissen Skyline started in 1969. And then they went to the two door, or in 1971, really to take weight out their tremendous racing success between the four door and the two door.
Between the two, so from 69 through the 72, they won 50 races pretty much in a row. I think it was like a touring car class in Japan. Yeah. Yeah.
And just basically short of the platform to reduce weight. Yeah, reduce weight, make it more nimble. Yeah, and just keep up with the opposition. Until the road trees came out, they were absolutely nominated.
And they became immortalised. So, the GT are named... They were actually picked by Nissen Bilet, also in around about 1969. This is a Bilet GT out, which is a very rare car.
But Nissen a few months later also, so who got me to? Yeah, it's very... The first two cars I understand in the world, they have the Monica GT out. So, it's GT racing.
Yep. And I like the period, those Japanese are just a lovely, their rearview mirrors. A wreath. Sort of rough on the front.
That's correct. That was what was the law at the time. Yeah. Do they...
I mean, can you see your blind spot from it? Do they work? They're pretty bad, to tell you the truth. So, even if they start properly, they're very limited, you know, regions, so I guess that's why they're into you by signers in the end.
Yeah, and happy your arms have to be the leader by the time. You need a golf club? Like a three-wheeler? I could say something, really, a bit.
I'm sorry, but... Well, we're socially distantly... I've been saying it's a pew... It's like, they are quite rare, because the Japanese, they're not very sentimental.
They crush everything. Yeah, that's direct. Yeah, a lot of cars were crushed. The ones that remain all have rust.
So, took me 18 months to find that one in Japan, and the criteria was to find one of the least amount of rust. So, that's not Australian, you've found that. Oh, yeah, I was searching in Japan. Where did you go over?
Oh, I've been going to Japan for over 40 years, but... Oh, okay. I'm not going to Vegas every year. Who's there?
Is it for work? Was it just like you'd enjoy the place? Oh, well, now you get the life history. So, I studied Japanese at uni, back in the late 60s, early 70s.
Well, that was quite unique, wasn't it? It was, yeah. And there was no particular reason other than that. It sounded like a good thing at the time.
Right. However, I made some Japanese friends. I wanted to get out of Australia, since I graduated, so I went on a double ship. That's all I could afford in Japan when I was 21.
And I arrived in February 71. That two-door came out in March 71. And that and a lot of other Japanese cars at the time, like the Twin-Fam's Allegus. A number of cars between came in, I mean, you've got to cast your mind back to Australia.
I can't remember what model home, but it was still a column shift. We've got HQs, we're just coming out. Probably, yeah. Drum breaks.
You know, basically not much get up and go. So, to find cars with Twin-Fam motors, I certainly just break front in. Fights were give boxes, and it was mind-boggling. So, it was kind of a start of a golden era in Japan for a number of cars.
And that the Nissan GT-R, we're very significant. You can't underestimate Prince State. They had the most advanced into the motor sport in Japan. Had a lot of success with their own name.
And that car was actually signed by a Prince entity, and the Shingi-Shingi-Shingi-Shingi-Shingi-Shingi-Suck rate. He was instrumental in all the designs of the GT-R's and right up until the R32, and including R32. So, were you in a car? Were you just in a car called?
Just swatch you up and when you arrived? No, I was in a car since I was three years old. Yeah, there you go. My earliest memory is pedal car that I received on the third.
Leaving Australia at the R32. And it's not like now, well, not now because of COVID. But, you know, we take cover for granted, we're back in those days. There wasn't, tourism was very limited in industry.
And for you to step out in Japan as a young guy, seeing things that you've probably never seen before in your life. Yeah, I mean, it was total culture shock. It took about six months to sort of acclimate it to Japan. I was ever too almost.
And, strangely, from Japan after 12 months, I went to Europe. It took me about three months to acclimate it back the other way to the west. It was a bloody expensive in 1971. Well, it was cheaper to go by ship than it was to fly.
And so, I went by ship. But, you mentioned, 21-year-old, five weeks at Portoping to Japan. Yeah, yeah. It was pretty amazing.
And we're going to sleep in again. I've heard of a large collection of cars, I believe. So, well, a fair collection. A fair collection.
Well, it's appropriate to all of us all the gentlemen. Yeah. Yeah. So, thank you for that story.
And we'll visit you. And you're a friend of the podcast. So, we'll catch up again in the future. OK, thank you very much.
But, I'm quite glad I said we'll put some photos on the web page, on the Instagram page, on the skyline. It's just an amazing car. It's a lot of history there. And I've got a few of you with the early 70s and niggas and datsons.
When I was born, my grandfather bought my mother, eight dats and 1200. OK. And orange one. Yeah.
They wanted the 1600. I think I said the story before. They wanted the 1600. That way.
Like, so popular. That was on a lot. It's 1200. Yeah.
And so she got 1200. And it was in the family for a while. Oh, no. And I've very little reliable little cars.
Yeah. Well, I mean all those cars are starting to bring me money. Yeah. So, I've got some kind of like an affinity to the early distance.
Thank you for sharing that story. Oh, well, thank you. Excellent. Thanks very much.
Thank you very much. Thank you for coming this morning. By the way. No, no.
But fantastic. Yes, of course. That is in the keeping of who's that Porsche aftermarket, and then a factory in Japan. Oh, I continue.
It's sort of a cut shot. You've got a few people coming through with all their cars. And Chris and I will go through some of the cars here. I mean, heard you the love boat's driving.
But at the moment, we've got Adam here. Adam's an owner of an MX-5 with a bottle. Indeed. You can just say it there.
It's that dark green one. So, it's a 1997 N8. N8. One of the originals with the pop-ups.
Yeah. It's Australian delivered. It's a lot of fun. I've got an incident with my daughter's goin' in and see.
Yes. So, with the hard time. Yeah. But yours is quite special.
What did you do to it? Ah. With it. Sorry I haven't done much to it.
It is a relatively staunch, which is unusual for an N8. Last year I quit my job and drove around Australia for three months. So, you just got up and thought, you know, I must go for a drive. It's really unusual car to go around Australia.
Yeah. To take a friend or get on your stuff or a bike? Only enough for a few back. You start to convince someone to talk about what they're doing for a few months.
Yeah. So, did you document it or did you? Yeah. We were competing with the post- A couple of magazines that picked it up.
Did you go clockwise or any clockwise? Anti-clockwise. See you at the long way. If you go, no, any clockwise is a short way.
What do you mean? If you go around Australia, anti-clockwise, because you're on the left side of the road, you say 20 kilometres. 20 kilometres. 20 kilometres.
20 kilometres on the inside lane. Oh, clockwise. See us on the outside of Australia. That's so funny.
Long ago. Yeah. But nobody thought about that. There you go.
23,081. But the way you went, you could see the coastline on your side of the road. Yeah. So, you did go into my industry making.
But it's not good. So, yeah. Yeah. So, without the car travel, mostly there was no...
No. No. Had to replace the H2O2 in Mount Meizar. Okay.
So, was there for a week? Yeah. And then just to fix up some early leaks, but I was going to stay there anyway. Yeah.
Yeah. So, a few thousand dollars in repairs, I wasn't expecting. Okay. Which isn't going when you're living out of your stay.
Yeah. So, that was a good fun. Yeah. Because I can't really expect anything different for that sort of car.
Yeah. Roof up, roof down. Mostly roof up. Roof up.
Just cooking in the desert. Yeah. Like, when the roof down. Yeah.
Not very enjoyed. We had a must take. Convertible on the honeymoon. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. And I've never had a converter before. I was wondering, why did I drive the roof up?
Yeah. A little bit of a desert. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's good.
Yeah. Yeah. Back on on is a good thing. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, it's a pretty Tracy Green.
It's not one that is limited. It's just a. No. It's far from where it's.
One point. Yeah. One point. Yeah.
It has the open rear deck, which I'm going to pay with it. Yeah. LSD. It's got the tan leather interior.
Nice. Good. It was a low mileage car when I bought it. It's a big case.
It's now a bought it with a hundred A. Yeah. Put about fifty hundred in the glass. You're in half.
Oh, beautiful. Yeah. Put it in half of that was around the surrounding. Yeah.
Exactly. Yeah. You must love it. Yeah.
I put it to private. It's driven a lot. Yeah. Well, hey, we'll think of sharing that.
That's the way we're in the podcast. Thank you. And I've been around all this and this is going to Adam's page. It's going to have his left.
Yeah. Absolutely. I don't know. There's a few photos up there.
Yeah. A lot of people say we're going to have to be extremely driven with tiny cars. Yeah. Well, that's the first thing.
And Australia is going to make plays. And it's a long way around. So I think I've literally in this planet at the moment when international gravel is banned and whatever else. I'm just doing it.
Not a lot of research. OK. So you didn't get caught up in your planet. So I'm going to go to the flashplants and go to the territory and block the roads for a week or so.
I already do like that. I know in the tropics they have a way season and drive season. So I decided to head north first so that I'll get through the northern part of Australia. Sure.
During the drive season. Yeah. Or I started raining, especially because my route is leaky. Yeah.
So I just didn't want to. And did you follow just the route one? Yeah. Pretty much.
With that extension, pretty much the halfway one. Including doesn't mean it. So it's all sealed in this one. So yeah.
Yeah. Exactly. It's fine. It's fine.
It's fine. I'm really happy to deal with it. That's right. Well, thank you for sharing that with us.
Thank you. It's a good to meet you. It's just a pleasure. Thank you.
Thank you. Look at these guys. Well, Chris has found Ben from this large crowd this morning. Ben's got a pretty unique cover with you.
Amazing car. It's a 911 speed. So what you know is that? It's a 999, 3.2 liter.
We have 21 delivered 89. A totally factory, visual color. Nothing's been changed since the day I believe it. You know, Ben, it is special.
But I think the car is pretty useless next to the 911. Number one that he's got. How the hell did you? Of course.
It's a convoluted story there, eventually. You don't care if we talk about your place and stuff. They're coming at plastic shillers. They're going to walk through it.
I'm going to put this in a fridge. Sorry, Ben. I'll cut up a little. I'll cut it.
I love it. I'm talking a while ago. I knew that I knew the first of the hatters and circumstances to fill my way and time to ride. What you use that, Ben?
Roughly. Ten years? Yeah. Ten years.
I think it's a 911. It's a 911. It's a numerical 3D to play. If it's traditionally the smaller than the digits, like one or two or three digit plates, I'm like astronomical.
I was running 50 grand. House of prices. The price of houses. Not when it's a unique number like that.
But even five or six digits are trading in the tensile. It's like 30, 40, 50. Oh, sorry. I saw my five digit ten years ago for 16,000.
I thought that was a good price. They're a great investment. Everyone's thinking, oh, I do. I get a buyout.
They're bloody do. There's also Japanese tourists on your cards anyway. They're sure. Hey, somebody get a look.
What the hell is this speech? I mean, it's. It's love the speech. It's only good for sunny days.
The weather wasn't good. Yeah. And now for 20 years. And I'm the third owner.
I brought the car richly from Jeff Duttony Melbourne. And I know Jeff very well. And love it. And I never sell it.
So. You'll only bend. It doesn't have a roof like this. There's a very rake cooking roof.
Yeah. You've got a spider in front of you here. And you'll find out that's a manual roof. And there's John the owner right next to us.
We're just about to manual roof, and he's 89. It's speed state. John's obviously got it. John come on.
Since they're finished. Welcome, John, to the podcast. So John's got a box this fire. No, no, no, this is a new one.
Yeah. So John's got a box to spy on. No, it's just a spy. No box to the spider.
No, it's just a spy on. And when you compare the two speeds, the spider and the speed stuff, you can see where Portia is trying to keep the same classic cues. And the same as having a manual roof. So it's either on a umbrella or trying to...
It's driving the rain or painting out. We'll drive quick enough where the rain doesn't get in. It does do that. Like the colour of the red with the black wheels.
It's all commercial, yeah. Those two together, shot the big guy. Yeah, you can. They're not producing modern speeds.
They're not producing modern speeds. No, no, no, no. It's the last of the 9-1. And you had to be...
Even when you found out you're still limited running. It's not the price. It was the limited running. Yeah, it's just a couple of...
You've got PTS, the colours, paint, sand, colours. Yeah, special wishes. I think PTS is. I've actually known it's in regards to red one on YouTube.
I don't think you can go wrong with any colour. But it's a unique... Oh, absolutely. The spider's under space.
They're a unique shape. They're right. Except, man, you're only. From 5th to 6th, 55th.
5th to 6th. And then that's the 30th anniversary. It's around a few in 59th. And that's a 30th anniversary of the 3rd.
And was there any... It was like the next weeks after the 50th anniversary? And then after... After the G-series, speeds up.
Yeah, the projects of G-series up. Then they went to the 964. There was a speed through the 964. And then after the 964, there was a 993.
They didn't make speeches of Italy. They only made two. One being ordered by Derry Seinfeld. Who had a 993 wide body cab.
And took it for a cent of Dr. Jeremy. Yeah. And had a speed through the maid out of the...
The cavity hat. And then there's one portion eight ones for themselves. It's easier to take it. Technically they didn't make them.
They were up to the resist. And only one technically that started as a speech because 9 They say it was last year's, but then it's still been making the business. I think it's been a beautiful car. Thank you for coming on the show.
They're having a beautiful car and they've booked in here at Collectors. So thank you for talking about it. Thank you. Well there you have it.
There's a morning, a live taping of the show here at Collectors Cafe, by Tatchebello Cafe in Rhodes. Go there, Mr. Grand Page. And you'll see regular updates.
They've got their cars for sale online. You can eat niche cars. You can contact at any time. And you'll see when they do their cars and coffee on the weekends.
Once a month at the moment, and now it's summer's coming. It'll be a more regular car. So thank you for listening and bye for now.