Paul Walker car on sale for $1.37 million
12-18-2013, 11:42 AM
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Paul Walker car on sale for $1.37 million
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...r-137-million/
The profiteering from Paul Walker’s death has begun.
A German car dealer is offering for sale what it claims is the Nissan sports car driven by Walker in "Fast and Furious 4" for 1 million euros, approximately $1.37 million.
According to GT Spirit, the car was listed prior to Walker’s fatal crash, but the price has more than doubled in the weeks since.
The blue Skyline GT-R was heavily modified for use in the film, and currently sports a 2.6-liter twin turbocharged inline-6-cylinder engine with about 543 hp, 6-speed manual transmission, all-wheel-drive and a laundry list of additional performance equipment.
The seller says it comes with the original lease from Universal Pictures from when it was used in the film.
Motoramic reports that the car is the only one of eight prepared for the movie that survived filming unscathed, but was forcibly exported from the U.S. after it was found to be in violation of U.S. import regulations.
If sold, it won’t be the first car or piece of movie memorabilia that’s earned a premium price thanks to its association with a deceased star, but it will certainly be one of the quickest to do so.
WAAAAYYY too much money!
The profiteering from Paul Walker’s death has begun.
A German car dealer is offering for sale what it claims is the Nissan sports car driven by Walker in "Fast and Furious 4" for 1 million euros, approximately $1.37 million.
According to GT Spirit, the car was listed prior to Walker’s fatal crash, but the price has more than doubled in the weeks since.
The blue Skyline GT-R was heavily modified for use in the film, and currently sports a 2.6-liter twin turbocharged inline-6-cylinder engine with about 543 hp, 6-speed manual transmission, all-wheel-drive and a laundry list of additional performance equipment.
The seller says it comes with the original lease from Universal Pictures from when it was used in the film.
Motoramic reports that the car is the only one of eight prepared for the movie that survived filming unscathed, but was forcibly exported from the U.S. after it was found to be in violation of U.S. import regulations.
If sold, it won’t be the first car or piece of movie memorabilia that’s earned a premium price thanks to its association with a deceased star, but it will certainly be one of the quickest to do so.
WAAAAYYY too much money!
12-18-2013, 11:06 PM
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No telling. IIRC it was a Motorex import which means it may have been documented to have them but they never got welded in.
A hell of a waste of money.
You can buy a R32 GT-Es right now that are legal for import (50 or so Es and GT-Ss produced in December of 1988). The R34 front is damn near a direct swap and the back requires just the re-weld if a rear plate that can be found fairly commonly on wrecked 34s of any vintage or trim.
A hell of a waste of money.
You can buy a R32 GT-Es right now that are legal for import (50 or so Es and GT-Ss produced in December of 1988). The R34 front is damn near a direct swap and the back requires just the re-weld if a rear plate that can be found fairly commonly on wrecked 34s of any vintage or trim.
12-19-2013, 05:22 AM
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While I agree, some people think the 34 is the prettiest. Its a matter of opinion and this gives people options they may not have pondered.
BTW: here's how it's actuslly one: http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/116156-mw...on-no-56k.html
Unless you know the roof or door lines with disturbing accuracy it's damn near impossible to tell the difference.
BTW: here's how it's actuslly one: http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/116156-mw...on-no-56k.html
Unless you know the roof or door lines with disturbing accuracy it's damn near impossible to tell the difference.
12-19-2013, 08:25 AM
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This is NOT a Motorex car. It's one of several cars that was imported for the movie. They used Cali's kit car laws to import them by removing the engine in Japan and reinstalling it here. This car is the only one to survive filming, the others were wrecked. BTW, CA closed that loophole as soon as they realized how these Skylines got through.