Here's some news..

First Nissan Skyline GTR Imported into America 100 Percent Federally Legal

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-nis ... 00881.html

Nice. The first of many to be sure. I wish they had brought over a more aesthetically pleasing car as the first one though haha.

Montu who?

Gee, wonder if they are a FL dealer or even a registered business. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Website all created a week ago. No address listed on their (half finished) website at all.

Hate to say it but they are about 8 months late on this one. Actually seems more like they tried to take a jab at Trevor for his car with their little article they posted all over the internet.

Idk. Who cares. It's a pretty humorous jab.

No need to get huffy over it.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/so-thi ... 1615283447

So here's an interesting fact about Montu,

I read over the last part of their article multiple times and something about it sounded very familiar but I couldn't quite put my thumb on it. Just today I finally connected the dots, it's because I wrote it.

Way to be original

"Rivsu Imports specializes in the import and sales of Japanese classic cars which are imported into the United States directly through the company. Our vehicles are 100% exempt from EPA and FMVSS due to their age. The staff of Rivsu Imports offers 10 years of combined industry experience to customers and is qualified to answer any questions one may have regarding vehicle importing."

"MontuMotors specializes in importing Japanese classic cars, which are imported into the United States by MontuMotors. Their vehicles are 100% exempt from EPA, DOT, NHTSA and FMVSS due to their age. The staff at MontuMotors offers exemplary customer service; they are qualified to answer any questions one may have regarding importing cars into USA. For more information, please visit http://www.montumotors.com"

Nice job on copying my company description to use as your own. Very original

That site's pretty ghetto, too.

I suppose now there'll be an avalanche of these, though.

Everyone is an importer now, which is getting pretty funny. Glad I'm staying out of that rat race.

The folks wanting to make real money are buying wrist-rockets, bags of ball bearings and importing R32 windshields but the hundreds.

Honestly, every GT5 playing sub-25 year old is so excited about the 25 year rule and picking up something someone else didn't want as their sole vehicle that they're not thinking about things over the long haul. When some mundane part needs replacement where is it coming from, how long will it take to get and is it OK for the car to non-op during?

Show a little practical skepticism about how smoothly you think everything will go, it's a 25 year old car...s*** is going to break. If you don't have some serious wrenching skills and a garage space or deep pockets you're going to be disappointed.

All the questions and heartache we constantly read now are only going to increase as the cars start trickling over to the US.

^ This.

I said it in 2002, I'll say it again: For the price of a shagged, legal, non-rusted (lol) on-US-soil R32, I can build a car that will make that thing look silly and have enough left over for a nice DD.

Really enjoying the hypocrisy of folks who freak out over an '89 S13 on the market for $4k but are willing to drop SIX TIMES the cash on a nearly identical car. <sigh>

BTW, I imported my 25+ car from AU without paying some guy a pile of money to fill out paperwork.

BusyBadger wrote:The folks wanting to make real money are buying wrist-rockets, bags of ball bearings and importing R32 windshields but the hundreds.

Honestly, every GT5 playing sub-25 year old is so excited about the 25 year rule and picking up something someone else didn't want as their sole vehicle that they're not thinking about things over the long haul. When some mundane part needs replacement where is it coming from, how long will it take to get and is it OK for the car to non-op during?

Show a little practical skepticism about how smoothly you think everything will go, it's a 25 year old car...s*** is going to break. If you don't have some serious wrenching skills and a garage space or deep pockets you're going to be disappointed.

All the questions and heartache we constantly read now are only going to increase as the cars start trickling over to the US.

This X5000.

Getting my car up to date and running reliably has costed a pretty penny, much more so than my NSX ever did with around the same mileage. That was my first real concern with trying to bring back a car not originally offered in the US. If I get myself in deep trouble, how am I going to fix it? Where do I get parts? If I get in over my head, who would be willing to work on it?

I have fewer concerns about part sourcing now, but then again I will have a couple other cars and can afford to let it sit while a boat brings me a new (used) windshield. I've heard more than once of guys' intentions to use this as their only car when they move back to the US...and that's a mistake. The myriad of rusty, problematic GT-Rs that are currently making their way across the Pacific Ocean as we speak are going to leave a bad taste in kids' mouths when they get cosigned for a personal loan for $25K, purchase one, and realize what the car really is: Old, tired, and in need of an owner that can afford to spend several grand to bring it back up to snuff while simultaneously letting it sit.

It's part of what I don't get about the interest in C10 hakosukas. There's a member posting up a new thread of their hako about every week on JNC. Not only are many parts not shared with other similar Datsuns, but they're also Japan-only with Nissan making the last one over 40 years ago. They may have always been popular in Japan, but they've gained interest in the US due to retroactive fanboyism from the R-series cars, not the other way around. Give me a true blue LHD 240Z or 510 over a hako any day.

Saw this car at" DuPont cars and coffee" this past weekend and it's seen it's better days. The r34 kit is riveted to the body and very poorly fitted. There was a very clean r33 parked next to it tho.

I guess the title of this thread bugs me a little, considering it's misleading.

There are several fully-legal GT-Rs in the US that arrived long before these... for example, my friend Rex's R33 (a Motorex car).

Kevin has a Motorex R33 too.