Found In A Barn, Nissan Wants To Sell At The Price Of A New Rolls-Royce

The Japanese subsidiary of Yahoo auctions has put up for sale a very rare 1973 Nissan Skyline GT-R - one of only 197 released. They ask for a rarity of 338 thousand dollars, that is, the approximate equivalent of the price of the new Rolls-Royce Ghost. And this is not the first attempt to sell a sports car found in a barn.

• The company launched the second generation of the GT-R sports car based on the Nissan Skyline on the home market in September 1972, but ceased production in the spring of 1973. It is generally believed that this is due to the deterioration of the economic situation provoked by the oil crisis. As a result, less than two hundred cars were born. The specimen for sale is just one of seven that left the assembly line with this particular body shade.
• The car is equipped with a two-liter inline "six" with 160 hp. and five-speed "mechanics". The coupe definitely needs a refurbishment. The seller assures that he wanted to do this, but simply do not have enough time. Meanwhile, users of the Reddit resource claim that this particular copy has been on sale for at least 3-4 years.
• It is possible that implementation failures are provoked by the high price of a rarity. However, GT-Rs of this generation can be more expensive. At the beginning of this year, at the BH Auction in Tokyo, a similar car (only in a condition close to the factory one) changed its owner for 47.3 million yen, that is, 34.1 million rubles or 456 thousand dollars.

• The very same company Nissan recently announced the launch of a factory restoration service for older GT-Rs. While it applies only to "Godzilla" in the back of the R32.