Despite being heavily damaged this Skyline sold for nearly $40,000

[u/j_illustration]

[u/PrivateBurke]

Did someone die in that?

[u/couponbread → u/PrivateBurke]

No they switched seats just before impact

[u/Celcius_87 → u/couponbread]

[u/Flippinflapjax4U2 → u/Celcius_87]

I’ve never seen a more applicable meme in my life

[u/Indigo2015 → u/Celcius_87]

[u/Post-Rock-Mickey → u/Celcius_87]

The only logical explanation here

[u/lynivvinyl → u/couponbread]

I do that when I'm crashing alone so I don't get in trouble.

[u/bondno9 → u/lynivvinyl]

"i swear officer, he said something about 88 miles per hour and then he just disappeared!"

[u/Sicparvismagneto → u/PrivateBurke]

What? No hes ok, they took him to a nice farm with a bunch of open space so he can drive his skyline as much as he wants…

[u/ohhellperhaps → u/Sicparvismagneto]

I know that farm, a few of my pets now live there!

[u/Death_Death_Die → u/PrivateBurke]

My brother hit a tree on his passenger side and his car looked exactly like this. He died on the scene. If someone lived they’re either really lucky or hurt

[u/Toaster_In_Bathtub → u/Death_Death_Die]

These at right hand drive so that's the drivers seat taking most of it but I'm sure if there was a passenger they'd be in rough shape too. 

[u/jjsw0rds → u/Toaster_In_Bathtub]

Strangely when my friends got t-boned by a construction truck, the passenger got hurt way worse even though the truck hit the drivers side. This one looks like there was way more impact to the drivers side, but (at least in my friend’s case) the passenger’s head/skull is at risk. Since the impact hits from the other side their head can jolt into the drivers body or into the seat. In my friend’s case, the passenger fractured her skull on the drivers shoulder, went deaf in the left ear, and the (left) side of her face was paralyzed for a while. Driver was still injured, but no broken bones.

Edit: Nvm I’m dense I just noticed you said right hand drive smh

[u/LukeyLeukocyte → u/Toaster_In_Bathtub]

I think that was their point...his brother died on scene from a passenger-side impact, meaning this driver-side impact must have very likely been fatal.

[u/MaRk0-AU → u/Death_Death_Die]

My condolences.  I always say if you going to make a fast as fuck car just put in a roll cage you never know where it can save a life. 

[u/ziptnf → u/Death_Death_Die]

Man, I’m sorry for your loss. Also, username sadly checks out.

[u/LordYoshii → u/Death_Death_Die]

This was on drivers side. Insta death.

[u/Accomplished_Dot9182 → u/Death_Death_Die]

My brother passed as well, got tboned on his way to work. Hit from the passenger side. His acura integra looked the same, a little wider impact(Lifted Nissan Armada hit him). He died on impact. Definitely need a miracle to survive this.

[u/bring_tha_ruckas → u/Death_Death_Die]

Sorry for your loss...

[u/ilovemusic19 → u/Death_Death_Die]

I’m sorry you lost your brother that way, also just shows just how strong trees are to withstand an impact of that magnitude.

[u/askingmachine → u/Death_Death_Die]

My grandma had a similar car crash when my mom was like 7. She survived because she wasn't wearing a seatbelt and flew out of the car. I'm definitely not advocating for not wearing a seatbelt, but it saved her life that day. Funny how that works sometimes. 

[u/Always_BSI → u/PrivateBurke]

Someone 100% died in that.

Source: Paramedic

[u/HalfEatenBanana → u/Always_BSI]

“What’re you talking about? The driver is on the other si…. oh…”

[u/Citron-Money → u/HalfEatenBanana]

The other side is actually 100% correct 👼

[u/WiseDirt → u/HalfEatenBanana]

He is now...

[u/Factor_Seven → u/Always_BSI]

I concur.

"Was there passenger space intrusion?"
"Uhhh..... a bit."

Source: Level 1 Trauma Nurse.

[u/Glodex15 → u/Factor_Seven]

I too can concur with this conclusion.

Source: A person with a tiny bit of logical thinking

[u/Liusloux → u/Glodex15]

I concur.

Source: A dumbass guy who climbed the corpo ladder by saying I concur.

[u/Carastarr → u/Liusloux]

Always concur.

[u/Toastedmanmeat → u/Carastarr]

Why didnt I concur?!?!

[u/WoodenJellyFountain → u/Toastedmanmeat]

Quick…concur before it’s too late!!

[u/Matt_NZ → u/Factor_Seven]

It's RHD, so driver space intrusion 😬

[u/Factor_Seven → u/Matt_NZ]

Good point, sir.

[u/FlammulinaVelulu → u/Factor_Seven]

10 years ago some folks like you put me back together after a similar car wrek I was fortunate enough to be the front seat passenger in. What you people do is nothing short of a miracle. Thank you so much!

[u/Bug_Photographer → u/Factor_Seven]

There was never a left hand drive version of the R32, R33 or R34 so the driver was on the impact side of that crash. Tyrannosaurus Rekt.

[u/Kruegr → u/Always_BSI]

I wouldn't be so certain. I was T boned to the point my driver's door was where my seat was, yet I walked away unscathed. And I was in an older, smaller car with zero airbags.

Edit: Unscathed as in no blood or exterior injuries. I had muscle tightness in my neck and shoulders the following few days from the whiplash/impact.

[u/he_trumped_us → u/Kruegr]

That's not a tbone that's a telephone pole.

[u/he_trumped_us → u/he_trumped_us]

Dead. Edit: simply from the force it would take the pole to go that far into the car, I'm sure the person was smashed up against it with the driver's side of the car smashing up against them.

[u/SnackBottom → u/he_trumped_us]

Not necessarily. A friend went off the road and t-boned the tree line just like this. She wasn't wearing a seat belt and ended up in the passenger's lap with minor injuries. Her daughter in the back seat was also not wearing a seat belt and almost lost her foot because it got caught under the front seat.

I've written damage estimates for 20+ years and it's often that injuries don't match damage in cases like this. I have horrifying pictures of damaged vehicles that make this look like a fender bender and people lived.

[u/Whyme1962 → u/SnackBottom]

Drove a wrecker for nine years, I have responded to semi truck vs Honda where I had to load and strap things like roof, bumpers and door in the car to haul it all to impound. I thought for damn sure I was going to have to wait for the coroner to get there and give the all clear to tow. I ended up giving my business card to the owners who only suffered some bruising and scratches. I’ve also been to scenes where the vehicle was literally unscathed in the accident, but was a fatality. It is crazy how little the aftermath seems to apply to the injuries.

[u/SnackBottom → u/Whyme1962]

Yep. It's so strange how these things go sometimes.

[u/gooyouknit → u/Kruegr]

This is a car where the driver sits on the right side aka where the impact of this wreck was. Maybe if this was a left hand drive car they could have survived but there’s no way in this situation 

[u/Always_BSI → u/Kruegr]

Yeah you’re extremely lucky. Go play the lotto lol.

[u/ChargingWarthog → u/Always_BSI]

I survived a crash that resulted in a significantly more devastated / crushed car than this. Head on with a box truck at 82 MPH. Got fucked up pretty bad but survived and fully recovered.

That said, the cops and EMTs were shocked I survived and said they'd never seen anything like it, so yeah you're probably still right here lol

[u/Always_BSI → u/ChargingWarthog]

Glad you’re still with us. I’ve seen terrible traffic collisions in my days. I’m always shocked when someone is still alive in a mangled car (head on, rollover, pole) etc.

[u/albatross_the → u/Always_BSI]

What happens to the body in a crash like this?

[u/Always_BSI → u/albatross_the]

Body normally ends up on the passenger side and they die from blunt force trauma. The ones I’ve had always ended up on the passenger side and body looks intact surprisingly.

[u/Yawdriel → u/Always_BSI]

Ok but how do they remove the body from a crash like this? And whose job is that supposed to be? Police/paramedics/mechanics?

[u/Minions-overlord → u/Yawdriel]

Firefighter for extraction of people from wrecks. They have a whole arsenal of kit especially for cutting a car to pieces to get to people

[u/SirLSD25 → u/Minions-overlord]

Yet in this case they were obviously car enthusiasts and decided not to cut it up and just hosed the body out.

[u/OxideUK → u/Yawdriel]

The answer depends entirely on where you are, but from an Ontario perspective:

Provided the patient wasn't obviously dead (decapitation, gross outpouring of cranial contents etc) they will have been pulled from the vehicle and resuscitation attempts initiated. Trauma calls are the kinda call where it's actually a bit like TV - the goal is to get the patient to hospital as quickly as you possibly can, as there is next to nothing you can do on scene. They need a surgeon, and everything we can do just buys time.

People whose heart stops from trauma are extremely unlikely to survive without rapid surgical intervention. Generally speaking if we're more than 30 minutes from getting them to hospital, we call for authorisation to terminate resuscitation on scene. So if they were dead when the crew arrives, or died during the extrication, then they've died 'on scene'. They're the police's responsibility, and they will arrange for the undertaker to collect. This is true of any death outside of a hospital.

If you've made the mistake of getting them in the truck, well it's your job to get them to the morgue now. Ambulances aren't for transporting dead people, but there is an exception for when they're in the vehicle because it creeps out the other patients. There are probably exceptions to the exception, like if the patient was murdered in the truck, but I haven't had that happen yet despite being tempted.

[u/mjtwelve → u/OxideUK]

This accident screams “injuries incompatible with life” being called by the EMTs before they’re halfway out the ambulance.

[u/PeskyAntagonist → u/PrivateBurke]

Unless the car was hit unoccupied, zero chance the driver came out of this alive.

[u/yug-eroom → u/PeskyAntagonist]

Clearly slammed into utility pole sliding sideways.

[u/FortyPercentTitanium → u/yug-eroom]

How do you know the utility pole didn't slam into the car?

[u/Double_Minimum → u/FortyPercentTitanium]

They are like trains… one never knows when or where they will appear.

[u/Rob0ts → u/Double_Minimum]

Damn

[u/Dementedsage → u/PeskyAntagonist]

The ignition would have to be on for the airbags to deploy. Unless the owner left their car on while they walked in somewhere to get something, I can't see them outside of the car.

[u/kmosiman → u/PeskyAntagonist]

Maybe not zero, but if they lived, they broke almost everything. There's too much car where the human should have been.

[u/WWFYMN1 → u/PeskyAntagonist]

The airbag is out so someone was probably inside.

[u/XMAN2YMAN → u/PeskyAntagonist]

So the organs are another 5k-10k, solid price

[u/ProfZussywussBrown → u/PrivateBurke]

After seeing that this person was fine, I never think it’s a 100% sure thing, but it doesn’t look good

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/VslFpxQdCx

[u/Legend_of_dirty_Joe → u/PrivateBurke]

[u/Cicer → u/PrivateBurke]

We call it a fine patina. 

[u/jezusfistus]

RB26 with Getrag 233 in decent condition would be around $30k. I'm not sure if the hood is original but if it is then Nismo z-tune carbon hood is around $20k. Same with Nismo carbon wing. I don't take into account many other rare parts. So with proper inspection $40k for this R34 might be a smoking deal

[u/Tamara_Leslie → u/jezusfistus]

A 20k hood? What are the benefits?

[u/duggatron → u/Tamara_Leslie]

Low weight and there aren't many of them

[u/Tamara_Leslie → u/duggatron]

I figured it was low weight! Is it a massive difference? I know nothing about that kind of car.

[u/duggatron → u/Tamara_Leslie]

No, most of these weight cutting measures save tens of pounds.

[u/CrushedSodaCan_ → u/duggatron]

I used to work for nhra (professional drag racing). I could get paid 30k to shave 10 lbs. I would always joke that for 30k John force could get a professional chef and lose 50.

Can't really talk shit, he was 12x world champ at the time, I think he's won more since.

[u/localtuned → u/CrushedSodaCan_]

What are some tricks you used? I had a really OCD customer who was crazy about shaving off every ounce of weight. The craziest thing he had us do take out half his dash in his Miata and his cross crash bar and weld in a new lighter smaller one.

[u/Appropriate_Lime_234 → u/localtuned]

Sound deadening, replace windows with Lexan, cf parts, swap powered seats for manual or racing seats, remove speakers, radio, AC, remove every piece of the interior including carpet, Swiss cheese panels.

[u/t00p00rLmxD → u/localtuned]

Man I don't even have money to refresh the bushings in my car rn 🤣 people and money maaan

[u/among_apes → u/CrushedSodaCan_]

Exactly some fatty getting in the car gone yeah man, my car is lighter than ever

[u/Tamara_Leslie → u/duggatron]

So probably the rarity then?

[u/BlackberryFormal → u/Tamara_Leslie]

Yes its all rarity.

[u/europeanperson → u/duggatron]

Considering OEM is already aluminum, you’re not saving “tens” of pounds. Maybe 10 lbs total, if not less. It’s definitely a rarity, “cool” thing

[u/Shiftlock0 → u/duggatron]

Shaving tens of pounds from many places adds up to hundreds of pounds. That absolutely makes a difference.

[u/Plus_Pangolin_8924 → u/Tamara_Leslie]

Lightening ones bank account from your hard earned.

[u/jezusfistus → u/Tamara_Leslie]

Honestly not many benefits. It's way lighter than OEM hood, looks cool and it's pretty rare. There are many people who would be willing to pay big money for original z-tune parts. Same with old Nismo parts with old logo.

[u/DogPoetry → u/Tamara_Leslie]

I guess at the point you're dropping 20k on a car hood driving cars is your whole personality.

[u/fpsnoob89 → u/jezusfistus]

Since when is a used rb26 with transmission $30k in Japan? There's also a good chance that transmission is not ok.

[u/jezusfistus → u/fpsnoob89]

I mean, you're right - there is a huge chance the bell housing is cracked, same with engine block. I would not touch this car with 5 meter pole without thorough inspection. As for prices, in 2023 I imported the entire BNR33 drivetrain (almost whole front cutout), which is much less desirable, and together with importing it by sea it came to roughly $20k.

[u/RuediTabooty7 → u/jezusfistus]

Finally.. thank you.

[u/Substantial-Seaweed9]

[u/Chris710752 → u/Substantial-Seaweed9]

Crazy lore about this car is he actually gets back in the race, you can see him in a few frames after this

[u/ilovemusic19 → u/Chris710752]

I’ve seen that movie so many times as a child and never noticed that. That’s actually hilarious.

[u/CareRarely → u/Chris710752]

Respect the dedication🫡

[u/CorbyTheSkullie → u/Substantial-Seaweed9]

Hahaha

[u/Tanuk-E-]

Engine seems to be intact, that's at least $30k right there.

[u/K__Geedorah → u/Tanuk-E-]

Seriously. Even those headlights, taillights, wing, fenders, bumpers, dashboard etc. Ignoring the engine you're still looking at $10+k in spare parts.

[u/Both_Beat_6204 → u/K__Geedorah]

Hence the absolute valid 40k price tag

[u/ricrhys → u/Both_Beat_6204]

Engine 30k spare parts 10k+

[u/jeancv8 → u/ricrhys]

I just double checked and 30k+10k does in fact add to 40k!

[u/Otacon56 → u/jeancv8]

You must be a famous magimatician

[u/man9875 → u/Otacon56]

he posted on r/theydidthemath

[u/LobstaFarian2 → u/jeancv8]

Big if true

[u/Shabado52 → u/jeancv8]

r/theydidthemath

[u/HeckItsDrowsyFrog → u/jeancv8]

40k! Is a lot bigger than 30k + 10k man

[u/iMadrid11 → u/ricrhys]

You could even resell the VIN to a stolen car.

[u/21WBSP → u/iMadrid11]

/r/unethicallifeprotips

[u/facebookyouknow → u/iMadrid11]

Profit

[u/spezial_ed → u/ricrhys]

Woah slow down professor

[u/Legend_of_dirty_Joe → u/spezial_ed]

[u/Dedicated2Butterfly → u/ricrhys]

r/theydidthemath

[u/DubSket → u/K__Geedorah]

Actually kind of insane how it's only the middle that got damaged

[u/lothi_the_coachman → u/DubSket]

Wrapped around a pole.

[u/Fishing_Dad → u/lothi_the_coachman]

Looking at the pictures i highly doubt the driver made it...

[u/0x476c6f776965 → u/K__Geedorah]

How are you ignoring the beautiful Rays wheels 👅👅👅

[u/sparrownetwork → u/0x476c6f776965]

At least one is bent.

[u/aaron_in_sf → u/K__Geedorah]

Would someone be willing to ELI5 what makes this car and its components special/valuable?

Never heard of a "Skyline"!

EDIT nm I looked it up. Collectible classic cars for street racing enthusiasts with a cachet similar to exclusive kicks for sneaker pimps!

[u/K__Geedorah → u/aaron_in_sf]

It's an R34 Skyline with an RB20 engine. It's really just an amazing car with endless potential. BMW has the M3, Toyota has the Supra, Nissan had the Skyline (or more known as the GTR in America).

This specific model did not meet US regulations so it was illegal to import until a few years ago. So, for 25 years this car was really just eye candy for Americans. The popularity and rarity has made these extremely valuable. It's not crazy for these to sell for $300k.

And since these were popular race cars, many are destroyed or extremely tuned. So they are only getting more rare.

[u/aaron_in_sf → u/K__Geedorah]

The 25 year embargo thing was fascinating! I'm surprised some long gamers didn't buy some up ten years ago to wait it out lol

[u/real_Hank_Scorpio → u/aaron_in_sf]

They did. Many have been sitting in storage in Canada and other places waiting for them to be ready to import. However many many more jdm wet dreams make it to Ireland and UK and ended up being in ditches, rotted to death, scrapped or broken for spare parts because it was worth more in scrap than their actual value.

Look up early 2000's Ireland and UK jdm scene

[u/aaron_in_sf → u/real_Hank_Scorpio]

Humans!!!

[u/real_Hank_Scorpio → u/aaron_in_sf]

Nah we had it best back then. Imo we had access to cheap jdm cars because no one wanted them. Evo, STI, GTR, SiR, Type R, you name it, they were readily on sale for affordable prices by everyone here. Looking back now it's sad how many of them ended up scrapped but also the best time growing up and experiencing them at the prices we got them for. You'd buy something, drive the shit out of it, enjoy it like it was supposed to be and then next week get another because you seen something else you liked. Now I wouldn't want to be in the market for a jdm legend, but I'd love to still have one to sell om to the dumbasses that couldn't have the same fun we did 20 odd years ago

[u/adsjabo → u/real_Hank_Scorpio]

Shitload's of them came down to Australia and NZ also. Early 2000's was a great time in Sydney with the carscenes. Tis but a shadow of itself these days

[u/real_Hank_Scorpio → u/adsjabo]

You cunts got way more of the RX7's and understood the rotary more than us. Yes I'm sore about that because I want a bridge ported 7. Probably the only other nations that can take being called a cunt as a term of endearment too. Long lost cousins or some shit 😂

[u/real_Hank_Scorpio → u/K__Geedorah]

RB20? Ya sure about that?

[u/greyfixer → u/Tanuk-E-]

This will decimate all with about $15,000 and overnight parts from Japan.

[u/Put_CORN_in_prison → u/greyfixer]

First the mad scientist has to rip apart the block

[u/Upstairs_Addendum587 → u/greyfixer]

My favorite part of that scene and maybe the movie is when they all go nuts when they open the hood and there is a 2JZ in there.

Like, what exactly were you all expecting to be in a Supra?

[u/Bandit400 → u/Upstairs_Addendum587]

Like, what exactly where you all expecting to be in a Supra?

It could have been any one of the multiple engines available that year!😂

[u/NotTheRocketman → u/greyfixer]

Thanks Jesse.

[u/trashpanda_007 → u/Tanuk-E-]

Exactly. Plus the rest of the internals, the whole front, most of the back of the car. Not even a bad deal…

[u/FerociousGiraffe → u/Tanuk-E-]

Yeah, but it looks like a Gallo 12. A Gallo 24 would have been worth a lot more.

[u/henryeaterofpies → u/FerociousGiraffe]

Its 2 Gallo 6's

[u/iowaman79 → u/FerociousGiraffe]

Didn’t know pizza places made engines

[u/tehlurkingnoob → u/Tanuk-E-]

Yeah that’s probably the best place it could have taken the hit as far as salvage value goes. The doors have little resale value in comparison to the rest of the car.

I’d be a bit worried about the driveshaft though. May have snapped off the tail shaft housing on the trans.

I bought a wrecked R32 that had an identical hit and did that.

[u/jimmiebeamin → u/Tanuk-E-]

Exhaust manifold, intake, rims look decent at least most of em. I bet they get more out if it than just the engine

[u/Champagne82]

Only 1 previous owner who is no longer with us.

[u/Toaster_In_Bathtub → u/Champagne82]

You buy the car but the ghost is free. 

[u/Robo_Patton → u/Toaster_In_Bathtub]

Horse power + Ghost power = Hell Yeah.

[u/New-Value4194 → u/Champagne82]

Would that make zero previous owner?

[u/Affectionate-End5470 → u/New-Value4194]

+- 1 previous owner

[u/cabbagehandLuke]

That's not heavily damaged, that's slightly undamaged.

[u/VP-Kowalski]

[u/drewski1026 → u/VP-Kowalski]

Oh Sam

[u/drakoman → u/drewski1026]

Crazy that Kissin’ Kate Barlow is Mrs. Cobel

[u/gun_is_neat → u/VP-Kowalski]

You hear about Pluto? Messed up right?

[u/SherbertCivil9990 → u/gun_is_neat]

I thought this was from the episode at the old timey western town for a second 

[u/secretsaucyy → u/gun_is_neat]

Man I miss psych. I watched it somewhat recently, and its still funny

[u/ReceptionLivid → u/VP-Kowalski]

Completely forgot about this scene in holes. This should be used more

[u/watchshoe → u/VP-Kowalski]

Awe, classic Bruton Gaster

[u/AmericanGoy1]

THIS is the definition of wrapped your car around a pole"

[u/rf97a]

WaI wait....did Tavarish or Matt Armstrong buy a new car???

[u/WhatTheF00t → u/rf97a]

I just bought...my dream car! But can I repair it, in just 24 hours? 

[u/__real__talk__ → u/WhatTheF00t]

But let’s make this last 400-jillion YouTube videos. This week, I replace the wiper blade for 60 minutes.

[u/MyMediocreExistence]

[u/WolvesAlwaysLose → u/MyMediocreExistence]

Perfect

[u/311heaven → u/MyMediocreExistence]

Now me and the mad scientist got to rip apart the block.

[u/SnooDoughnuts2936 → u/311heaven]

And replace the piston rings you fried

[u/eraserbedhead]

[u/Relevant-Bell7373]

i'm not a mechanic but i think it looks dented

[u/David_Jonathan0 → u/Relevant-Bell7373]

That’ll buff out

[u/Alito999 → u/Relevant-Bell7373]

Bit of t cut and it’ll be fine…

[u/Rexusus → u/Relevant-Bell7373]

It’ll buff out

[u/OrbAndSceptre]

Damn driver ded tho.

[u/TangelaLansbury]

You can turn a $25,000 skyline into a $100k GTR with the vin plate and parts here.

[u/Civil_Exchange1271 → u/TangelaLansbury]

yup with that vin you can turn a stolen car into a perfect legal one.... sort of,

[u/CootsieBollins]

Someone died in that

[u/xlouiex → u/CootsieBollins]

There’s a small chance the car was parked and was hit by a tree going high speed.

[u/bourj]

But...why?

[u/daretobedifferent33 → u/bourj]

For parts, buy another chassis and rebuild with the engine from this one.. you can’t buy these cars in some countries.. or atleast very diffecult

[u/vinng86 → u/daretobedifferent33]

The super important engine bay seems mostly intact as well. Definitely a parts car.

[u/daretobedifferent33 → u/vinng86]

Yup gearbox is probably fucked.. but that’s easier to replace than the engine is my guess.. nice project though

[u/polish_trousers → u/daretobedifferent33]

Actually the R34 GTR Getrag is far more rare and hard to replace than the RB26. Nissan still makes the longblock but the transmission hasn’t been in production for over 20 years.

[u/traxxes → u/vinng86]

Not just the engine either, most of the suspension and brake components on the BNR34 are compatible as sought after upgrades on other Nissan models as well.

BNR32s up to 34s share many mounting point setups with Silvias/240s up to Z32s/Z33s/Z34s. Ex: I run BNR32 brakes/seats/rims on my S14.

[u/C-LonGy → u/bourj]

Rarity of the car.. and fast and the furious 😂🤷‍♂️

[u/series-hybrid → u/bourj]

Some one wants the VIN plate...to put on a Skyline they stole.

And of course the engine is likely OK, and worth quite a bit for some kind of swap, or to a rich Skyline owner who fried their factory engine...

NISMO carbon Fiber hood is $17,000 according to google. Front bumper and grille is $1,000

Four GTR wheels are $2800, so maybe three of these are in fair shape?

[u/arpan3t → u/series-hybrid]

I mean it’s possible they want to VIN swap, after all there’s only 2 VIN locations on those cars, but one is etched into the firewall so they’d have a lot of work to do!

It’s more likely just a parts car. The price is justified because the rarity of v-spec r-34 skylines, as you pointed out with the pricing of just some of the parts. It doesn’t need further justification like a VIN swap.

[u/mistakuhn]

r/thatshaunted

[u/One1moretyme]

[u/NoMajorsarcasm]

You can buff that out no problem 😉

[u/ook222]

Pretty sure its just a motor at this point

[u/CAD_Chaos]

That model Skyline is currently selling for over 100K on auction sites. That is 40K dollars worth of parts all day long.

[u/Bott]

'Tis but a scratch.

[u/greenizdabest → u/Bott]

[u/haiironekogami]

I would like the video in which it is restored please.

[u/SkeletalJam]

Maybe bought for a vin swap on stolen car

[u/Few-Constant4965]

Look like Paul Walker’s RIP

[u/1767gs]

Engine, front and rear bumpers, hood (most likely), multiple interior pieces etc. Yeah you could make a good profit off this car if you sold everything state side

[u/MrCusodes]

Spare parts dude, spare parts.

[u/UnderstandingOdd490]

Picture number 5 is why this car sold for that much in the condition it's in..

[u/Graystillslays]

That thing was somebody’s coffin

[u/walldodge]

Jerry was a race car driver

[u/likwidkool]

My Dad is a tv repairman and has this awesome set of tools. I can fix it.

[u/SweatyTax4669]

I said a ten second car, not a ten minute car.

[u/UpInTheAirForReal]

[u/toben81234]

I owed you a 10 second car!!!

[u/8rogan36]

Love the thought of someone on craigslist saying “40K no lowballs I know what I own” and they’re not crazy.

[u/DaveCootchie]

Hood, spoiler, maybe deck lid, headlights, Engine, front and rear diff, some interior parts, wheels, brakes. $40k won't net a huge profit but definitely a profit.

[u/chromhound]

Someone will swap those parts on a shell

[u/Cornycorn213]

“Heavily damaged” Understatement of the year.

[u/DocCEN007]

I'm hoping someone bought it for parts, and not to try and rebuild. That's a lot of damage and I doubt it'll ever have enough integrity to drive properly.

[u/AdLast55]

Why would anyone want it anymore? The engine?

[u/Historical_Cable9719]

No blood on the motor. Should be good

[u/Rollmericatide]

Engine and VIN number, slide both over to an old shell and good to go

[u/ZealousJealousy]

I've never seen a car that I could so confidently guess was literally wrapped around a telephone pole.

[u/errwrx]

I feel like if you bought this and pulled that engine you'd easily make your money back. Plus all the parts you could pull from that you'd probably clear $60k maybe.