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Old May 26, 2011 | 12:34 AM
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Thumbs up 2003 RE Amemiya JGTC GT300

Since RE Amemiya won't be running JGTC GT300 anymore. I saw this was for sale in Japan. So I bought them. This would be something nice to collect for rotary fans. I might use this kit to build another race car.





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Old May 26, 2011 | 12:43 AM
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Daym, you got lucky...love that kit...
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Old May 26, 2011 | 12:50 AM
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sick! nice find
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Old May 26, 2011 | 01:02 AM
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Thanks guys.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 01:10 AM
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Holy effin crap! Not often you see JGTC parts from a race car being sold on the open market, if ever. That's a genuine piece of rotary history right there.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 01:45 AM
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Thats some awesome stuff you got.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 01:47 AM
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I forgot to mention, I officially hate you......LOL...Jokes...
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Old May 26, 2011 | 02:23 AM
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i saw this too, it was 2 auction for those parts.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 02:47 AM
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i forgot to mention, i officially hate you......lol...jokes...
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Old May 26, 2011 | 03:00 AM
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Thats my favorite FD ever. If you ever want to sell any of those parts, PM me. Seriously.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 03:01 AM
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i saw this too, it was 2 auction for those parts.
Yep, and I got them both!
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Old May 26, 2011 | 05:15 AM
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The only way I can deal with this is just to pretend I didn't see it. Goodbye now. I need to pray.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 05:43 AM
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Wow that is really awesome, even better with the battle scars! Are you going to patch it up or just run it as is?

Are you guys that hot on this kind of stuff? I'll keep an eye out if it so.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by GodSquadMandrake
Wow that is really awesome, even better with the battle scars! Are you going to patch it up or just run it as is?

Are you guys that hot on this kind of stuff? I'll keep an eye out if it so.
Yes, speaking for myself, this is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen with regards to the acquisition of used parts. Seriously, what could be cooler than this (other than something like parts from a 787B or Furai lol)?
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Old May 26, 2011 | 05:53 AM
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I typed in the name on the hood on google and got this:
http://supergt.net/jgtc/race/2004/04team/04tm007.htm
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Old May 26, 2011 | 05:54 AM
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Yes, speaking for myself, this is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen with regards to the acquisition of used parts. Seriously, what could be cooler than this (other than something like parts from a 787B or Furai lol)?
Ever seen that used WRC parts website? They sell entire WRC cars, or you can just buy it in pieces!
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I think this is the one in 2003
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Old May 26, 2011 | 07:56 AM
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I guess I'm missing the front canards and rear wing.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 08:02 AM
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Old May 26, 2011 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by GodSquadMandrake
Ever seen that used WRC parts website? They sell entire WRC cars, or you can just buy it in pieces!
No, but that's awesome. I suppose I meant, as far as FD (or even just RX-7) parts.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 09:08 AM
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Congrats, thats a very awesome acquisition. Do a mockup of all the parts put back together!
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Old May 26, 2011 | 09:20 AM
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Old May 26, 2011 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by gmonsen
Very cool stuff. Museum stuff.

Gordon
i agree with gordon here

you should definitely recreate the car, but dont race it

save this thing, it's a historical car!!
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Old May 26, 2011 | 11:03 AM
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It's weird to see the body parts of this car when I've seen it so much on old vids of JGTC and when playing Gran Turismo.

I definitely agree that is museum level stuff and should be restored but not cannibalized for any regular wide body FD build.
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You should talk to Ken at shine and see if he would copy those. Who knows you might get a kick back.
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