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Introducing: The Meanest Looking Custom Built Skyline R34 GTR 1/7th Scale Remote Control RC Car

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Passion, It's the thing that drives us to achieve. The push we feel to dare to dream something, ideal, and then manifest that vision into reality. For anyone who's ever fallen head over heels into an engine bay, or body work, or getting your car track ready, YOU KNOW that feeling that drives you to customize and make things as you feel they should be. Your intuition is second to none.  RC Car Skyline GTR R34 Custom Built Remote Control Car This GTR is no different from any of the other incredible cars featured on this site ( just look around; there's red ones , blue ones , silver ones , white ones , black ones ) - except for one, small, detail. - It's 1/7th the size! You wouldn't be able to fit inside it, but it still rips around like a GTR should, and is a whole lot of fun to drive I'm sure, and the customization on this build is phenomenal.  Nissan Skyline GTR RC Car Rear End Spotted on the RC sub, user XJuggernaut101 shared their build story with us of ho
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Auction Find: Rare Collectible GTR History Lighters

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Rare Find in the on-line Auctions of Yahoo Japan:

While cruising the Auctions again tonight I came across this set of 3 Zippo lighters in a nicely made box. The seller describes it only as "BNR32 Hakosuka Kenmeri Zippo set of three... Quite precious... some scratches" doing a bit of research it seems like it was made in 1993. The minimum price at the moment is roughly $180 USD and has 2 bids so far.
On the top of the wooden box its painted: Skyline GT-R History (Since 1970).
 Opening the box you can see a classic Hakosuka GTR badge inlaid, and 3 Zippo lighters.
Now, the first one on the left, has a light silver case with a drawing of KPGC10 (1970 - 1972) #15 painted on the hood. Doing a bit of research it turns out that it is most likely the #15 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R (KPGC10), as driven to victory by K. Takahashi in the 1972 Fuji 300km Speed Race (according to: http://www.hlj.com/product/KSH03029B). Here's what she would have looked like in real life:

The middle lighter has a brushed bronze case and features a depiction of a KPGC110 (1973) which was apparently never raced, and was known as the Ken & Mary Skyline due to an advertising campaign that stuck. Throughout its whole production run, only a total of about 197 cars were produced because of a fuel shortage in Japan at the time and economic issues, making it one of the rarest Skylines today. Heres an old add from a model:
The final lighter on the right depicts a KBNR32 (1989) which I assume can only represent the date of the first R32 GTR made and shipped. It looks fierce with the front wheels set to so much camber, it's a nice kit and would make a fine addition to any collectors set.

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