This Restomod Mine’s R34 Is Nissan Skyline Perfection

The work of Japanese firm Built by Legends and Garage Yoshida, this R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R is a sight to behold
Built by Legends R34 Skyline - front
Built by Legends R34 Skyline - front

Icon though the R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R may be, it’s now 25 years old, and you can rather feel that when driving one in 2024. The car you see here, though, is likely to drive a whole lot sweeter, while also looking absolutely fabulous.

It comes from Japanese firm Built by Legends, in collaboration with Garage Yoshida, the latter being run by Kozo Yoshida, a big name in the world of Skyline restoration. Between this and the fact that BBL uses a host of parts from legendary Skyline tuner Mine’s, we’re surely looking at one of the finest R34s in existence.

Built by Legends R34 Skyline - engine bay
Built by Legends R34 Skyline - engine bay

At Garage Yoshida, the donor Skyline is given a full teardown to its bare chassis, and rebuilt to exacting standards, with the chassis being wet blasted and spot welded. It’s then fitted with a Mine’s MB7 engine, a bored-out, 2.8-litre version of the Skyline’s legendary RB26DETT twin-turbo straight-six.

Mine’s is the kind of company that has a Master Engine Builder – his name’s Toshikazu Nakayama, and he hand-assembles the engine for BBL. This motor churns out upwards of 640bhp, and its redline is a screaming 8000rpm. Despite this power hike, it retains the stock car’s sturdy six-speed manual gearbox.

A full set of Aragosta suspension sits beneath it, as do Rays 21A forged wheels shrouding 356mm AP Racing brakes.

Built by Legends R34 Skyline - interior
Built by Legends R34 Skyline - interior

The front bumper, bonnet, rear wing and door mirrors are all replaced with carbon fibre items, and Garage Yoshida also repaints the car in five-layer OEM paint. It can be optionally finished with the iconic ‘ghost stripes’ down its flanks, made famous by the original Mine’s R34 demo car. The interior gets a full suede retrim.

Given the sheer hype around the R34, you won’t be at all surprised to learn that it’ll cost a bit more than pocket change. The build alone starts at around £355,000 – and that doesn’t include a donor R34, something that’s only going up and up in value.

Built by Legends R34 Skyline - rear
Built by Legends R34 Skyline - rear

Still, it’s hard to picture a Skyline done better than this. It joins BBL reworks of the R32 and R33 GT-Rs, meaning if you’re really flush, you can have perhaps the ultimate versions of all three of the iconic trio of ’90s Skylines. If you do, please give us a call. We want to be your friend.

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