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That makes more sense, I didn't put the GTR together and was just thinking about R34s generically (which I would definitely own even if it's not a GTR). It looks like R34 GTRs in Aussieland (I haven't looked in NZ but I'm pretty sure they sold a lot of them there too) are like $49k-70k USD:
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Depending on how difficult / expensive the process is to paperwork it here in the US, when these become legal it probably makes more sense to buy a plane ticket to Japan and buy one / ship it back. I read an article about Japanese car owners a while back and how they don't generally like to buy and drive old vehicles even if they are collectible, they aren't seen as cool. It supposedly keeps the used car market there pretty soft

Yea that sounds more like it, GTRs are not a cheap car even overseas (market will never be soft on this car anywhere, due to deep pocketed people tracking them so much and the cult following worldwide). Cost of legal importation under the 25yr laws is around 5k if you do everything yourself, around 7k paying someone to handle it all. Shipping alone is around 3500 on a car carrying boat to east coast ports from japan IIRC. I believe last time i looked in vancouver for R34 GTRs they were selling around 65k+ CAD for decently graded examples. GTR Garage in Washington state will also store a car for you in japan for free until its ready for import, theyll trailer it to a track in japan for testing as well while you wait if you use them for the importation process/paperwork/shipping/etc. One can always cross their fingers and hope though

Nice, Canada probably makes the most sense then assuming you can find examples that haven't been exposed much to the winter weather up there. $65k CAD is under $50k USD right now, plus you could potentially avoid shipping if you wanted to cross the border and drive it home or trailer it yourself after you took care of the paperwork.