Nissan's Launches Factory Bare-metal Restoration Program For Skyline Gt-r

Nissan's launches factory bare-metal restoration program for Skyline GT-R

Nissan has kicked off a world-class factory restoration program for the Skyline GT-R. To say the restoration is extensive would be an understatement. Much more than just a refresh, candidate cars will be stripped down as naked as the day they were born on the assembly line.

Work will be conducted by the technicians of the NISMO performance arm. What follows, as reported by Japanese Nostalgic Car, is an insanely detailed checklist that can take six months to a year to complete. Cars that undergo the knife will be completely disassembled, taken down to bare metal, and examined for rust and chassis integrity. Since this is a factory program, the unibody can be checked with laser accuracy against its original specs. Any irregularities are repaired and then the car prepped for paint.

Dragon Pillars' Restoration Starts At Shuri Castle

Dragon pillars' restoration starts at Shuri Castle

Workers have begun full-scale restoration work on two dragon-shaped pillars that survived a fire at Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture last year.

The restoration work is open to the public. It began on Friday, ahead of the first anniversary of the fire on October 31. The blaze burned down the castle's main buildings.