Above is the billboard for Mobil 1 being put up in Las Vegas as I write this. For the record, the billboard was done about 3 weeks ago and it is computer generated (not the real car). The guys at Theory Communication did a great job working under pressure to design the billboard without a real car existing yet. Interestingly enough, the car at the time of the billboard creation was just starting preparation to be loaded on a boat coming from Hawaii to Los Angeles for us to do the build.

The Mobil 1 / GT-RR SEMA car is owned by a client of GT-RR/Bulletproof Automotive from Hawaii. The car although originally silver has been repainted Midnight Purple. Special thanks goes to Ito-san, President of Do-Luck Japan who took his Saturday to run errands for me in Japan and bought the paint for me from Nissan. Arigatoooooo!! Midnight Purple II is an extremely nostalgic color for GT-R enthusiasts, and it is commonly known in those GT-R circles that it is reserved for only a select few top spec GT-Rs from Nissan. It also happens to be a very hard color to get, as I learned the hard way. As part of the concept for this car, I wanted to make sure that we built the first Midnight Purple R35 in the world. Surely Midnight Purple will be offered again in the future from Nissan (probably as a limited color for the Vspec R35), but it was important for us to beat Nissan to the punch.

Admittedly, I’m short on time and this post is just the beginning of an intro for this car. I owe a better explanation to you all soon. If possible, tomorrow I’ll post an update about the concept for the car and the parts used.