The Tokyo Auto Salon is shaping up to be particularly memorable thanks in part to a series of impressive projects from an array of official automakers, tuners and even students like those from Japan’s Nihon Automotive College (NATS). Recently, a four-door Toyota 86 Sedan was previewed by students from the college and now we have what may look to be, but really isn’t, a Nissan GT-R Convertible.

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Viewed from the front, the car looks much like any other modified GT-R with a bespoke bumper and tweaked grille. Glance beyond the front-end, however, and you may notice something rather odd. The car doesn’t appear wide enough to be a GT-R.

That’s because it isn’t a GT-R but a Nissan 350Z, sold as the Fairlady Z over in Japan. While chopping the roof of a real GT-R would certainly be possible, it would be much more expensive and time-consuming than simply starting with a 350Z Roadster and affixing GT-R body panels to it.

The finished car wars a near-identical silver and blue paint scheme to the Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R featured in 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Not too long ago, students from the Nihon Automotive College brought the drop-dead gorgeous RX-Vision to life using the underpinnings of an RX-8. Other projects shown in Tokyo include a Toyota A90 Supra Roadster that uses the platform of a Lexus LC400.

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