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Legendary Garage

Legendary Garage was born from a single question: What if we built a GT-R the world never got to see? That question became a mission. One that drives every weld, every engine component, every millimeter of carbon fiber and metal we shape.

Founded by Andrew Hannason, a lifelong GT-R enthusiast and motorsport purist, it began as a pursuit of perfection—an effort to capture the spirit of the GT-R while transcending its era. Drawing from Australia’s deep motorsport heritage, he hand picked a team of designers, engineers, fabricators, tuners and manufacturers, Masters in their own right who don’t just understand performance—they live it.

From its earliest days, Legendary Garage drew inspiration from two intertwined legacies: the technical brilliance of 1990s Japanese performance engineering and the fearless ingenuity of Australian motorsport. The GT-R’s dominance in Group A racing—earning the “Godzilla” moniker after humbling the field at Bathurst—set the standard for what was mechanically possible in its era. At the same time, Australia’s own racing scene forged a culture of resourcefulness and precision, where engineering solutions weren’t purchased, they were engineered, tested, and refined in the crucible of competition. Legendary Garage exists at that intersection, blending Japan’s uncompromising design ethos with Australia’s hands-on racing innovation.

Each machine leaving our facility embodies a philosophy that reflects our uncompromising ethos. Chassis are stripped to bare metal not because it’s the easiest route, but because only from that foundation can something worthy be created. Powertrains are not bolted together from catalog parts they are the result of iterative development, track testing, and hard-earned engineering insight. From the first torque wrench click to the final paint cure, each project is approached with the same level of scrutiny and pride as a factory works program. It’s this relentless standard that transforms a GT-R into a Legendary GT-R.

Today, Legendary Garage is redefining the limits of the GT-R, uniting uncompromising engineering with a clear vision for the next chapter of an icon. Every build is guided by purpose, shaped with precision, and evolved to perform beyond expectation. We honor the platform’s heritage while pushing its capabilities into uncharted territory.

The result is a modern masterpiece—engineered to embody its legacy while surpassing every modern benchmark for performance and design.

Where It All Begins

Before Legendary Garage was a brand recognized on a global stage—before the carbon aero kits, the dyno-busting RBs, or the high-profile media features—there was a single car, quietly tucked away in a corner of the workshop: a factory-issue R34 GT-R V·spec N1. It was not just rare. It was elemental. One of only 38 ever produced, the R34 N1 represents the most stripped-back, focused, and brutally honest version of the R34 GT-R lineage. In essence it is a blank canvas, built for motorsport. And it became the foundation on which the values of Legendary Garage were built.

A Factory Fantasy, Forged in Reality

If Development One taught Legendary Garage how to honor the past, then Development Two marked the moment the they began shaping the future. This project was not about preservation—it was about completion. About giving life to a car that, while technically never built by Nissan, should have been. A machine that blended two of the rarest and most iconic variants ever created: the R33 GT-R V-spec N1 and the Nismo 400R.

Precision Reforged from a Pioneering Era

By the time Development Three began, Legendary Garage had already proven itself capable of meticulous precision (Development One) and bold reinterpretation (Development Two).

But with Development Three, the brand chose to dig deeper into the very roots of the GT-R renaissance—the R32, the car that reignited Nissan’s dominance and reshaped the skyline of 1990s Japanese motorsport.

Meet the maker

Andrew
Hannason

Heritage refined. Performance perfected. Legacy evolved.

For Andrew Hannason, the GT-R has never been a machine to modify, but a legacy to understand, refine, and carry forward. That belief became the foundation of Legendary Garage, established in 2012 as a vision-driven enterprise dedicated to reimagining what the GT-R could be. From its earliest days, Andrew set out not to create just another performance outfit, but a place where heritage and innovation could meet—where the GT-R platform would be studied with discipline, evolved with intent, and executed with uncompromising precision. What began as a personal pursuit of perfection has grown into a philosophy that continues to shape every project under the Legendary name.

Andrew’s story begins in Australia’s fiercely competitive GT-R scene—a crucible where machines are pushed until they fail, and lessons are learned in the aftermath of failure. Here, he absorbed a culture that prized resilience over glamour, precision over shortcuts. He learned that the true measure of performance isn’t dyno figures or lap times alone, but repeatability and coherence across every system. Those lessons became the foundation for how he approaches every build that bears the Legendary Garage name.

But Andrew is more than an engineer. He is a craftsman of philosophy. Where others saw the GT-R as a just a car for modification, Andrew saw it as a legacy to be respected—one that could be carried forward only through meticulous attention to its DNA. His method is equal parts archaeology and innovation: stripping machines back to their essence, then layering in modern advancements where they elevate capability without diluting character.

Spend time with him and it becomes clear that Legendary Garage is not a business venture; it is the physical embodiment of his standards, his patience, and his refusal to settle for “good enough.” Every car that leaves under his watch is a declaration of intent, engineered with the kind of precision that only comes from obsession, and infused with the emotional connection that makes driving a GT-R an experience unlike any other. In Andrew’s hands, each project is a statement of what the GT-R was always meant to be.

For Andrew, Legendary Garage is not the culmination of a career. It is the beginning of a movement—one that ensures the GT-R’s greatest chapters are not locked in the past, but written for the future.

– Andrew Hannason

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‪+61 488 32 33 34
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Sydney, Australia