"This GTR-X was bought from GMH in 1988-90...it was 'for sale by tender to GMH employees only' with one condition of sale being 'it would not, and could not, be registered in Australia'. The car has since been sold again. Creative Customs are using the moulds and the car to recreate the GTR-X, which will nullify the original agreement/understanding with GMH when it was sold. I wish them all the luck in the world."
The prohibition on rego couldn't be sustained on resale unless there was a codocil that subsequent buyers not only agreed to it themselves but agreed not to sell unless subsequent buyers also agreed to it, impractical and not likely to be pursued. In the US, that's specifically called "first sale doctrine", but it's implicit in Australian law as well. I think that everybody at GMH probably knew that, but the term would've been a "nudge and winK" way to pacify US bosses and liability lawyers so that they wouldn't insist the car be destroyed.
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