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Sept 12, 2006 13:29:55 GMT
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Sept 12, 2006 13:31:41 GMT
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holy cow, that is freakin amazing! NICE ONE
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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Sept 12, 2006 13:35:00 GMT
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that is super cool! can you tell me some more about them? i know nothing, not even if its fwd or rwd ....  |
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Sept 12, 2006 13:35:07 GMT
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GIMME!
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Sept 12, 2006 13:41:45 GMT
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How cool is that! Strange gearbox, cool car and so green it must be environmentally friendly! Can you sell the plate to a Ferrari owner for lots of money?
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Kermits ColtDarrenW
@darrenw
Club Retro Rides Member 74
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Sept 12, 2006 13:42:11 GMT
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WOW! That is ACE!
TOP colour!
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Sept 12, 2006 13:47:04 GMT
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I feel a euro style coming on ;D My second non-Datsun purchase in a week...what's going on?! ;D -Ed That colour = Euro style 100% !  hehe you've been spending too much time round here...  Then again you are directly/indriectly responsible for a number of Datsun purchases by people on here. So its only fair to give something back |
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Sept 12, 2006 13:48:00 GMT
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that is super cool! can you tell me some more about them? i know nothing, not even if its fwd or rwd .... It's a SOHC 1410cc FWD with a quite strange 4 speed box that has two sets of ratios like some 4x4's have. It basically has a lever next to the gear stick marke "power" and "Economy". I'm not entirely sure exactly how the system works. The tech spec only lists a single ratio for the final drive so somehow it must have an extra gearset between the main transmission and diff or between the engine and box. As for the rest, it's servo assisted discs up front and drums on the back. Front suspension is struts and rear is training arms and coils. Steering by unassisted rack and pinion. I'm not sure when this model came out.. maybe as early as '77 and i think they were sold until about '83 when they were replaced with the model that Proton later adopted. I've got a brochure for one but it's all in French. funnily enough the 2dr in the brochure is identical to mine... full on Kermit green ;D |
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Sept 12, 2006 13:49:53 GMT
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How cool is that! Strange gearbox, cool car and so green it must be environmentally friendly! Can you sell the plate to a Ferrari owner for lots of money? Actually, the guy I bought it off mentioned that. Half the reason he originally bought the car was the possibility of flogging the plate off it! |
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Kermits ColtDarrenW
@darrenw
Club Retro Rides Member 74
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Sept 12, 2006 13:56:15 GMT
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I was reading a long term test of one of these recently in a real old Autocar... I'll dig it out again and see what they had to say. I remember them thinking that the gearbox was a bit gimmicky and didn't really have much advantage over a 5-speed once the novelty had worn off  |
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Sept 12, 2006 13:59:19 GMT
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It’s official, that is amazing! Extra cool points for it being 3dr and having the ‘big’ 1400 engine, over and above what it already earns by being painted that colour. Seen that shade in a brochure, but all the ones I recall in real life were silver, gold or metallic blue.
Presumably you can shift between power and economy when on the move?
Looks like those wheels are already pushed quite a way out in the arches – if you stuck some wide RWD offset-ish Euro-style wheels on it wouldn’t you need a lot of stretch? IIRC, even the standard turbo model had bolt-on arches. ‘Proper’ 114.3mm PCD I assume?
Ooh, isn’t there a rough-as-guts turbo for sale on eBay right now?
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Kermits Coltarthurbrown
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Sept 12, 2006 14:09:45 GMT
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AIIIIIIIIIEE! IT MAKE MY EYES HURT!
Quality purchase. has it been squirrelled away by some mad pensioner from day one?
Looks minty fffresh. result.
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Sept 12, 2006 14:11:16 GMT
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Yeah it's 144.3mm so I had a check of how my 6x14 Advans sat and even those stick out of the arches but I'd probably get away with them, especially if i could find some narrower tyres (currently they have 185'/50's on them) The front hubs are a bit awkward as they bolts that hold the discs on sit proud between the studs so rims with a flat mounting face won't go on. The advans will though...  The 'box is most definately gimicky and probably not all that advantageous over a 5 speed for cruising but I guess you do have the option between a close ratio box and a normal one which a 5 speed can't provide. Still pretty unnecessary when you've only got a 1400 ;D You can shift it on the move same as the normal gears. |
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Sept 12, 2006 14:14:10 GMT
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Get a 2.0 MIVEC V6 in there *n |
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Sept 12, 2006 14:15:45 GMT
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AIIIIIIIIIEE! IT MAKE MY EYES HURT! Quality purchase. has it been squirrelled away by some mad pensioner from day one? Looks minty fffresh. result. The guy I got it off in into VW's big time. I'd wager it didn't have many owners before him though. The original bill of sale is still there in the paperwork. It was £3649 brand new minus £1000 trade in on an N reg Renault 4 The original owner was called Albert Tinkler ...a pensioners name if ever there was one ;D |
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Mike D
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Kermits ColtMike D
@v8mike
Club Retro Rides Member 57
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Sept 12, 2006 14:18:09 GMT
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Whoa! I didn't realise it was that mint! She's a beauty! I'll defo have to pop down when the lancer gets delivered! Oh, have you got any spare 4x114.3 alloys kicking about? |
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Sept 12, 2006 14:20:47 GMT
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Colour aside, that is horrible ! But I like it !
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
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Kermits ColtDavenger
@dminifreak
Club Retro Rides Member 140
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Sept 12, 2006 14:24:38 GMT
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I've been spending too much time with Stuyizz.
The first thing I thought when I saw that was theat the front wings and doors were the same as his Sapporo ;D
That's a cool little beastie, love the colour
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Sept 12, 2006 14:26:34 GMT
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Whoa! I didn't realise it was that mint! She's a beauty! I'll defo have to pop down when the lancer gets delivered! Oh, have you got any spare 4x114.3 alloys kicking about? It does look a bit better than it actually is. The rusty bits are fairly bad but it's mostly confined to just around the ends of the sills. It needs the body doing NOW as it it's left for another year it would get quite bad I'd think. It has been resprayed in the past which is good as it does make it look pretty respectable. I haven't got anything good spare at the moment in the rim department. i'm kind of short of cool rims myself at present. i sold virtually everything I had at the end of last year when I was super skint. I've seen a few cool sets on ebay recently but not had the spare wedge to go buying rims. |
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Kris
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Sept 12, 2006 17:46:03 GMT
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Great purchase!  There's one up near where I go out riding, not quite as mint as yours...  ;D |
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This has to be the best production colour I've had on a car yet! It's a '79 Mitsubishi Colt 1400GLX with the funky double ratio gearbox (8 gears!). Interior is nigh on mint and just needs a clean. Body looks tidy but will need welding at the front and rear of both sills. It's got 62k on the clock and drives spot on. With the mega low ratios in "power" mode it's actually pretty nippy and 4th in "Economy" mode is an overdrive like 5th on a 5 speed. I feel a euro style coming on ;D
