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1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL

Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Jul 2, 2019 21:02:02 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Update time. That brown Stanza was a sweet machine. However. When you have the opportunity to get back a car that you used to own, and regretted selling, you have to make difficult choices. So in a direct swap, the brown Stanza went out, and my old Nissan Maxima came back. I'm so pleased to have it back, although I wish there had been another way I could have made it happen. Anyway... there is an update on the blue one. The carb must have hated sitting still for 32 years. It needs a proper refurb, as it wouldn't start or run very well at all. As much as I wanted to keep it 100% original, I bit the bullet today and swapped over the carb from the '83 saloon, as I knew that it was A) a straight bolt on, and B) the saloon ran and ticked over sweetly before it was parked up for the last time over a year ago. The difference is amazing. Starts well. Runs well. Ticks over so quietly. I had to take it out for a fuel run, then took a few pics upon my return... I'll make sure the cold starts are good tomorrow, then I'm planning on showing it at a couple of events this weekend. Can't wait.
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Jul 8, 2019 20:35:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	This one is starting, running and idling so sweetly after it's carb swap, and I took it to a couple of shows over the weekend... Looked great parked outside my coffee shop. Best coffee in Saltburn by the way.... After the second show, I got home, took the petrol flap off, and sprayed it in the paint I'd purchased.... Right, so this hasn't gone well.... I would say it's worse and more noticeable than it was in the grey primer haha. Ah well, I'll sort it in time, and it's not the end of the world....
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darrenh Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,655	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL darrenh @darrenh
	Jul 12, 2019 10:49:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	paint missmatch you say ? ha ha, a very easy but ill informed assumption to make, its actually accented between the car and the side stripes. very rare, JDM specification.
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Aug 18, 2019 19:42:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	With my '94 Maxima, which I have recently been reunited with...
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Mar 25, 2020 19:33:22 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I taxed the Stanza at the start of March ready for the show season.....oh well.....it's back sorn'd again for now until unneccessary journeys are ok. Here's a few pre-lockdown pics.... Social distancing, the lockdown and the good weather has given me some time to concentrate on the Stanza. Selling the Maxima has dedicated my time on it, which is a good thing. Found the original tool kit hidden away... I found a sticker I'd forgotten I had in the glovebox. It's an external one, and don't want to put it on the outside. Perhaps I'll laminate it and fit it internally.... The engine bay has a layer of waxoil everywhere, obviously applied by the previous owner who knew it was going to be parked up up for a long time (wondering if he knew it would be 32 years like!). I'm going to leave it as is. Part of it's story. I did give the engine a bit of a dust down though.... polished up the chromework.... and gave it it's third layer of Harley's wax in three days.... I'm hoping to get the black bumpers sprayed at some point in the next couple of days. Stay safe everyone.
	Last Edit: Mar 25, 2020 20:06:44 GMT by Geordie CURRENT FLEET '95 Rover 623SLi (65k miles) '99 Renault Laguna Executive '55 BMW 318i (52k miles) for sale '06 Audi A6 (18 year old 'modern' daily)

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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Jun 28, 2020 12:31:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hoping to get this one MOT'd in the next week or so, then taxed and use it a bit.
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Jun 28, 2020 12:44:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Some pics with the Prairie, both on 34k miles...
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	Jun 28, 2020 14:37:24 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Great cars, both. Seems odd to see a Geordie thread without pics on your immaculate drive!


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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Jun 29, 2020 8:03:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Jun 28, 2020 14:37:24 GMT @moddedtoledo said: Great cars, both. Seems odd to see a Geordie thread without pics on your immaculate drive! Haha, I'm lucky enough to have found a lockup and yard to park the 'overflow'!
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Jul 10, 2020 8:02:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Some pics of the Stanza next to the Prairie this week, just before loading on the truck to go to my mates garage. Stanza straight in for MOT, and the Prairie in for timing belt/servicing/fettling before, hopefully, an MOT next week.
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Jul 12, 2020 18:33:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Good times, good times.... Taxed, MOT'd and insured.....time to get it out and about I think.
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Dec 8, 2020 16:32:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Little update. Not much to update recently. Currently sorn'd and parked up in my lockup, hoping that 2021 is better than 2020 for shows. Has to be, doesn't it? Anyway, here is a pic today taken with it's quite unexpected 3 door and 4 door stablemates. It must be like finding a sibling or two years later that you didn't know you had... I wonder when the last time an example of each body style of Stanza were together at the same time?
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vulgalour Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 7,285 Club RR Member Number: 146	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL vulgalour @vulgalour Club Retro Rides Member 146
	Dec 8, 2020 20:29:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	When they were new, perhaps? Even when Stanzas were still moderately common cars you wouldn't see all three variants in the same day, let alone the same place.
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Del South East Posts: 1,450	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Del @silvermac
	Dec 8, 2020 21:16:35 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I notice that the 5-door has the vents by the rear lights but the 3-door hasn't. Any idea why?
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Dec 8, 2020 22:10:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 8, 2020 21:16:35 GMT Del said: I notice that the 5-door has the vents by the rear lights but the 3-door hasn't. Any idea why? Not sure really. I believe they are for the release of pressure when the doors/bootlid were closed. Perhaps the 3 door has some hidden vents to work in a similar way
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vulgalour Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 7,285 Club RR Member Number: 146	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL vulgalour @vulgalour Club Retro Rides Member 146
	Dec 8, 2020 22:28:43 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	3 door cars tend to hide the vent on the C pillar, or below the latch on the b pillar. Sometimes they put it about where the bump strip is on the rear quarter too. Best theory I've heard on it is that when you have a three door there's more space and less seals to disturb so the air can be squashed out of the way easier than a five door, where it will look for the easiest route and push against and sometimes open the rear doors. If your three door has pop out windows on the back, sometimes they flex just enough to let the extra pressure out past the seal when you shut the door so no vent is needed.
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Dec 9, 2020 8:21:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dec 8, 2020 22:28:43 GMT vulgalour said: 3 door cars tend to hide the vent on the C pillar, or below the latch on the b pillar. Sometimes they put it about where the bump strip is on the rear quarter too. Best theory I've heard on it is that when you have a three door there's more space and less seals to disturb so the air can be squashed out of the way easier than a five door, where it will look for the easiest route and push against and sometimes open the rear doors. If your three door has pop out windows on the back, sometimes they flex just enough to let the extra pressure out past the seal when you shut the door so no vent is needed. The 3 door does have pop out rear windows.
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thomfr Part of things Trying to assemble the Duett again.. Posts: 694	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL thomfr @thomfr
	Dec 9, 2020 9:00:00 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nice history. was just wondering when I saw the last time a Stanza but more even a Prarie. They where quite popular to a certain level in their days in The Netherlands but I must have seen the last one more than 10 years ago. Thom
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Dec 20, 2020 16:29:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Apologies for kicking the three Stanza threads to the top with the same pics, but I wanted to post them for historical record purposes... I wonder when this last happened? All three bodystyles lined up closely... Apologies for the 'stuff' behind the five door spoiling the pics slightly. It's not mine, and I'll get it shifted along to the next parking bay behind the lad's van.
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Geordie North East Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!! Posts: 2,520	1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6GL Geordie @geordie
	Jan 5, 2021 20:44:53 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	The bronze one, from right at the start of this thread, has returned after about 18 months! It's done another 1000 miles, so it's now on 35,800. However, it's come back with no brakes and a blown headgasket :-( Not to worry, it's back with me and it'll get sorted in time. So I'm up to four...
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