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My LTD was convertible . Also someone had converted it to RHD

SOLD to RR member
Just offering this as-is before I embark on a resto. This could be a 15K camper if body was restored.
Rare 1984 Nissan/Datsun Urvan. Viking camper conversion with Spacemaker roof as seen on VW busses. This can sleep up to 6 people. The dinette cushions form a double bed, and upstairs there is another double bed area at the front, and then there are two small single beds.

Good points:
Only 45,000 miles from new!


Fantastic Z20 2.0 Petrol engine and 5 speed manual floor change transmission. Ventilated front disc brakes.
Stars, runs drives stops, lovely to drive.
Comes on refurbished rims and excellent tyres.
Great interior, lovely vinyl seats up front. Camper part in decent original shape. Has fridge, hob. Mains hookup with 12v transformer.
Tow bar
Good doors and tailgate. Solid chassis and floors. Top half of body all pretty decent, no sign of water ingress. Never had any welding.

Bad points.

Bottoms of the sheetmetal very rusty/rotten, so back ends of sills, rear arches, rear wing pockets and the area around the channel for the sliding side door. Bottom of sliding door has been badly patched.
Needs new tap on sink and water pump appears to be missing. Needs new table top. Battery cover missing.

You will need a big sheet of metal, a mig welder, a roll of wire, metal bending skills and at least a month of your time but this pretty much only needs bodywork. Engine is sweet and everything works apart from the rear fog lamp, which is broken off.

Located Sussex RH19

I notice this thread never got an update... well you remember this beautiful extremely rare immaculate 180B SSS coupe


This is what happened to it




This is the guy that raced it, of course it could not be proven that he stole it, and no charges were ever brought. In fact I seem to remember the police were absolutely useless in this case. At least this guy was happy to pose for a mug shot and have it published in the public domain.




Very sad to see there are still rotten scumbags in this hobby.
Even if you could find another SSS like this , you might have to fork out 25K+ for it.

how will they know if the speedo works or not though, they never drive the car. I have never heard of a car actually failing an MOT on the speedometer not working.

secretly quite liked the styling of the Marina but they were Morris Minors with new clothes, and drove like a 50s car, but with cheap plastic switchgear. Anyone who had driven a Datsun 1200 or 510 in say 1971 would have been blown away at how sprightly, powerful and smooth it was compared to the British stuff of the time. 510 having IRS as well.


The Avenger was a better car than the Marina, and I've owned eleven of them, but getting my first Datsun after having an Avenger was like jumping forward 20 years in tech, performance and equipment levels. There was also no wear evident on anything.

Best BL product IMO was the Range Rover. It was groundbreaking.

Speedometer is electronic. Probably the speedo head faulty.

are the tail lamps not twin filament?

well done.
check the airflowmeter is moving correctly as i think it is a mechanical type on those.

you will need to so some serious rewiring, American cars have complicated turn signal switches which have the stop lights running through them, so they have 2 inputs and 4 separate outputs. you could probably make a conversion circuit with a couple of relays.