Nissan Bluebird. Yes, A Bluebird

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A bored ebay sessions resulted in spotting this close by, complete with crap description. Ended with no bids so though I'd take a trip to the English Riviera (Torquay) to have a look. It was owned by a 93 year old woman who had given up driving, as all she did was have it driven to the MOT centre, driven back and then put in a garage. Checked the MOTs online, the earliest available is 2006 and since then it had done 80 miles! Completely original and even has remnants of the factory plastic on the rear seats.

So it's not very PH worthy, but having just driven to Kent I'm starting to rather like it. Also has the comfiest seats of any car I've ever owned. It had been smoking a bit, but that was solved once I drained over 6 litres of oil out of a 3.8 litre sump. Now for a set of period wheels and some slight lowering maybe...........?

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cheesyblob said:

What's the mileage?

70k on the clock and I paid £295, which today is a good price for anything that has an MOT full stop. Remember when these things used to be everywhere, usually as minicabs? (actual minicab licence strictly optional)

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Old Gregg said:

P I Staker said:

Bah, the originals are horribly expensive.

They are more expensive, yes, but if you spend enough time looking you can find good deals. And obviously you get your money back when you sell the car and get rid of the wheels.

blimey, a surprisngly positive reaction thus far Can't really justify spending the cost of the car on wheels, even if I can resell them. Think it will be a bit too new for the likes of Slotmags or Rostyles however. When my BMW sells (or rather if I can ever bloody shift it) I shall start the hunt

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9000th post so I might as well post an update and some crap pictures. An incident with a LHD trucker means the bumper is now managed and needs replacing, but other than that is running well. I don't know what it is but despite having owned more PH worthy cars there's something about this that I have an irrational liking for, and the fact it has no sporting pretensions whatsoever just adds to the appeal

Been after some wheels for a while, but finding period wheels in the correct fitment and offset is rather hard. So I found some which are the correct period and fitment, but not offset.









Tyres are too big so am trying to work out what profile I can get away with, especially as it urgently needs lowering. I have no idea what the wheels are off but hope I can get around the offset problem, especially as I have to use 5mm spacers on the front to clear the calipers. Once the stance is sorted I'd like a subtle rear spoiler, sort the bodywork then that should be pretty much it.

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Long time since I've posted an update, but the car is still going brilliantly and refusing to go wrong. Old wheels didn't work due to the offset so bought some Primera wheels. They weren't in very good condition so rather than referb I just bought set number four and resprayed them. I know the colour won't be to everyone's taste, but I'm really pleased how they turned out. Also added a rear spoiler from a Lada Riva. Should be lowered come payday, and I have a few more shows lined up. Since that's as far as I'd realistically take it, it will be up for sale in a few months.








This was a Japfest yesterday, where it was unsurprisingly the only one there. Also had a couple of kids asking me about it, one of whom exclaiming "I like the way it has one of those old fashioned key things". I feel old.........

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TheHeretic said:

I like the boxy Japanese stuff. I still think a Cedric is brilliant!

I' love something like a Gloria or Chaser for my next car. In a dream world it would be a Toyota Century for the ultimate Yakuza look, but getting into the work car park may prove an issue.....