RE: Shed Of The Week: Nissan Bluebird 1.6 LX
Discussion
lipadier said:
I don't know what the fuss is about. It's called Shed of the week, not Classic of the week.
Its a shed. Wouldnt go as far to call it SOTW. My pal had a lancia trevi back in the day. When it died he replaced it with an 81 bluebird. One of the early models. It was horrible. A girl at my work had one exactly the same as this yars ago. Same colour. Could well be her old car. Remeber she told me she paid £3500 for it. I was shocked. It was crap then and imo time hasnt given it any retro favours. Very non petrol head car. Very poor choice of sotw.
The zx is cool.
lipadier said:
I don't know what the fuss is about. It's called Shed of the week, not Classic of the week.
Shed of the week is supposed to demonstrate what interesting or exciting or comfortable or otherwise special car you can have for £1000. This is none of those, so does not meet the criteria laid down by PH themselves when they started the column.405dogvan said:
St John Smythe said:
When there's threads like this running on PH you really need to question this week's choice!!
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
He's spending money on it thus it's not a shed - NEXThttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Loving this for 2 reasons.
1) I used to own a 1988 Bluebird 1.6 Saloon
2) The b
hing, whining and moaning it`s started.
I actually enjoyed owning mine, comfy, reliable innocuous transport. Never missed a beat, electric everything and far nicer than the equivalent Ford/Vauxhall of the time and better built too.
Stick an RB26 in for the ultimate sleeper...
1) I used to own a 1988 Bluebird 1.6 Saloon
2) The b
hing, whining and moaning it`s started.I actually enjoyed owning mine, comfy, reliable innocuous transport. Never missed a beat, electric everything and far nicer than the equivalent Ford/Vauxhall of the time and better built too.
Stick an RB26 in for the ultimate sleeper...
THIS IS A REALLY BAD , UGLY CAR!
allways thought these cars were for the people who wanted their last car to be the one to last until the grave ...safe , sensible and dull , parked at retirement village .
I myself just purchased a rover 75 estate V6 , 2001 with just on 60,000 miles , fully taxed , mot and in mint condition in and out ...very comfy , not bad with a v6 ...smooth estate gt type car ..
all for £750 .....this I plan to run for a year and flick on for only a little less......much better shed
allways thought these cars were for the people who wanted their last car to be the one to last until the grave ...safe , sensible and dull , parked at retirement village .
I myself just purchased a rover 75 estate V6 , 2001 with just on 60,000 miles , fully taxed , mot and in mint condition in and out ...very comfy , not bad with a v6 ...smooth estate gt type car ..
all for £750 .....this I plan to run for a year and flick on for only a little less......much better shed
gpzjamie said:
well, as an owner of 2 bluebirds, you can slate them all you want, but they were built here and enjoyed five year production run, they were 10 times the car of a rover or montego , I love my bluebirds, they are lush and rare and always make people smile
Er, no they werent, the Montego actually Handled quite nicely, but I suppose that for most it is like choosing between a Dog Turd or Cat vomit for a snack 
Nice scan Kitchski. I saw the images and assumed it was a post by s m.
I've that magazine, but I am not sure I ever read the text on the Bluebird.
It seems there were hints of what was to come with the Primera and how many years have Nissan had their Technical Centre at Cranfield? 20 years now?
I've that magazine, but I am not sure I ever read the text on the Bluebird.
It seems there were hints of what was to come with the Primera and how many years have Nissan had their Technical Centre at Cranfield? 20 years now?
Bad SOTW, but an absolutely perfect daily snotter.
You won't care if it falls apart, you won't care about car park dings and scratches, it'll carry five people and all their luggage, the engine will soldier on indefinitely, and best of all, it's eligible for classic insurance, so you could probably get a quote for all of £200, pay it in one go and not have to worry about it again for the rest of the year.
No, it's not a 'PH' car, but it's cars like this that allow many of us to justify owning 'weekend cars', and as-such it should be lauded that someone had the foresight to keep it on the road.
You won't care if it falls apart, you won't care about car park dings and scratches, it'll carry five people and all their luggage, the engine will soldier on indefinitely, and best of all, it's eligible for classic insurance, so you could probably get a quote for all of £200, pay it in one go and not have to worry about it again for the rest of the year.
No, it's not a 'PH' car, but it's cars like this that allow many of us to justify owning 'weekend cars', and as-such it should be lauded that someone had the foresight to keep it on the road.
SKYLINE3 said:
woah hold on a minute !!
the bluebird was put together in the uk at nissans sunderland plant with parts imported from japan from 1986 - i have worked there since 1988 and may have unpacked the body parts for this one 25 years ago and its still going !!!
a very underated car i owned a bluebird zx turbo with the silvia 1.8 turbo engine back in 1989 and it was a decent car 125 mph in 4th and nearly 130 flat out all electrics it drove well and was £2k cheaper than the equivalent sierra/cavalier with £2k more bits fitted to it.
not the most stylish admittedly but nowhere near as bad as those that panned it made out who had never even driven it !!
when you consider they made probably 50 times more sierras/cavaliers there are a good few bluebirds still going now see one now and then driving round but never see a sierra (other than cosworths) or a cavalier - nuff said
Agreed, I had a 2.0LX and it was a cracking car. No it wasn't sporty, but it never claimed to be. What it was however was comfy, easy to drive, easy to fix and very reliablethe bluebird was put together in the uk at nissans sunderland plant with parts imported from japan from 1986 - i have worked there since 1988 and may have unpacked the body parts for this one 25 years ago and its still going !!!
a very underated car i owned a bluebird zx turbo with the silvia 1.8 turbo engine back in 1989 and it was a decent car 125 mph in 4th and nearly 130 flat out all electrics it drove well and was £2k cheaper than the equivalent sierra/cavalier with £2k more bits fitted to it.
not the most stylish admittedly but nowhere near as bad as those that panned it made out who had never even driven it !!
when you consider they made probably 50 times more sierras/cavaliers there are a good few bluebirds still going now see one now and then driving round but never see a sierra (other than cosworths) or a cavalier - nuff said
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