Brookjm's Nissan Bluebird Estate giffermatic banger rescue

[HMC]

I woke last tuesday never intending to become the owner of a Nissan Bluebird, it just sort of happened. An idle browse of Gumtree and I was eyeing up pics of a moss covered red Bluebird estate. They always looked different to the more common contempory Bluebird hatches and saloons as they were ran on from the last generation model. Turns out it was a few steps from either the bridge or the oval, despite apparently only 70k and few owners, all from the same North Cornwall village. It still has 2 months MOT but had been sat in a corner for ages  literally gathering moss. I got a good, honest vibe from the vendor and left an offer with her that was some way short of the already low asking price. To my suprise I had a message later that day to say the offer had been accepted.

 

Fast forward to today and its here!

 

 

After I'd jetwashed off the moss (which also brought with it part of the nearside front door skin, whoops) and replaced the dead battery with a spare I had lying around, if fired up, ran perfectly, Everything works. It drives nicely (as well as you could hope for)

 

 

 

 

I must say its far better rot wise than I had imagined, I bought it partly to get more experience fabricating repair sections and although there are a couple of small bits to sort its pretty decent overall, and seems totally original paintwise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The interior is as you may remember from the return leg from many a night out on the town, infact this one has a heady mix of fags, and synthetic materials to complete the minicab vibe.

 

 

 

Infact its even got 2 trip meters to help with fare calculations....

 

 

 

[tooSavvy]

.... loadlugger 'nils deperandum' m8.

 

Love it... 

 

TS

[the judge]

Fantastic. Remember these well. Unkillable

[mercrocker]

Full of win by the look of things....Love all the dealer stuff, too.   Good save, sir.

[trigger]

What a great purchase! It looks almost mint!

[fordperv]

Splumph that looks lovely

[Jim Bell]

That massive knob is class. They always remind me of Aircraft controls. Lovely.

[EssDeeWon]

Nice. Cant remember the last time I even saw one tbh, but it looks very straight.

[seacow]

There is nothing about this I don't like.

[cms206]

Always thought the U11 looked much better than the T12/T72.

 

VERDICT: WOULD

[skattrd]

That looks awesome

[wuvvum]

Haven't seen one of those in ages.  Nice purchase.

[MarvinsMom]

were these the ones that nissan in washington started building?

 

absolute ace, that is an awsum buy!!

[Pillock]

You bought it to help you learn to fabricate patches, yet its bloody mint - you plonker well purchased!

[tooSavvy]

were these the ones that nissan in washington started building?

 

absolute ace, that is an awsum buy!!

T12 it seems (after this model)??

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motor_Manufacturing_UK

 

TS

[Noel Tidybeard]

+ eleventy points for o/d

[dollywobbler]

were these the ones that nissan in washington started building?

 

absolute ace, that is an awsum buy!!

 

No. T12/72 ran concurrent and were Washington produced, but the estates were always Japanese. Same with the Primera, which is why the front styling is different to the hatch/saloon.

 

That's an outstanding purchase and proof that keeping an eye on the classifieds is wise. 

[overrun]

'Interesting' factoid: The NMUK factory code for the Bluebird was GB.

 

/End

 

Looks great btw @brookjm. You so JDM, I bet your bed springs are made by Tein.

[RichL]

Brilliant. I do like a Bluebird. My parents had a 1985 Nissan Cherry with the same digital clock and cassette player.

[doobietoo]

Disappointed with the lack of mossy pics and amazed that something that rusts for fun has survived living its life so close to the sea....This is how to win at autoshite 

 

I Would too

[twosmoke300]

Overdrive ! Drive over anything boyo ! # my dad

[eddyramrod]

That's NICE!

[JohnK]

Love this! I do like a Bluebird

[Felly Magic]

Funny how it's utterly misery spec too, when by then the saloons & hatches had electric everything in all but the very base model

[MrDuke]

Would. Repeatedly.

 

Srsly tho, would it be considered insolently forward to ask for potential dibs in the unlikely event that you tire of it one day?

[Lord Sterling]

This is brill! I should grow a long beard and start minicabbing one of these, but I don't think many Taxi ranks want the 1989 look anymore.

[Ghosty]

There is nothing about this I don't like.

These would also be my words, but this, like many cars, has one of my pet peeves.

 

POST-2001 NUMBERPLATE

[JohnK]

This is brill! I should grow a long beard and start minicabbing one of these, but I don't think many Taxi ranks want the 1989 look anymore.

Do it - we still have a MK3 Cav up these parts in daily taxi use!

[Cavcraft]

Class, can't think of the last time I saw an estate version, either.

[fordperv]

It would be rather appropriate to have a beaded seat cover on the drivers seat