Hey all, thought I would add my ride to these forums as I have browsed for ages and not contributed

Its a nissan series 3 bluebird. Inherited from my late grandfather, one owner. I'm in the process of restoring and bringing it back to a jdm sss version lookalike.. slowly but surely.

coming in the next few (dozen) months.
sss honeycomb grille
fender mirrors
series 1 lights
dumped on ass
new painjob
gold meshies on its feet

As it stands its a stocker, with the crappy ca20, I plan to swap in a sr or ca18 when im happy with the look of the thing.

Anyway, here it is, Im currently in the phase of making sure the car is a solid base to mod on, carpet, stereo, dash.. etc etc. Its not much of a looker, but its mine and I love it pics very related.

stockers









dash mat, steering wheel







Dash out, led globes in..



http://youtu.be/rK0BiFz7mWE

before I had purchased the new rims, had taken the hubcaps off and given the hubs a lick of black paint...



re-furbishing the black trim









new wheels (300 buck, dinged up ebay items..meh, 16x8 +25





tyres are stretched a little, minor guard rolling was needed, used a guard roller but assed up the front guards a little.. this is the before shot, after shots coming later.





exhaust work, went from 1.75 to 2.0 and a tip (i know, your all envious





the car as it looks today from the outside..



new carpet













thats it till i get my sd card back in the camera and get a few pics of the stereo etc.

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Amazing how much the wheels change the look of the car. It looks like a really good project car in really good shape. Good luck!

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Callan
fleet:
78 200B
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Bluesmobile
86 ZL Fairlane ZLane
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Barn find
85 Troopy 2H Turbo

thanks for that... some more pics

some pics. not much but here they are, last pics before i take it to get tinting, saving for a holiday to the snow so might be a while before there is an update..

4 chan amp in boot.. connected to the 5.25inch kickers


brembo red caliper paint.


Interior with cup holders and head unit (ohh yea.. epic mod )




and the busted sender unit that i will need to re solder..


more pics..

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Dying for a SR conv.

sweet looking ride, wheels do set it off

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Driving takes three abilities: Accelerating, braking, and turning.
More power only helps acceleration.
Lower weight helps all three.

Looks similar to one I had years ago. Bar the massive damage mine had. I take it the picture in your signature is the look you're going for? Where abouts in Victoria are you?

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green200b - aka Alistair

The fleet:

Australia:
'80 200B GX - the green200b - hibernating
'81 RX-7 - 12A extend port - daily
'74 RX-2 - 13B bridgeport - cruiser

Europe:
'93 200SX - CA18DET - tourer

I have series 1 lights for sale... PM me?

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1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe
1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe Project
1979 Datsun Stanza GX
1982 Datsun Stanza GX
1966 Nissan Cedric Custom Six
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1974 Toyota Landcruiser Stallion (SWB)
EziAutoParts

im in the outer easterns of melb... bayswater, for now. the lease is up soon so who knows
thanks for letting us know, I have decided that I want to get hold of an sss honeycomb grille before i commit to the rest, because for me, thats the clincher, im trying to get one from aus, not so easy.

One of the good folks at aussiebluebirds.com pointed me in the right direction of a yahoo japan item but not sure if its worth it will be nice to have a jdm looking series 1/2 mockie, i have a picture in my head in relation to colours, rims, camber etc etc. just need to make a start..
perhaps i should mid mount it like ur scary as hell bluey

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i do know of a mid-mounted SR20 S13 in the build, its where i got my inspiration

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Driving takes three abilities: Accelerating, braking, and turning.
More power only helps acceleration.
Lower weight helps all three.

Hey mate any updates?

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1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe
1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe Project
1979 Datsun Stanza GX
1982 Datsun Stanza GX
1966 Nissan Cedric Custom Six
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1974 Toyota Landcruiser Stallion (SWB)
EziAutoParts

not as yet, still hunting a rear bumper so i can do the conversion with all the parts i got from you, plus my sss grille...hanging to get it done, they have been sitting there a while now.

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I parked next to you yesterday out the
Front of first choice in ringwood..

Clean bluey you've got there.




Cheers
Jonno

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toys:

71' datsun 1600 - the project


90' 180sx - bit of sh*t skid machine. one day sr20det donor for the 1600.

way to long between updates.......

lol , cheers mate... small world aint it.. i work at coles there so i am there quite a bit


a few happy snaps of the interior re-trim and my last trip before going back to the series 1 look








just picked up a ca18det so car should boogie soon






car as it is now. went back to s1 f/r lights, jdm sss grille and cheapo rota watanabe knockoffs.. pimpin




and the car's new plates (plus super mega wicked awesome jdm subway hangring.. unashamedly 'because i can' - ps, it does normally hang from the rear passenger hand rail)

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Looking good mate are those my lights?

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1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe
1979 Datsun Stanza Coupe Project
1979 Datsun Stanza GX
1982 Datsun Stanza GX
1966 Nissan Cedric Custom Six
1972 Volkswagen Beetle
1974 Toyota Landcruiser Stallion (SWB)
EziAutoParts

this is awesome. ca18det will make it fun!
do you plan to drop it at all? not a lot but it is a little on the SUV side of things atm

cheers and yea, they sure are mate, only took about a year to put on the car lol.. life has a way of designating where your money goes
got a set of king spring 'lows' and a set of monroe gt's that will be going in next week, should put it down about 3cm, I would have gone the way of coilovers but i picked up the aforementioned set for next to nothing.


a re-spray is on the cards as well.. will send it off to get done while the engine is out, during the swap, get the rocker cover done as well.

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