I have a 1983 Nissan Bluebird SSS four door hard top. It is my dads first car and well the family car now back in our home country Fiji Islands. The car right now is in very bad condition and my dad is going in jan to fix it. and me and him were thinking one day.. there was only one kind of nissan bluebird that came to the US (maxima) and with a different front and there wasent a hard top. we were thinking about making the one we have back home with the same front as the Maxima we have in the US. Making it an LD28? What do you guys think of the idea?

its in bad condition right now but its going to get better very soon

The maxima front is longer , its a big job but can be done
What engine is in it now Z18/20 ?
It will look great when done

It originally came with a Z18e but swapped with a LD20 because gas was really expensive and my dad ran it as a taxi for 7 years but it was swapped one time with a Z18ET but that didnt work out for where the car is so it went back to a LD20.
And i know its a very big job but it will be done. The project will start by mid Jan hopefully it will be done by Feb end or Early march

Oh wow, thats is cool. That looks like the grill from a C210/C211.

Very cool.

Okay. Our project on the Nissan Bluebird has finally begun. but now i'm going to take it back a little due to some things i couldent keep updating this. We got ourselves a parts car.
Not bad Right? if any of you have any questions about my project please do ask i know ill miss a lot so i will be happy to answer any questions.

we will be putting this ld28 in

and here are some parts well some more parts




and now heres whats been happening the last few weeks

wowzers that's rusted to hell, back then to hell again! good luck!

hehe yeahh i know man ,will try the best

Seriously, you are gonna fix that? i am going to follow this topic, i need to see how this is put together again. Why not use the blue car? That looked more solid than this..

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1972 240Z
1973 610 Wagon
1977 260Z
1995 Micra
1999 200SX

Yup we are seriously going to fix it, and yeah it was more solid than this one but this one has more sentimental value and i will make sure to keep everyone updated

Wow. I'm going to keep a close eye on this one. Make sure you post plenty of pics! That's a BIG job, good luck.

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1975 C110 Skyline Coupe

Sentimental value? As far as i can see the only thing you can reuse from the white car is the roof
Good luck man! I'll be watching this to see how it will be restored to former glory.

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Japanseklassiekers!

1970 C30 Laurel
1972 240Z
1973 610 Wagon
1977 260Z
1995 Micra
1999 200SX

Wow that is rough. Though if it holds sentimental value, go for it. Good luck. I'll be frequenting this thread.

Okay so there was more rust then we expected....obviously, but we just happened to find another 910 hardtop parked around for parts


Wasent in such a bad condition (well atleast better then ours )

man, i'd just use a clean(er) shell and swap over what you can from the old one for sentimental purposes haha. good luck tho!

yeahh but oh well and thanks

thanks

So our shipment arrived from U.S. finally after some time

and you remember the red car right?

there are so many parts, i cant tell begin to tell you how much but i can show you

















Talk about coming prepared huh
and cant forget the tools

and here is whats been going on with the car itself

been really busy so i couldent update as frequently but here is the progress on the bluebird
got most of the rusted parts replaced on one side so one more side to do



work hard drink hard



so here is what it looked like in the trunk



and this cars in fiji islands are hard to find that have no rust in them (its hard to find even find ones with rust) not many left, we were just lucky we found one but still some work had to be done on the parts cut off

more cutting and pasting






here is how the side came out


and here is what the rear looks like now


will keep updating as much as i can