Cherry N12 1.5 Turbo (Read 1,854 times)

[nissancherryn12]

Hi!

Last friday i picked up a original Cherry Turbo. In 2010 i picked this car up together with a friend (the formal owner) in france, since 2010 it's registered in the Netherlands. Some details:

-totally stock
-unknown how much miles/km's it has done
-turbo @ 0.6 bar.
-original Nissan sunroof
-roof is rusted, rest of the car is OK but needs a repaint to make it look really good

So, first day some pictures:






plans? Enough!

-new original exhaust
-restore the outside, weld the roof etc and repaint
-original rear lights
-keep it original

I'm thinking of painting it the original yellow-black, like this:



But might be keeping it silver.... Not sure

Hope you like it!

Cheers,

Rens

[Al Ramone]

i really like these.

i vote for keeping it silver/black. it's a nice colour combination. but it looks like the current silver is more flat grey? i'm sure in new paint it will look great.

[nissancherryn12]

Thanks! It's true, the paint is flat and after polishing the car still looks not really shiny, just clean. I first wasn't sure about the color but it does look good on the Cherry

[nissancherryn12]

Hi Guys,

I'm working on getting some parts together. Also mounted a new battery. Till now i have some brandnew tailgate struts, new headlights, original rear lights for the 82-84 model and a new antenna. Also got a picture from the old vs new headlight:



LOT better

[Al Ramone]

did i tell you i have some new Nissan parts for these?

[nissancherryn12]

Hi All,

Had a experience with original rear lights in the dishwasher with some great results:

Before:




during:



After a few buffing moments with my DA polisher and some mild compound:





You wouldn't say these are over 30 years now

[Al Ramone]

nice job

[momanatorz]

Wow those rear lights came out fantastic.

[nissancherryn12]

Tnx guys!

[nissancherryn12]

Hi all,

OK so it's time to show you the wordt part of the car, the roof:




And i made a plan, it will look like this after the respray:



Yes, it will be original Nissan 016 yellow with 505 black

[nissancherryn12]

Hi Guys,

So, a few minor updates. The Cherry now has some new tyres from Michelin in the front and continental on the back. The 185-65-14 are replaced by the original size 185-60-14, looks a lot better and also drives better offcourse.

Here you can see a friend of mine putting them on:



The alternator belt was squeezing, this is why:



And made a few pictures of the car now the weather is nice and warm:



























Cheers,

Rens

[nissancherryn12]

After dismanteling a Cherry i now have 2 nice spare rear suspension arms. Needed a bot of work:

Before:



And after cleaning, sanding etc etc:



Also ordered loads of new parts. Clutchkit, brake cilinders, brakeshoes, brakehoses, ball joints, steering joints etc etc etc:

Only half of the stuff is here right now, other parts still are still on there way:



Cheers

[nissancherryn12]

Hi guys,

Update again...

New stuff:





öld brakes



New brakes etc:



one complete renovated susp. arm:



windscreenwasherbottle was very dirty, also cleaned:

before:


after:


The spare wheel after a good clean and a 10 minuts polishing job:



gear selector also renovated:



cheers

[Al Ramone]

wow. great to see this.

[nissancherryn12]

Thanks, Alan!