1982 Nissan Blebird 910 /Datsun Maxima 810 Hardtop SSS (Read 394 times)

[shawnk297]

We had this Bluebird sitting at home.........









a long story and more pics to come ...........

[Al Ramone]

thanks for bringing this over here. it's worth showing off

[shawnk297]

Apr 16, 2013 23:40:26 GMT 1 Al Ramone said:

thanks for bringing this over here. it's worth showing off 








yeah thanks for the suggestion 

[shawnk297]

so the car we had was very rusted and we had an idea of putting the 910 bluebird and the Maxima 810 that only came to the USA but never came in a hardtop version and it was a longer wheelbase. So we combined the two together. Turned out very well .....here are some pics


this is our parts car from USA 




so we took that all apart



sent it to Fiji Island and started taking lots of rust out of the white one.....realized we needed another parts car so we got another one



and here is some pics of what it looked like.......

















































































































So we had all the paint ready to go when we found out that someone gave us the wrong paint so........

[dennismo]

Saw it on aussiebluebirds already. But the work that got in to it and results are just as impressive!

[Al Ramone]

so whereabouts in the world are you then?

[gainsb1]

OMG! This must be a contender for the "Restoration of the Century". I would have cried if that paint had happened to me.

Does anyone know if the rear doors on UK models have that odd trailing edge. I can see from the last photos that it appears to be cosmetic, giving the rear doors a bit more "length".

Well done, though. Just keep the photos coming!

Leigh (Area rep)

[30psi]

That rear door profile is down to the fact that they are pillarless, which the UK 4 door cars aren't. They have door frames around the glass instead.

[shawnk297]

I am from Fiji Islands but Live in USA ,,,,back in US now after spending 3 months in Fiji .........i dont have that many pics of when the finishing was done since we did it in a rush but i will post up whatever pics i have

[shawnk297]

[Al Ramone]

impressive looking thing. that straight six almost looks lost in the engine bay!

[gainsb1]

Surely, that can't be the same car? Well done, indeed!

Leigh (Area rep)

[shawnk297]

You dont know how many people have said that it cant be the same car...but i assure you, its the same car



and yeah its a very big engine bay still need to install the A/C and the power steering rack is leaking so we have to change that next time we go

[shawnk297]

Its all welded shut so nobody can get in or out to access the car

[gainsb1]

Apr 21, 2013 8:32:22 GMT 1 shawnk297 said:

Its all welded shut so nobody can get in or out to access the car

Why?

Leigh (Area rep)