John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
6/15/22 11:03 a.m.

Stumbled upon, this rare 1988 Nissan Van.  The reason they are rare is that in 1994 after 4 recalls and 1 class action lawsuit, Nissan offered all customers a buy-back on the van.  If the customer sold it back, the vans were crushed.  The issue was risk of fire from too big an engine (2.4L) in too small a engine bay

Some back story

This one also a manual trans so I'll bet super-duper rare. 

dculberson
dculberson MegaDork
6/15/22 12:34 p.m.

Oh man. I test drove one of these as a teenager. It had dual power moonroofs and a drink cooler between the front seats. I imagine life would have ended up a little different had I bought that instead of the Geo Prizm that I ended up with. It was an auto but it was still so cool. 

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/15/22 1:09 p.m.

If I were smarter I'd buy this and use it as a tow vehicle for f-dat.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ UltimaDork
6/15/22 1:11 p.m.

In reply to Robbie (Forum Supporter) :

I'm not sure "smarter" is the thing you'd be if you did that... but you should do that.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
6/15/22 1:13 p.m.

Paint it red and call it Ironhide.

 

SKJSS (formerly Klayfish)
SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) PowerDork
6/15/22 1:52 p.m.

Ah...these were the good 'ol days.  You could have your choice of this, the Toyota Van or Mitsu Van (Delica).  I would LOVE to have any of them.  I'd also love to stay married.

BlueInGreen - Jon
BlueInGreen - Jon UltraDork
6/15/22 2:07 p.m.

My wife and I have some difference in our likes and dislikes when it comes to cars, lol

dabird
dabird Reader
6/26/22 8:17 p.m.

got T-boned in one of these in 1992. I'm still here so that's good I guess. Just missed that buyback though 

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