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Ha, I just sold my '91.
OK, here's part of the story. When you're already neglecting four car projects you don't have energy or time for, your daily driver needs a thermostat, your shop is so messy you can barely walk through it, and your wife just had your fourth child...The super smart thing to do is to BUY ANOTHER CAR! Right?
This specimen has 105k on it and zero rust. The paint is actually shiny, even on the bumpers. Unfortunately it has a cracked dashboard (the worst aspect of the car), the driver's seat has the typical bolster wear, and the leather steering wheel cover is well-worn. It isn't currently drive-able because "a relative tried to replace the fuel pump for me and since then it leaks gas in the rear." I picked it up for a good price.
The plan right now is fix and flip, but I might keep it around a little while if it wins me over.
If you keep buying new cars, statistically you're eventually going to get one that requires no maintenance. Or something. I was bad at stats.
I would love to pick up even a ratty 240SX but the drift tax is just ridiculous here. Mangled, non-running cars with backyard paint jobs and no interior are in the $3k range.
I just got the car home, so I thought I'd replace the picture above and add a couple more. The more I look at this thing the more I like it. It's VERY clean!
Wow - not many that look that clean the day they come home! Well done sir.
What color is interior ? I have a good blue dash. At least when I put it up it was.
stan_d wrote: What color is interior ? I have a good blue dash. At least when I put it up it was.
Thanks, but this one has the beige-y tan interior.
So clean. The coupes are my favorite.
Today I did some diagnosing and a junk yard run. The car needed three injectors (their resistance was off the scale) so I went to the U-Pick-A-Part in beautiful East St. Louis (right next to Larry Flint's Hustler Club) and grabbed three injectors off of three Nissan Altimas (they use the same ones). I had to pull seven or eight to find three good ones.
Cost: $20.56.
Then I got a length of fuel line from NAPA to replace the leaky (torn) line on the feed side going into the pump.
Cost: $5.40.
(The car was $1,500 btw.)
So total spent so far: $1525.96.
I intalled the injectors and fuel line and now I have sweet running S13 240SX. I put my MR2 plate on it, aired up the tires, and drove around town a little bit. It runs and shifts nice but it really needs struts, tires, and an alignment to be a nice daily. I don't think I'm going to put any more money into it though. I'll see who wants it in the spring.
true jealousy here. You got that super cheap, super clean AW11, right? You're getting all the cool old japanese stuff!!
I think you found the cleanest one in America lmfao. Even has stock wheels, crazy. Great find.
I always wonder why they didn't have the regular Silvia front end on the notchback version here. Only market where they did that.
Probably the goofy US lighting laws. I think manufacturers were only allowed sealed beam units at the time.
That thing is super clean! 
I'd say it's a keeper for sure. Looks like a fun daily driver to me.
St Louis. hummm I have family there. You know where Knox Av is? If you decide to let that go I would be interested.
For some reason owning one of those has been on my car bucket list for a long time.
Sealed beams were law through 1984. In 1985 aero lens/bulb combos were allowed, but the lens light pattern had to be US DOT approved so staying with sealed beams reduced production lead time and reduced cost.
Man that thing is nice , you should go well on that when you sell
In reply to JohnRW1621:
Judging by the absolutely horrible US DOT lighting that throws light everywhere except down the road, and makes up for it by adding more brightness (so you can't see down the road because of glareback from signs and stuff) I imagine that the process of getting approval consists of campaign donations to the right people rather than engineering decisions.
Yes, I really miss sealed-beams.
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