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jims-terrano
20-04-2017, 21:04
Hi Guys and may I introduce Big Blue the replacement truck for my wife. It's a young 54 plate 3litre with Nissan FSH. She's got a few bits and pieces to sort but I paid the right price for it. Main thing is the tin worm has passed this one by without stopping for a munch. A great MOT history too and boy does it go well!!!
Will sort a better photo tomorrow.
emjaybee
20-04-2017, 21:15
Wey-hey!
Good stuff, lets see some better pics!
Manual or auto?
Gotta luv the 3.0ltr.
Grrrrr
:sly
Thomas-the-Terrano2
20-04-2017, 21:21
nice one, the 3.0 sure is fun.
does 54 plate get you 3 point belt in middle middle?
jims-terrano
20-04-2017, 21:34
Yeah 3 point belt in the middle and a manual too. Like I say there are a few bits and bobs to sort out. I'm knackered now so better pics tomorrow.
emjaybee
20-04-2017, 21:36
3.0ltr manual...
...welcome to the MAN'S truck.
:sly
jims-terrano
20-04-2017, 21:37
SVE same as yours too:thumbs
terranosaurusdoug
20-04-2017, 21:58
Awesome Jim, I look forward to some more pics :thumb2 do you want me to make you some rock sliders when I do mine? :naughty
emjaybee
20-04-2017, 22:16
SVE same as yours too:thumbs
Niiiiice!
:thumbs
Blocky10
21-04-2017, 07:37
A step in the right direction Jim:lol
Well done. Looking forward to another quality thread. :thumbs
jims-terrano
21-04-2017, 08:11
A step in the right direction Jim:lol
Well done. Looking forward to another quality thread. :thumbs
Ahh yes I intend to do a little project type thread again, still need to update my other two though as well:doh
don simon
21-04-2017, 08:13
Great stuff. ;)
macabethiel
21-04-2017, 10:10
Nice looking motor.
You'll love it, that looks pretty much the same spec and colour as mine. Difference being mine is auto.
Awesome Jim, I look forward to some more pics :thumb2 do you want me to make you some rock sliders when I do mine? :naughty
Mmmm, that sounds interesting, I would be tempted if you were thinking about a job lot. :naughty
johnb5177
21-04-2017, 12:42
Well done Jim, looking forward to the better pics, but great machine......3ltr SVE lovely.......and nothing at all wrong with autos by the way.......in no way gay.......remember that I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay.........:augie
jims-terrano
21-04-2017, 13:32
Wifes had her first drive in it and it's also the first manual since the accident at begining of December, ok February she started driving but has only driven my project truck which is auto. So far although it's nice she prefers a automatic.
great machine......3ltr SVE lovely.......and nothing at all wrong with autos by the way.......in no way gay.......remember that I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay.........:augie
For over forty years of driving I was very tongue in cheek about auto's but the T2 has now swayed my mind. I have a Volvo V70 D5 manual and would be interested in driving one with geartronic for comparison.
Funny you should mention the lumberjack song. On Sunday we had my parents over for a meal and my daughters were going through some old videos they made around the house when they were kids. In one of them I burst into that song. :lol:lol
Thomas-the-Terrano2
21-04-2017, 14:40
Awesome Jim, I look forward to some more pics :thumb2 do you want me to make you some rock sliders when I do mine? :naughty
sounds interesting, any pix. ours has what seem to be the standard/optional? steps
seen on late models. would or could your sliders incorporate an infill/step area?
terranosaurusdoug
21-04-2017, 15:33
sounds interesting, any pix. ours has what seem to be the standard/optional? steps
seen on late models. would or could your sliders incorporate an infill/step area?
It will be a little while but when they're on I'll be posting some pics up. I will have all measurements when I've finished so could make more, they will be pretty heavy duty though and certainly not to everyones taste :naughty
macabethiel
21-04-2017, 16:50
Well done Jim, looking forward to the better pics, but great machine......3ltr SVE lovely.......and nothing at all wrong with autos by the way.......in no way gay.......remember that I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay.........:augie
Okay so you are a Lumberjack the only on I have ever heard of but not met was married to a young gal named Moya who used to live in Luton but moved to Chester !!
If that is you am going to need therapy.lol
Thomas61
21-04-2017, 18:32
Nice looking truck, pleased you managed to find a good one.
Look forward to the pics.
Monaro Pete
21-04-2017, 18:52
Yeah, come on Jim. Where's the pics.
We want PICS
Glad to see you've got yourself another one Jim:thumb2
Enjoy!!!!!
johnb5177
22-04-2017, 14:33
Okay so you are a Lumberjack the only on I have ever heard of but not met was married to a young gal named Moya who used to live in Luton but moved to Chester !!
If that is you am going to need therapy.lol
No, I found a delightful Scottish girl 20+years ago from Edinburgh, who somehow tolerates my eccentricities........:D:nenau:thumb2
But you may still require therapy....:nenau
jims-terrano
22-04-2017, 14:46
I've lost the truck for the weekend:doh
My eldest son has borrowed it to go camping:nenau
emjaybee
22-04-2017, 14:54
:lol
You muppet!
:doh
Blocky10
22-04-2017, 18:31
Good ole Dad.:lol
Best start looking for another. :naughty
I borrowed my dad's van and had it 18 months:D
jims-terrano
22-04-2017, 19:10
I've told him I might know where there's a nice 3litre swb coming up soon:thumbs
My kids have basically grown up with the old Terrano, when we picked it up all those years ago he claimed the third row all to himself but like clothes the third row got handed down as all three grew out of them:lol
So a Terrano is his ambition so who knows.
Nice truck Jim, glad you've managed to find something :thumb2
Still a few things at play first before Grandad's will be ready but just to mix it all up a bit again it looks like my brother is getting rid of his Jimny and his Clio 197 and having it :lol
jims-terrano
22-04-2017, 23:48
Nice truck Jim, glad you've managed to find something :thumb2
Still a few things at play first before Grandad's will be ready but just to mix it all up a bit again it looks like my brother is getting rid of his Jimny and his Clio 197 and having it :lol
Oh for a simple life Banshee:doh
Oh for a simple life Banshee:doh
You're telling me, I hope he does though, but I will be a bit jealous that my brother will have a 3.0 :sly
I hope he gets the bug and starts laning and modding :naughty
jims-terrano
12-08-2017, 13:09
Right guys, my intention is to start another project thread when I get my head around the new photo hosting. Until then you were all short changed with the poor photo when I first got it so I've edited the first post and placed a nicer photo there instead.
The first few months have been a little bumpy really, thanks mainly to a rogue garage nearby. As you know she passed an MOT with no advisories last week so I reckon she's a keeper.
Another photo of her here in front of a well known landmark in West Yorkshire.
Why on earth has this photo gone landscape, it's portrait on the iPad. Well people warned me about Apple
terranosaurusdoug
12-08-2017, 17:21
The roof box is a bit much Jim, looks very heavy :p
The roof box is a bit much Jim, looks very heavy :p
:lol :lol :lol
Looks well Jim :thumb2
jims-terrano
12-08-2017, 18:08
Cheers guys it's a looker from a distance but sadly a bit closer and it has it's scars but it was cheap enough and as trout will vouch it has been treated underneath and not just tarted up to sell. As I say I'll start a project thread but thinking about a new laptop as mine is knocking on a bit.
terranosaurusdoug
12-08-2017, 19:13
Cheers guys it's a looker from a distance but sadly a bit closer and it has it's scars but it was cheap enough and as trout will vouch it has been treated underneath and not just tarted up to sell. As I say I'll start a project thread but thinking about a new laptop as mine is knocking on a bit.
Yes it looks great underneath, but Jim is exaggerating about the trucks appearance close, it's a tidy thing.
JIM, please don't call me trout, it brings back bad memories :D:thumbs
jims-terrano
12-08-2017, 20:22
Sorry trout errr i mean tdoug, i guess it was my phones auto correct again.
Blocky10
13-08-2017, 09:09
Sorry trout errr i mean tdoug, i guess it was my phones auto correct again.
:lol:lol I think auto correct has something there! :augie
Truck looks lovely Jim. A trip to Wales will add some scars:doh
jims-terrano
13-08-2017, 09:18
:lol:lol I think auto correct has something there! :augie
Truck looks lovely Jim. A trip to Wales will add some scars:doh
Hell no, it'll look like trouts truck if it goes to wales :lol
terranosaurusdoug
13-08-2017, 12:43
When he says scars he means "character" :D
Westmoreland
26-11-2017, 09:46
Nice one Jims!
jims-terrano
26-11-2017, 10:33
Cheers and welcome aboard by the way. She took a little bit of money when I first got her mainly due to a garage not really know what they were doing on such a vehicle. It’s a great car and has been pretty well looked after with plenty waxoyl underneath, just a few spots that were missed but nothing major. I can definitely recommend the 3 litre in the same way as I can the 2.7.
johnb5177
26-11-2017, 12:27
Well done Jim, looks a good one....always a few things to sort out.....:thumb2
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