Hello, new member from Saltburn

[Sand-Dancer]

Good to see inside another one, I always thought the steering wheel was an after market one, but ours is the same... I love that steering wheel.

Unfortunately, ours was stored behind a barn at the bottom of a hill, in mud, for a few years before we got it, so is in a bit of a state. I was going to fix it and get it back on the road, but poor thing has stood on our drive for another 3 years. Still starts first turn every time, even after not being started for 6 months.

Really? So the steering wheel could be factory standard? That surprises me.

Any pics of yours?

Are there many more WD21 owners here?

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Really? So the steering wheel could be factory standard? That surprises me.

Any pics of yours?

Are there many more WD21 owners here?

I have not seen any others on here for a few years now...

I don't have many pictures, funnily enough, I was waiting for better weather to clean it up, and take some, so we can stick it on Ebay and hope someone with more time and drive might take it on as a project.

Here are the only ones I have, and none of the inside.

 

[Sand-Dancer]

Excellent. Thanks for posting those pics. It looks great. I'd like to get some of those rain deflectors.

 

[don simon]

There was a 2 door in the village I used to live, a lovely looking car. Particularly liked the small triangular windows.

 

[Sand-Dancer]

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[Sand-Dancer]

There was a 2 door in the village I used to live, a lovely looking car. Particularly liked the small triangular windows.

Yeah. The two door versions look great.

 

[Blocky10]

Loving the inside. Looks so comfortable and it's an auto:clap

 

[Sand-Dancer]

Well, a 5am alarm yesterday, and three trains later I was in Thetford, Norfolk. First glimpse of the Terrano was at the train station....



A quick look round showed all looked in order, so the deal was sealed and I had a 240 mile run home to look forward to. That run home was a long one due to accidents and volume of traffic, but I got home and all was good....



I've spent a day with it today, cleaning inside and out, and I'm loving it so far...



I've got loads of pics, but I'll start a new thread.

 

[jims-terrano]

That looks smart and a 240 mile shake down would surely show any gremlins.

 

[Sand-Dancer]

That looks smart and a 240 mile shake down would surely show any gremlins.

Yep, it coped very well. Felt perkier today after removing three wheels/tyres and a full load of spares from the back.

 

[Banshee]

Get some raw linseed oil on a microfibre cloth on those rear bumpers mate and they will look sweet :thumb2

Looks a well truck that :naughty What plans you got for it dude?

If you don't mind me asking, why did you opt for the WD21 over the R20? Were you just looking for one of those or did it just come up? You must have been pretty committed to travel 240 miles for it :clap

 

[Sand-Dancer]

Get some raw linseed oil on a microfibre cloth on those rear bumpers mate and they will look sweet :thumb2

Looks a well truck that :naughty What plans you got for it dude?

If you don't mind me asking, why did you opt for the WD21 over the R20? Were you just looking for one of those or did it just come up? You must have been pretty committed to travel 240 miles for it :clap

I went for the WD21 as it just popped up on a retro forum at the right time. The R20 is just a bit 'new-ish' for my tastes too, despite there not being much difference between the late WD21's and early R20's.

240 miles is just one day out to me. I've bought and collected cars from all over the country. Adds to the excitement.

 

[Sand-Dancer]

Sitting pretty in the middle of my other Japs (and Disco!)...

 

[jims-terrano]

Is that a Maxima?

More photos and tell me more:thumbs

 

[Banshee]

Sitting pretty in the middle of my other Japs (and Disco!)...

Say no more!!!! You are clearly a man of taste, 3 awesome motors there all for different reasons but I'm afraid I don't approve of the Disco

 

[zippy656]

Say no more!!!! You are clearly a man of taste, 3 awesome motors there all for different reasons but I'm afraid I don't approve of the Disco

Every one can make a mistake

 

[Sand-Dancer]

The Disco is a great car when working. We bought it in August, and between then and November it was off our drive more than it was on it. However, all sorted now, and it's a lovely cruising car, great for pulling our 24ft caravan. My lass drives it 99% of the time, so I'm left with my Jap stuff, which suits me really.

I'll post up some pics of the other motors at some point soon, but here's a little mini-feature on the J30 on p31 of the latest edition of 'Practical Classics' (I've sold my Ford Probe in between writing the words for the article and the publishing of it).

 

[jims-terrano]

Remember going on a drive n skive to see the new maxima when it came out all those years ago. The bloke from nissan balanced a 50pence piece on the top of the engine to prove how smooth it was. Was a great car was that.

Those were the days working for a nissan dealer and I turned up at 8:30 in the morning 1st of August in my brand new J reg Astra, they tried to fire me for that but as I was happy to tell them I did try and buy a couple of cars from them but they didn't come up with a good deal. Pity really as they had leant me a Bluebird in super condition for a weekend but wouldn't sell it to me cheap, worth far more commission to retail it.

 

[Sand-Dancer]

If you are interested in a read on the Maxima, here's a link to my thread for it on Retro Rides...

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/185631/1994-nissan-maxima-j30

 

[Banshee]

If you are interested in a read on the Maxima, here's a link to my thread for it on Retro Rides...

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/185631/1994-nissan-maxima-j30

Now that I'm gonna sit down for a coffee with later :thumb2
That's my kind of reading