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    11320, Sri Lanka
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    Japanese Cars from the 90s

My Vehicle Details

  • Vehicle Make
    Honda
  • Vehicle Model
    Civic 10th Gen
  • Engine Type
    P10A2
  • Mechanical Mods
    Nope
  • Cosmetic Mods
    Buck the trend- keep it stock.
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    A Lumbering 90's Diesel Sedan
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    Trying to find excitement in slow cars.

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  1. matroska

    Restoring a 90's Diesel.

    Gentlemen, What are your thoughts on doing a soft-resto on an unhacked Nissan SB14 that has been sitting around for 8 years? 

    1997 car registered in 2000. Manual gears, 2L CD20 diesel.  Single owner -Decased. Family who are known to me -  dont use it.  Unhacked body and almost pristine interior. Clean body lines, no accidents. Complete car and appears untouched by makabasses. Engine shows signs of under-compression, brakes and clutch-plate need replacing, tyres are on the brink of decomposing.  Power mirrors do not work. Needs a paint job. No major corrosion but early-stage rust spots on the boot lid.  

     

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    2. Hyaenidae

      Hyaenidae

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      are there not better and more interesting cars ?

      Imagine if it was something like an untouched 2000 Galant 😍

       

    3. matroska

      matroska

      @iRage - the appeal only lies as long as this is a 'soft resto' - just thought of it since there was no need for tinkering/corrosion repair nor the need to restore the interior. expected the engine overhaul to cover most of the needful. I'm not looking for a full resto at all :D see, these 'no one's using it ' applies to bland cars mostly - B14's, Maruti's etc. 

      @Hyaenidae - that Galant's  a stunner. Mitsu sure made some beautiful cars. 

    4. iRage

      iRage

      @matroska...the risk is with a car that has been idle (99%) for the last 8 years has a possibility of turning into a full-out resto. Especially one that has been running before it was put to idle. It might be something that is 55:50 tilting more towards the full out resto requirement. Do you really want to get a Sunny and have to risk facing it? The only time this would make sense is if it was dirt cheap. Like next to nothing.

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