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.
Nissan might close down operations in 12 -14 months? https://www.carscoops.com/2024/11/nissan-exec-says-we-have-12-or-14-months-to-survive/ Are we going to see more companies shutting down or is this a one off. So much for the new GTR and the new Patrol.
Is there an alternative to the Maruti 800? A friend of mine is looking for an extremely cheap to run and fix car for around 1.5M. While I do advocate old Japanese cars in that budget - if his need is basic A-B motoring at the lowest possible cost - maintenance wise and with fuel - is there any other option that I am forgetting?
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nadskit
>DRIVERS - BEWARE
>
>Car Hi-jackers in Colombo
>Beware of new car-jacking scheme in Colombo...
>
>You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. Then you
>lock all your doors, start the engine and shift into REVERSE.
>Habit! - you look into the rear-view window to back out of your parking
>space and you notice a piece of paper, some sort of advertisement stuck to
>your rear window.
>
>So, you shift into PARK, unlock your doors and jump out of your vehicle to
>remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When
>you reach the back of your car, that's when the car- jackers jump out from
>nowhere ... jump into your car and take off.
>Your engine was running, your purse is in the car and they practically move
>you down as they speed off in your car.
>
>Just drive away and remove the paper that is stuck to your window later
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