Mr Whippy
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now this won't take long...
Has this ever happened to you? A simple thought like - I know I'll go and put some underseal on the car  - turns into one monumental task 
After taking of the exhaust, rear suspension, fuel tank and front sub frame now I seem to have removed most of the front as well. I can't stop
myself undersealing !!! Must be the fumes 
I've also sent the sub frames of to get hot dip galvanised! I know totally mental...
 
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blakep82
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 09:33 PM |
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er, there's not much left is there?!
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 09:42 PM |
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that might be the luckiest bluey ever!
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iank
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 09:45 PM |
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Missed a bit 
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locoboy
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 10:14 PM |
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at least with the addition of the zinc galvanising it should up its resale value 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 01:45 AM |
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It's value doesn't come into it.
I remember similar comments when I had my Cortina, how folk were always slagging it off for being so terribly old - 'why don't you go and
buy a new car and stop showing us up' my folks would say, now I see tina's in the car shows most (all) having been totally restored and
hoards of folk round them going 'I remember when I had one...'
Way I see it, why leave the car till it needs to be restored since prevention is better then cure. The best classics are the cars that were the most
common as those are the ones people can relate to, ironically there also the ones that disappear the quickest.
When was the last time you saw a mint Bluebird on the road or even a rusty one?
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 07:36 AM |
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I want to get my tintop undersealed but i dont trust myself to do it just incase my car looks like yours does in that picture
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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D Beddows
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 08:45 AM |
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Looks like fun actualy you do still see quite a few Bluebirds round here.
I think your classic car argument is a little flawed though - people relate to Cortinas, Vivas, Dolomites etc because it was their first car or their
Dad had one when they were young - I suspect most peoples recollection of Nissan Bluebirds is mostly as a mini cab they got overcharged in/threw up in
after a great night out in 1993 - wouldn't a mint condition one just look wrong somehow??
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 08:58 AM |
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I don't know I think you'd be surprised, once when at the supermarket (parked in the middle of nowhere as usual) a guy in a TVR Griffith
pulled up. Out popped him and his wife and started going on about how he had one off those and looking over the car. I've had several people
asking if I'd sell them the car, No.
It certainly attracts a lot of attention at the shows I've attended, I bet it was the first car for a lot of people.
[Edited on 15/2/08 by Mr Whippy]
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02GF74
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 09:07 AM |
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^^^ Good on you!
I find it quite refreshing to see something old since they look so different to the lookalike euro boxes, even something like a Marina, Allegro or
Maxi that at the time were the butt of many jokes.
Haven't seen a Bluebird in years although there is a Datsun 120 (?) on my road that I don't think moves.
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2b_pablo
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 10:32 AM |
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any pics of it in one piece?
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 11:58 AM |
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I see it's the rarer Bluebird QC (Quattro Corno)!!
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