Tradgety for NISSAN fans!

StuiE · 3 May 2002, 08:45 (Ref:277219)

The cargo boat carrying the last batch of Nissan S15 200sx has sunk in the shipping channels coming from Japan. The crew were all thankfully rescued but the shipment of 300 Nissan 200SXs is now on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean!

thats it, the last S15s made

calais · 3 May 2002, 10:11 (Ref:277293)

i'm surprised no one has tried salvaging them

"nissan 200sx for sale........slight water damage"

mac · 3 May 2002, 10:27 (Ref:277309)

You're right gtr, that is a tragedy! I loved that car.

Oh, the humanity!

Airhead · 3 May 2002, 11:01 (Ref:277333)

I'd take a water logged example. What a shame.

Morris 1100 · 3 May 2002, 11:01 (Ref:277334)

So these ones will rust a bit quicker that most other Datsuns!

StuiE · 3 May 2002, 12:01 (Ref:277395)

Quote:

Originally posted by calais
i'm surprised no one has tried salvaging them

well i want to, but i dont think i will be able to

SL · 3 May 2002, 16:57 (Ref:277715)

Where did you get this tragic informaton from ???

a worried Nissan 200SX S14 UK Spec owner.

SL

StuiE · 4 May 2002, 07:39 (Ref:278205)

it was on Brisbane radio, i mate told me

SL · 4 May 2002, 08:31 (Ref:278219)

Is there anything on the web anywhere ?

SL

StuiE · 8 May 2002, 12:24 (Ref:280246)

Turns out it waas a Hoax! damn i want to kill Chris!

o and he posted it on FFFs aswell (im lazy and just copied it) and changed the title about a week later when he said he was messin

Link

sorry pplz

but if u wanted to know SL, the S15 (with the R34 GT-R) are being discontinued in october or something because they couldnt pass new Jap emmision laws coming into affect then

the embarrased Stu

Morris 1100 · 8 May 2002, 13:16 (Ref:280298)

That all right they are still gunna rust anyway!

SL · 8 May 2002, 18:44 (Ref:280501)

I almost put on the UK Nissan 200SX club forum, quite glad I did not at the time. But I have now so us Brit's can have a good chuckle at you good ol' boy's in the Colonies.

It's also not fair that the S15 is not available in the UK, just a handfull of Jap Imports on the road.

Thanks for the link

Simon

mac · 8 May 2002, 22:39 (Ref:280618)

Quote:

Originally posted by SL
It's also not fair that the S15 is not available in the UK, just a handfull of Jap Imports on the road.

Ha ha! Joke's on you my friend!

StuiE · 9 May 2002, 12:00 (Ref:280883)

but the oz version is detuned to 147Kw while the Jap version is 185 or so Kw

stupid aussie fuel

Bomn · 9 May 2002, 12:45 (Ref:280909)

So the tragedy is that the ship didn't sink

calais · 10 May 2002, 06:58 (Ref:281506)

Quote:

Originally posted by Bomn
So the tragedy is that the ship didn't sink

:
laugh:

so that means i have to contend with another 300 annoying blow off valves {or whatever they call them}being driven by the rear facing baseball cap brigade!!!!
oh lord!!!!

Morris 1100 · 10 May 2002, 09:11 (Ref:281621)

Big decision time
Yellow Paint or
Stickers or
Monster Tacho.

calais · 10 May 2002, 09:25 (Ref:281631)

i'd say go with the monster tacho.
the chicks like them!!!

StuiE · 10 May 2002, 09:51 (Ref:281652)

Quote:

Originally posted by calais
so that means i have to contend with another 300 annoying blow off valves {or whatever they call them}being driven by the rear facing baseball cap brigade!!!!
oh lord!!!!

BOVs ROCK!!!!!!! and the Standard ones only have plumb-back BOVs (no sound)

Devlin · 10 May 2002, 13:36 (Ref:281911)

Quote:

Originally posted by gtr69
[B]Turns out it waas a Hoax! damn i want to kill Chris!

Well, at least you know the ship didn't sink. Unlike the one carrying 50 Lancia Aurelia B24s (out of 240 ever made), which sank just before the NY harbor in 1956. Wonder if anyone tried to fish any of those out?

calais · 10 May 2002, 13:55 (Ref:281925)

lancia's?????
they would've already started rusting way before the ship sunk!!!!!!!

Morris 1100 · 11 May 2002, 10:35 (Ref:282460)

I had a mate in Sydney that made his fortune by fixing rust in Datsuns (Nissans) between the wharf and the showroom!

DAVID PATERSON · 11 May 2002, 10:54 (Ref:282465)

He must have done a really good job then Morrie, because my folks have owned 12 Datsuns/Nissans and only two of them rusted, and they were both Australian made.

Morris 1100 · 11 May 2002, 11:38 (Ref:282481)

The imported cars sometimes sat around the holding yards in western Sydney for a couple of years before being sold without the salt being washed off from the trip from Japan! This also led to the compliance plates being fitted when the cars arrived not when they went to the dealer!
Some of the Aus built cars had a corrosive body sealer that led to rust starting in unusual places like the middle of the bootlid on Bluebirds.

Jukebox · 18 May 2002, 04:42 (Ref:289284)

This might sound weird, but in Japan Nissan sports cars are regarded as the best out of other japanese manufacturers

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