Gindu's Cleanest 240sx Build

Post by **gindu** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:25 pm

Well I am the third owner of a 1993 red 240sx Vert w/ 42k miles on it.

Car History:My dad bought it from a foreign convertable collector. When he acquired it, it had 9k miles on it. This is my dads 4th vert, funny thing is he didn't know anything about the whole 240 crazy, he just liked the car. I bought it from my dad with 40k miles on it for 5.5k. No rust, no door dings, perfect interior, Never seen snow, garage kept.

Plans:Well I am tempted to either KA-T or SR it. I dunno yet. My first goal is to get rid of the automatic transmission. I am looking everywhere for the swap parts. After that I am going to tackle the suspension. Stance coilovers and parts to make everything else adjustable.

More pics to come.

Post by **Z Style** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:37 pm

**** is mint. Keep it clean and stock looking, cruise it, and pick up split tail.

Post by **Topless_92** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:57 am

Now we know what they looked like straight off the showroom floor. Wow

Post by **BMAR240SX** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:06 am

Looks fresh, tell daddy he iz jdm tight yo

YouTube · Post by **DeXteR** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:26 am

WOW

Nice!

KA-T FTW.

Please keep us posted and whore it up. We need more pictures.

Post by **Eikon** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:30 am

I'd have a hard time doing anything to a 42k mile MINT condition 'vert. I think I'd toss it in the garage and drive it once a month.

I'd get another one for the 5 spd, KA-T, etc... I bet you could find one with a blown engine or trans for $1500 or less.

Do what you like of course, and don't take this as anything but a compliment, but I sure would like to see you keep that one stock and clean like it is.

*also, please add it to the convertible registry!

Post by **94_240sx** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:55 am

Eikon wrote:I'd have a hard time doing anything to a 42k mile MINT condition 'vert. I think I'd toss it in the garage and drive it once a month.

I'd get another one for the 5 spd, KA-T, etc... I bet you could find one with a blown engine or trans for $1500 or less.

Yup! Sounds like a plan to me. Better be untouched. I hope you see that.

Post by **wmdavis007** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:02 am

Wow! Great looking ride! I'd keep it just the way it is. Maybe do the 5-speed swap but that would be all. Very nice!

Post by **94_240sx** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:08 am

wmdavis007 wrote:Maybe do the 5-speed swap but that would be all.

Yes, just 5 speed swap...

Post by **Loki** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:27 am

Damn. Cleanest vert on NICO I believe. Go KADET and upgrade the insides a little maybe. SR is so last month.

Post by **jamesblonde82** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:53 am

5sp+KA-T. but do it tastefully without looking like a molested step child.

Post by **wmdavis007** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:40 am

Oh yeah...post some interior pics!

Post by **gindu** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:22 am

Yea i plan to keep it stock looking, like i dunno it would be ashame to do something crazy with it but its my car and i do need to add some touches to it.and auto's suck lol...

i dunno its not like its a super rare car, its a 240sx

Post by **Eikon** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:45 am

gindu wrote:Yea i plan to keep it stock looking, like i dunno it would be ashame to do something crazy with it but its my car and i do need to add some touches to it.and auto's suck lol...

i dunno its not like its a super rare car, its a 240sx

Actually... it's a pretty rare car. Nissan made a total of 8320 convertibles from 92-94. Yours is probably one of the lowest mileage examples left in the US. We've seen a few others pop up with less miles, but not many. Perhaps we've seen 10 total with 50k miles or less in the past few years.

Post by **GoinTopless240** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:49 am

Nice looking Vert... I would also have a hard time chopping it up.. unless of course the water pump goes and makes a real racket and then you'd have to replace the motor..lol... (it worked for me). Nice to see a clean example of a unmolested Vert though... good luck with it..

Post by **S15nS13vert** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:12 pm

please don't touch your vert, until it get 150k miles, i would leave it stock, since i am doing my build, i haven't drove my vert for 2-3 months it is killin me

Post by **Loki** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:04 pm

gindu wrote:i dunno its not like its a super rare car, its a 240sx

How many have you ever seen in your life?

Post by **ishkabibble** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:03 pm

94_240sx wrote:
Yes, just 5 speed swap...

Nice vert man! Do not molest such a clean example.

Post by **KLYPH** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:06 pm

Mariah Carey voice "If you **** that car up I will hunt you down."lol, that song freaks me out. Seriously tho. Dont do anything stupid. Like drift in the rain. Dont do it. Resist.. Keep it clean and KA

Post by **gindu** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:06 pm

i have seen...Dads old white vertDads 2 old black vertsDads 1 red vert(current one)

and some kids red one in the area.so... 5

im not touching the body, tastfully doing the stereo, i dunno tempted to go with some 5zigen fn01r-c, i want to do tranny swap but cant find anywere to get the stuff cheap. Anyone have the tranny stuff I can buy off them shipped to iowa?... Right now im trying to get money together, i have like 100$.

Post by **ishkabibble** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:09 pm

Going to a pick-n-pull is your best bet. Though you might have to drive to MN for that since there is no civilization in IA.

Post by **gindu** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:13 pm

KLYPH wrote:Mariah Carey voice "If you **** that car up I will hunt you down."lol, that song freaks me out. Seriously tho. Dont do anything stupid. Like drift in the rain. Dont do it. Resist.. Keep it clean and KA

Ive already drifted in the rain a few times, its just to easy not to kick out the rear tires alittle.

Post by **94_240sx** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:27 pm

Quote »Ive already drifted in the rain a few times, its just to easy not to kick out the rear tires alittle.[/quote]Haha... That's exactly what I did as soon as I got my car back in 1998. Walmart & Target parking lot is the best!!!

Post by **ShallowPockets** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:31 pm

If this is the same car that was posted on 240sxforums(i'm 240sxaddict).

I still stand firmly on my opinion that cars are made to be driven. Collect and store paintings if want to perserve something. I love seeing super rare historic ferrari's have an outing on a track. That's what the car was made for, regardless of the rarity or cleanliness.

Modify and enjoy, keep it clean looking(shouldnt everybody?). Put some fun miles on it.

(My brothers vert was very clean, and we cut huge holes for front fender tubs. Now it's looking even cleaner...)

Post by **gindu** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:36 pm

ShallowPockets wrote:If this is the same car that was posted on 240sxforums(i'm 240sxaddict).

I still stand firmly on my opinion that cars are made to be driven. Collect and store paintings if want to perserve something. I love seeing super rare historic ferrari's have an outing on a track. That's what the car was made for, regardless of the rarity or cleanliness.

Modify and enjoy, keep it clean looking(shouldnt everybody?). Put some fun miles on it.

(My brothers vert was very clean, and we cut huge holes for front fender tubs. Now it's looking even cleaner...)

It is the same vert, I posted there first since my school blocks nicoclub for violence and drugs? go figure!

im going to enjoy me car, like the people on 240sxforums told me. But then again I love the stock look of the car, nissan did a great job on the lines of the car.

Post by **ishkabibble** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:37 pm

Nobody is saying don't drive it, they are saying don't ruin it. There are plenty of shells out there for people that want to extensively mod their verts.

Post by **gindu** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:52 pm

ishkabibble wrote:Going to a pick-n-pull is your best bet. Though you might have to drive to MN for that since there is no civilization in IA.

Theres no junkyards around here. I pretty much need everything, i am tempted to buy the $500 swap package off srswap.com but that would still leave me needing a transmission clutch and flywheel and crossmember. Ohh also a MT brake pedal. I wanna keep all the parrts I pull off of it.

And modifying it doesnt scare me that it will destroy the valu of the car, it bluebooks for 1/2 of what I paid for it. The sad thing, I dont even have a slight hint of feeling ripped off.

Post by **-RJ-** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:56 pm

holy crap that thing is mint condition holographic lol... im so jealous

Post by **Loki** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:56 am

gindu wrote:i have seen...Dads old white vertDads 2 old black vertsDads 1 red vert(current one)

and some kids red one in the area.so... 5

im not touching the body, tastfully doing the stereo, i dunno tempted to go with some 5zigen fn01r-c, i want to do tranny swap but cant find anywere to get the stuff cheap. Anyone have the tranny stuff I can buy off them shipped to iowa?... Right now im trying to get money together, i have like 100$.

Wow, really? What the hell are all the verts doing up there? Although most of them are your dad's so I don't think that really counts. Also, Blue Book has no idea what these cars are. Nada.com is much more reliable and puts your car at a bit over 5k.

YouTube · Post by **DeXteR** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:51 am

Do what you want to it. No one here is going to stop you.

If anyone really cared THAT much, they'd knock on your door and write you a check.

Sure, we'd all love to see a pristine example stay pristine. However, steel rusts, paint fades, rubber rots, and wires fray. Enjoy it while you can.

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