N12 Pulsar

EXAMADNESS · Post by **EXAMADNESS** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:03 pm

[quote="paul w"]It's not the photographer...its the scenery.[quote]

It has alot to do with the photographer

Kimmo · Post by **Kimmo** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:00 am

It's the hatch hutch!

pulsar 888 · Post by **pulsar 888** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:08 pm

dude those photos ar sik. Give your self some cred.
One of them has made it as my screen saver . Keep up the good work !

paul w · Post by **paul w** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:18 pm

pulsar 888

Thanks, and I'm glad you enjoy the photos. Unfortunately, I have some friends who are professionals.

Here's one:

http://www.wildearthphotography.com.au/ ... raphy.html

It's still f*******g raining up here, so the poor old pulsar is still in the back yard, waiting to be put back together.

TurboZ.Dude · Post by **TurboZ.Dude** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:47 pm

paul w wrote:Unfortunately, I have some friends who are professionals.

Well, that's no reason to not post up photos of your own. There's always someone in this world that's better and someone that is worse at photography than yourself. No reason to be ashamed of your photo shooting skills!

paul w · Post by **paul w** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:07 am

Well, I'm certainly not ashamed, by any means.

Anyway, the weather's cleared up now, for a few days, anyway, so this week I hope to have the time to put it all back together. I'm missing driving the little thing, and I want to go fishing again!

TurboZ.Dude · Post by **TurboZ.Dude** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:25 pm

Ok, sorry. Misunderstanding. What did you mean by "unfortunately"?

paul w · Post by **paul w** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:49 pm

Yes, that was supposed to be a wry 'unfortunately'....I meant that my photos are nice, but then I see the work of my friends - some of which hang in some very up-market places (not to mention the price...ahem), and I have to put it into perspective.

It's all good, though. I really like the reservoir shot. The water is an amazingly deep blue, and the N12 looks pretty cool, as well.

baz · Post by **baz** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:50 pm

Are you going to turbo this thing?..Because it would be slow as hell

TurboZ.Dude · Post by **TurboZ.Dude** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:18 pm

paul w wrote:Yes, that was supposed to be a wry 'unfortunately'....I meant that my photos are nice, but then I see the work of my friends - some of which hang in some very up-market places (not to mention the price...ahem), and I have to put it into perspective.

Ok, I see! It's very hard to distinguish even the slightest nuances from text-based communication. Especially since I'm not a native speaker.

baz wrote:Are you going to turbo this thing?..Because it would be slow as hell

Yeah, a turbo would definitely get it going!

paul w · Post by **paul w** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:28 pm

TurboZ.Dude

Yeah, sorry about that. I'm also English, so you also have to deal with everything being wry, understated, dead-pan, etc. It even drives me up the wall.

As for a turbo, yup, did think about it...but there's something I like about it being totally, unbelievably gutless, if not just the way it sends my passengers completely insane.

Not to mention those behind me. So, if any of you do ever end up following, nope, that's all it has, it 'aint going any quicker!

paul w · Post by **paul w** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:36 pm

Okay...about put the head back on, but just called Nissan, and they cannot supply all the new head bolts (the are in different sizes).

I have seen some on the 'net, but would like to know the quality is okay.

Can anyone recommend a source?

Cheers

Android 360 · Post by **Android 360** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:23 pm

Good to see a car being enjoyed and not 'souped up', street raced & broken.
It looks like you go for some nice drives. Well done.

n12sumfin · Post by **n12sumfin** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:57 pm

search head bolts

paul w · Post by **paul w** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:19 pm

So, after replacing the head gasket and being paranoid about every new sound I heard, finally got to go on a nice drive to the Snowys for some fishing and test the car.

It ran like a dream, smooth and reliable. Seems to have a little more power than before, which helps on this one.

Chucked the bed in, and slept in some awesome country. Even caught a lovely 2kg trout - on my very first cast!

Also bought some second-hand parts from a wreckers, just in case; starter motor and such, including the thermostat housing, the large section that houses the distributor. The original one is well corroded, quite thin in some places, the one I bought looks like new. I was quite surprised how good a condition it was (or, how crap the original one is!)

So, next trip is to drive down to Melbourne, on the ferry, and a tour of Tassie. Before that, hope to swap the drivers seat for something more supportive and comfy. The standard one isn't too bad, but it all helps.

Also, my mate has one of the Thule roof pod thingies, so I'll take that as well.