Friday, February 24, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1983 Nissan Pulsar NX

Just about the time Datsuns were getting Nissan badging, the suits at Nissan HQ decided that they needed a cheap sporty car to compete with the likes of the Honda CRX and (cringe) Ford EXP in the American marketplace. A little cutting and pasting on the Sentra and voila! Pulsar!
The 70 horses of the E16 engine wasn't much, but it was comparable to the competition. I remember reading a review of this car that suggested the best way to get the automatic to accelerate was to neutral-drop the transmission. Argh!
The crazy Sportbak option wasn't available for a few more years, but the early Pulsars still managed to look science-fiction strange.
I've never heard anyone refer to a "Datsun Pulsar," but Nissan was still slapping Datsun badges on most of its American products in 1983.
Such a red interior, though it's not quite up to the whorehousey standards of the later Dodge Dynasty.
Genuine Datsun AM/FM sound! This option probably cost plenty back then.

20 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 01 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 02 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 03 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 04 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 05 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 06 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 07 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 08 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 09 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 10 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 11 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 12 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 13 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 14 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 15 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 16 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 17 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 18 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden 19 -1983 Nissan Pulsar Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phillip 'Sentra By Another Name' Greden

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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