UNBELIEVABLE Survivor! PERFECT 1989 Pulsar!
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- I've seen a lot of cars in my days working as a mechanic, but this 1989 Nissan Pulsar is absolute mint! You won't believe how perfect it is. It's like it just rolled off the assembly line. If you'd like to hear more about this car visit @euroasianbob9268 ➡️🧙🏻 Also don't forget to check out @MrsWizardsWays for more car and bus content.🧙🏻⬅️
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Thanks for working on and showcasing our Pulsar! I love hearing everyone’s stories! I love hearing viewers feedback! Keep it coming.
Congratulations on such a beautiful example of a Nissan pulsar my sister's boyfriend had one when I was seven coolest thing I'd ever seen he had two 12 in Kenwood's with the US amp and underglow
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Of course, it's a Bob car
I've been told "really" old Nissan's are reliable. Not sure which my dad had perhaps before I was born. (Earliest memories are Dodge before the parents went Toyota.) So it's good to see a Nissan to get excited about.
I am actually more impressed seeing such cars in mint condition than I am most exotics. I was a teen in the 80s so this is a memory grabber. Things like Ferrari, Lambo, etc we expect there to be many low mileage cars, but something for the everyday driver like this Pulsar still being new is in my opinion, priceless
right? gimmie a perfect EG civic over a lambo any day, literally. id just sell the lambo and buy more shitty hot hatches!
Totally agree. I was on the NJ turnpike about a year ago and I drove up behind a Ferrari 599...pretty amazing BTW. When he switched lanes there was a mid-eighties basic Ford Escort (in surprisingly good condition) right in front of us! I was more excited to see that. I remember exclaiming to my wife that the running/driving Escort was more rare than that 599.
Totally agree here. Exotics don't move the interest needle much for me compared to nostalgic cars from my youth in the 80s and 90s.
Now if only someone could find such an example of a Beretta GTZ....
@@rjcolombe Interesting choice :) Honestly though, you just don't see 80's and 90's GM products out there I'd loe to see a mint late 80's Olds Delta 98, or one of their Touring Sedans. Celebrity, 6000, Cierra, All of that wonderful stuff is all gone. Heck, would love to see my first car, 89' Sunbird GT Turbo.
Me when I see a 1998 Corolla LE. I snap my neck and say sheeeesh.
Ah yes. Back when cars were interesting in a non-SUV world. Love the nostalgia 👌
Exactly. Everything is so cookie cutter these days.
Before the calamitous Renault merger.
You can’t even tell the cars apart these days. They all look alike along with being either white red black or charcoal and silver. No baby blue no green no orange no purple no violet no yellow all ugly stupid clones. Like they want all us to be
I remember cars!
Ah yes, Back when cars were all tiny cramped death traps.
This car has the 12 valve GA16i engine, which produces 90 hp. Later models were DOHC and had 110 hp.
I was about to post the same info. Thanks!
You didn't mention one of the coolest features. These were designed to remove the rear hatch completely. There is an extra 3rd brake light mounted so when you take off the hatch, you can legally drive it! It was like driving a dune buggy with the t-tops and hatch off!
They also had a ‘wagon’ attachment for it…
Kind of lego for adults.
Great car. They were so much fun to drive. I had the 5 speed XE. I had a 94 King Cab XE V6 4x4 pickup as well. Nissan was crushing it at the time. Just after that their design language shat the bed.
Nissan were in the same reliability as Toyota, and Honda back in those days. Then they were bought out by Renault, and they cut corners for profit, and ruined the cars reliability. 😊
HARDBODY TRUCKS ROCKED😊
LONG LIVE THE HARDBODY 💯
What a time capsule! I miss the days when cars were small, efficient, and simple to work on... This thing is so cute and awesome and would be quite a nice addition to any retro car show or Radwood type event.
Had one in college. It was the SE model with 5spd and DOHC engine. much more power than the base model. Fun car, especially if you got the sportbak.
Yep me and my best friend in college drove his 5speed SE to some of the best times of our life!
We even took the back hatch off and drove around blasting music many times!
Miss you Geoff and the Pulsar!
oh what a cool car! 80s econoboxes were the best! my first euro trash was an 86 GTI
Yep. That’s the Pulsar you want to run across now in this condition. Unfortunately this one being an automatic is a deal breaker for me.
I had an 87 SE in red. Had it from 1996 to 1999 I believe. Loved that car, wish I still had it. My driver's side t top leaked constantly though so my seat was always soaked!
When I was a 7-year-old I would literally see these things everywhere, I always thought the Sportbak version with the box-sized hatch lid was the craziest. I would kill to find one of these in decent condition today (rule #1 being that it needs to be a 5-speed)!
I enjoy this channel due to the variety of cars that come out. Thanks wizard
Agreed 👍 brother, that's what makes it interesting!👌👊👍🦾🦾🦾🇿🇦
My mother’s first car! Happy to see one of these in such great shape. I’ll show her this video for a trip down memory lane for her.
I had one of these. This car has THE BEST heater of any car I've ever driven. Amazing.
The Pulsar was the first brand new car I bought! It was silver and grey. A lot of fun to drive for sure. I think the tops were off more than they were on during the summer! I have to say going from muscle cars to that Pulsar was a huge change. Easier to zip in and out of places, but slow as can be. Thank you for helping me relive that moment in time!!
The pulsar had a target market for college students. Nissan came to Long Beach State university when I went to school there to do the research and market study for it. The design and engineering departments at CSULB used to compete with Art Center on some automotive projects and we were the influence for the different removable back options. I always wanted to own one of those when they came out after I graduated.
Nice to see survivor cars like this. And yes, the Pulsar tail lights were iconic!
I had an '87. Had that T top/Targa roof thing, and you could take the hatch off. Heck, I think they even had a wagon option. Never saw one in the wild with it. Loved it.
It must have been so cool to drive with the T-Tops and hatch off! Like a 60s Porsche 911 Soft-window Targa. People pay $100,000+ for that experience!
I had one of those with dual overhead cam, 5 speed manual. I had both backs the hatch and wagon. Wagon back, was great when I needed extra cargo space. Drove great for 146,000 miles. Was fun to drive in the summer with no back on and t-roof off.
Wow you got 146k out of the twin cam motor? Most people blew them up way before those miles 😂
Yes, and I had the first version the 1.6, later versions of the Pulsar NX SE came with a 1.8
BITCHIN MAN😊😊😊😊
I’m jealous you got both style hatches! Mine just had the standard style. I hardly ever saw any on the road with the wagon style hatch.
Had a blue Pulsar, loved it, loved the T-top. There was an assembly under the hatch that would hold both roof panels when they were off. Being in New England, every Winter I would have to lock the headlights in the up position so they wouldn’t freeze in the down position. This is a beautiful car!
Holy crap!! I haven't seen one of these in 30 years! They weren't sold in super high numbers to begin with -- and here, 30 years since they ended production, they're *incredibly* rare. Man -- Euro Asian Bob really finds some truly amazing stuff!!
Like he said in previous videos, once you start driving a low mileage older car, leaks are going to start and things will break so it has to be expected. The one thing that would be good to do it to at least flush the brake fluid and maybe change the calipers and wheel cylinders as you don't want the brakes going out because of a blown seal. (I need to do that with my seldom driven 69 Firebird).
I vividly remember riding in a Pulsar and being confused by how slowly the speedometer needle swept across the gauge.
The speedometer needle moved so slow because you could run faster...
@@seanhoward8025 Agree. My wife had one of these (an '85) it was a POS.
I just LOVE that the rear speaker grill pattern mirrors the pattern on the tail lamps!!
Awww! I used to have a 1988 Pulsar SE with the 1.8 liter twin cam 16 valve engine w/ 125 hp. Mine was a 5 speed manual. I loved that car. It took me everywhere. The tweed seats were pretty cool. When you tilt the steering wheel, the entire dash tilts, This was a modular car. You can take off the rear hatch and the t-tops, you have a convertible; if you just remove the hatch, you have a sorta truck, or you can get the Kammback option, and you have a small wagon. The rear hatch has a third brake light, but if you open it, you'll see another brake light on the headliner that becomes the third brake light when you remove the hatch. Also, the twin cam models used the CA16/CA18 engine, which had a distributorless ignition. Sorry for the rant, but they were pretty cool cars to drive.
I owned a 1987 (1st year) SE in the typical red. I purchased it brand new. 1.6 L, 5spd & DOHC. In 88' they came out with the 1.8L, I wasn't very happy about that!!! Still a Super Fun car to own and drive!!!
Those were really cool little cars! I remember when they came out. Including the commercials and magazine ads showing the station wagon back and I think there was another accessory that could fit in that space, too. I only remember seeing the standard back in real life back then. Nissans had a good reputation back then, too, just about on par with Toyota and Honda. "Good old days" haha!
I remember there were special slots in the back where you could stow the t-tops.
My buddy had one in high school. T tops and the hatch came off. It was a chick magnet. The 90's had the best vehicles, interesting and very reliable.
Cars from the late '80s and 1990s are becoming cool again. It was just a matter of time.
Hey Wizard & Mrs Wizard, I remember back in the day these Pulsar NX's were all over the place!!! This one is a real time capsule!!!
I'm so excited that you are going to be working on the Malibu at last!!! I'm looking forward to seeing your getting it back on the road!!! 👍👍🙂
Any of these that were driven in Winnipeg winters and roads were rusted away to nothing within 4 years. It was the curse of these otherwise superb Japanese cars from the 80's. By the mid 90's Toyota and Nissan seemed to have learned their lesson.
Amazing seeing these 80s classics in such solid condition.
My father worked for a Nissan dealer when these were new. According to him, there was a turbo charged version that was recalled by Nissan due to engine problems - every single example was supposed to be repurchased and crushed, apart from a few folks who may have kept them voluntarily. Nissan also released a van similar to the Toyota van around the same time (mid 1980s); these were also re-purchased and crushed.
I owned a 1983 Pulsar turbo sometime around 1992. They only made them for 1/2 year. That thing was nasty quick. could keep up with the NX’s 10 years later. I do agree that the turbo did have issues. Mine didn’t have a problem with the turbo specifically but the wiring under the driver seat had issues and so sometimes you’d have to wiggle the wires to get the turbo to kick in. But it moved pretty quick. Got 30mpg too if I recall right. Had the removable sunroof too. Had it until the flywheel cracked and I sold it to a guy who was a pulsar nut.
Wonder the recall was emissions related. This is since in Australia all this body style were sold as Nissan EXA turbos from about 1984 to 1990.
Not many engine problems but younger drivers crashed them a lot with the turbo power causing torque steer when used too much in other than a straight line.
Different naming in Australia. Pulsar was reserved for the much higher selling four door sedan that sold until 2005. Sports turbo coupe might have had a Pulsar badge on it but always called an EXA here.
The first of quite a few turbo versions of Japanese cars, like the Skyline R32, we got here with our emission standards being near the same as Japan. Australia being a right hand drive market like Japan helped too.
In 1989, that hidey hole in front of the gear selector was called an ashtray.
Not sure if this is ok to post here, but after e-mailing Euroasain bob, the buy it now price before auction is $15K.
That's incredibly reasonable for what is a new-old stock 80's car. Would be an investment.
Having a brand new 80's 90's car completely stock and just using it that way is certainly a dream of mine.
Had no idea the back seats were so small. Kinda cool the speaker grills match the tail light covers. Fun overview!
It was really more a package shelf than a seat!
@@Sashazur Not quite as bad as my Eclipse GSX hahaha.
What a beauty, I also like the Pulsar GTIR but respect to Nissan they seemed to get a lot of their cars right. Bob you are amazing finding all these time capsule gems.
Hays Kansas resident here! Super cool to see a car that was purchased brand new from my hometown featured.
Did you ever see it driving around?
1:39 insert James Pumphrey's Pop-Up up an down headlights 😂
My dad had a manual one of these in the 90's and drove us to school in it. He used to let me shift. I clearly remember bragging about my dad driving an awesome red car with a targa top to my friends, and watching them go WOOAAHH when he pulled up to get us with the tops off. One of the most important cars to me... it really spawned my love of driving. Thank you for this!
My mom had an 1987 Pulsar!!! We LOVED that car!!❤❤❤
I had an white 84 pulsar, that ran forever,it was passed amongst 10 of my friends.
Hays….western Kansas out in the middle of nowhere. Absolutely perfect description.
I remember as a kid, my neighbor's daughter had one. Brings back memories.
Remember these from high school in the late 80s. Really cool car.
I had a clapped out '91 NX1600 w/ the digital dash. I sold it to a friend who drove it from Virginia to Alabama when he moved and continued to drive it for several years. Not bad for $1000 car.
Wow that is incredible
My auntie had one of those Pulsars. It was her first car. There are so many fun memories.
Once someone starts putting serious miles on it, a few age related issues are bound to show up, but... That is pretty darned awesome. The lack of rust is astonishing.
Still totally worth it though for a time capsule like this. A few thousand in repairing leaks and pretty much anything rubber or plastic based will still make this a cool car for someone!
This one got a solid OMG out of me when I saw the email. The condition of this thing didn't disappoint.
Agree with many comments left…I appreciate survivors like this more than just about any exotic or supercar
My father gave me a 1987 Pulsar when I was 15, but I never had the money to fix it up, had a big rust hole under the driver side door that would never pass inspection without a significant repair I couldn't afford, an some sort of electrical gremlin, probably a bad ground or something, the right headlight was half as bright as the left. Ended up buying a 14 year old '90 Sonata from my uncle for a grand over many payments when I was 19. Pulsar ended up eventually being scrapped, I was sad but I never had the money to rejuvenate it. Inside looked identical but the black bits were grey, the interior was fully shades of grey, outside was silver.
Takami headlights! This thing is amazing. Engine's not even broken in! What a time machine.
Thanks for posting this! Just yesterday I was trying to remember what model Nissan my six grade teacher drove. I couldn't remember the name and I hadn't gotten around to googling yet. The Pulsar is as distinct as they come.
I actually just saw an old ad for this car, about 5 minutes before finding this video! What a coincidence!!!
This was the first car I bought new, a silver Pulsar NX SE with the manual, got it new and learned to drive stick on it! It was a great car, super reliable and fun to drive. I loved the T-tops and the zig zag tail lights. I drove it like a maniac on little twisting country roads in New Jersey. The back seat was basically just a padded package shelf. I always wanted to swap on the sportbak hatch to turn it into a mini wagon but I never saw Nissan offering them. Had it for 4 or 5 years, drove it across the country to Oregon. Eventually it got stolen, trashed, and badly repaired. Traded it in for a Honda Accord.
Pop up-up and down headlights!
The wagon back option was a cool option also. Back from when Nissan was one of the competitive Japanese big 3.
A great example of how far downhill modern car design has gone, what a gem!!
I had one in the same color, was the best handling car I've driven..
I bought a brand new red 1987 Pulsar NX XE, which was the base model (like this one). Even though a 'base model', it came with an AM/FM radio with 4 speakers that had plenty of oomph to be heard with the T-tops and/or hatch off! The first addition was vanity license plates that read "NXTC" (I though I was so clever - haha!) and a couple months later, I replaced the OE 13" wheels and plastic(!) wheel covers with American Racing wheels that 'mimicked' the tail lights (15x6 w/205/50R15 tires) and it looked like it should have on the showroom floor. Had more than enough power for my commute and besides, I wasn't racing anyone....didn't NEED to, as it was just a cool little cruiser, especially with the T-Tops off. Even better was REMOVING the rear hatch and it was like a full convertible - very cool when cruising the nearby beach town! Neat detail/feature was that the 3rd brake light was hidden under the rear 'wing'. When the hatch was removed, it exposed ANOTHER 3rd brake light up along the roof, which was 'reverse-switched' and not operational when the the hatch was on. Also, with the hatch off, all of the channels/surrounds/trim were neatly finished off and designed to be seen. A really fun and cool car that never gave me any trouble, until it oddly lost 2nd gear and then 4th gear when it got to 150K (shifting 1-3-5 - haha!) Very odd, as the car wasn't run hard or power/speed-shifted, as if you COULD with barely 100-hp! I couldn't justify a transmission so ditched it for a sweet deal on a 12 year-old 1981 280ZX 5 speed with only 40K on the odo, which didn't have T-Tops, but HAD A/C!! Even though an older car, definitely an upgrade, but still; that Pulsar NX was a great little car and despite the auto trans in this one, I would LOVE to purchase it. I STILL have those American Racing wheels and would be on the car the next day!
My brother had one of those in high school. It was black with an offset racing stripe going over the entire top of the car. It was a fun car when it ran but kept having engine electrical issues.
It's even more impressive that the original owner had cruise control added, showing that there was every intention of driving it. Every survivorie.
I remember these cars. I like the styling of 1980's Japanese cars in general. Who would have thought a town as small as Hays, KS would have a Nissan dealer.
Gosh what a throwback, I had an 87 Nissan Pulsar NX for a bit in high school, black with T-Tops, 5 spd. manual, great video!
My best friend had a silver 5spd in highschool (1994ish). We took the top and hatch off several times. Was such a fun car to cruise around in. Good memories.
I drove an 86 pulsarnx for years. Was the first manual I ever drove. Great little car.
OMG I miss this car. I had 2 of them, an '89 I bought new and an '88 I bought used.... and was the BEST one. I miss this car!!!
Wiz running his own version of BaT. LOL. I was working in the drive up teller window at a bank in 1989 when I was 18. There was a customer that always came through to deposit her paycheck in this car (red one too!!) and she was probably 24/25 and HAWT!! When I look at this car I can still see her face and smile. I should have made a run at her....that was back when you could hit on a female customer and the worst that would happen is your boss look at you funny and say "don't do that again!". 😂
My first car was a Nissan... an 89 240sx, but it had the drive train (3L/5-speed), suspension and 4-wheel disc from a 90 300zx... It was a rocket ship for a 16 year old...!!! Unfortunately, it met its demise in a hurricane... It turns out that salt water in your engine is a bad thing...!!! My 2nd thru current vehicles have been old Camaros and Chevys....! Thanks for the time capsule... Keep up your awesomeness and go enjoy some nature today... Also, don't forget to compliment someone today...
Even under the bonnet (hood in US speak) it looks clean. Really as just some months old. Unbelievable
Love the ute top option for the boot ;)
Such a fun sporty little economy car, feels so much more nuanced and imaginative than today’s identical little norm core bumps. Nissan was really killing it in the late 80s and 90s, I had a gorgeous Maxima and the best Pathfinder… I’d kill to own this car with a stick and the shooting break attachment. Bravo! 👏
My first car was an 84 NX. Good car, never left me stranded
Geez I miss the 80's. Beautiful car from that time. Thanks for sharing Wizard.
As a sign of the times, the control buttons on my 2019 Mustang haven't worn that well.
I remember and have a soft spot for these '80s Datsuns/Nissans. They were really great cars, especially the B13-B14 Sentra, the 240SX, and the early '90s Maximas.
Any old car no matter how cheap always looks amazing when it's mint.
Wow, I forgot all about those cars! I haven't seen one of those in years! Brings back a lot of memorys!
My mom had one of these when I was growing up. Hers was black, with a manual transmission, and had T tops. To this day, that was the only brand new car she's ever had. She bought it new in 1987 (1988 model) and sold it to my cousin in 2007 with almost 300,000 miles on it amd a whole lot of rust (thanks MN winters). It unfortunately met its end when my cousin gave it to her friend, who turned it into a demo derby car. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, Wizard 😁
My dad had a Datsun Violet , i had a Datsun Cherry .
Rust was the killer of these unbreakable motors .
Fond memories of them .
Man, talk about blast from the past! I had a silver Pulsar, I loved that car. Probably was not as fun as I remember, but I was in my early 20s, so of course, Rose Colored glasses. T-Tops and Flip up headlights were my favorite parts of that car.
Headlights go up!...Headlights go down! Something else we can never have again.
My first car was in 1989 Nissan Pulsar. I still miss that car . Great vid, Mr. and Mrs. Wizard!
Nissan Pulsar EXA Turbo was my favorite 80's car growing up. 👍
Wish Nissan would bring the Pulsar back to the US! It’s still an amazing car now in Japan!
My dad bought one new in 89. Hat hit intil 2010 with 235,000 miles on it! Had to get rid of it as it wouldnt pass state inspection. I drove it through high school. LOVED that car and have been looking for one ever since
The Fat Bob Gables has the coolest walk at the karaoke bar. I'd love to see a continuous loop video of him just waddling around on his stubby little legs while singing with me, singing for the years, Aerosmith's DREAM ON.
Not a Nissan guy but that Pulsar is sweet! I love the simplicity of the 80's and 90's.
I had one of these almost brand new. I loved it. This was great to see. Brings back memories.
Thanks Mr. Wizard. After seeing the (repeated) quality of Bob's cars on your channel, I wouldn't completely rule out the chance that I might purchase a vehicle from him in the future - and I'm in Tennessee. From his eye for unique quality vehicles, from your compliments about him and the way he (and you) do business, to the inventory and testimonials on his website....the guy can provide things that just aren't widely available (including good service). Continued success to you both!
Nissans back in the 80s 90s were really reliable cars. They were good up until 2004-2005ish when they started using CVTs. Renault partnered with Nissan around that time.
My high school auto shop had one that was donated. I graduated in 95. They used it for testing the students on component identification. Was the most modern vehicle in the school because at the time people didn't buy cars every 3 years.
The most impressive thing is that the flip-up lights still work! They're usually the first thing to go.
I loved this video. Mrs. Wizard sounded absolutely giddy describing the car.
Nice old car indeed. Don,t remember these in the UK. Nearly all Japanese cars of this era rotted away many years ago.😀
In the UK this was sold as a Nissan B12 Sunny Coupe, it didn’t have the pop up lights but was otherwise virtually identical. I got to drive one frequently as a work car, it was a pristine example that was dealer serviced and nothing ever went wrong with it. I loved it, the seats the dash, the styling was all great but they were not seen as anything special at all, just a cheap small coupe. I would love one today, it’s years since I saw one for sale.
That metal plate on the exhaust - the thing has a tendency to vibrate and this was Nissan's solution. When I replace mine, the replacement was Very Loud.
I had a 92 NX 2000 and had it from new to 350,000km. The computer died on it 7 years ago, sending too much ⚡️ to every electrical system.
Best car I've owned and it consistently returned 28 mpg while providing a very fun ride.
So cool that the rear speaker grill matches the taillight design!
Such an awesome car. I haven’t seen one in years.
No way! I LOVED MY PULSAR! You see lots of CRX's but few Pulsars. My 1st car was a 1987 Pulsar NX SE 5 speed 1.6l twin cam motor (engine code ca16de) 110hp 99ftlb of torque. It was my 'realistic' dream car. My dad and I rebuilt an '80 fox body with a 351 windsor. Mom got scared that it was too much car. She was prob right! So many memories with thay car! It was common to remove the t-tops and the rear hatch and just drive with the t-bar.
The best was taking a date home and pulling over at night to look at the stars.
The back seat was a joke, but at least it allowed you to recline the seat. I slept many nights in my Pulsar.
The 'wagon roof' option was called the Sport-bak. That engine is the base engine, the SOHC GA16i, that makes this car the XE. The SE offered the CA16DE in '87 and CA18DE in '88 and '89.
I had a 1987 Nissan pulsar, I loved that little car no power house but fun to drive. Mine was also a stick shift.
I drove two 84' Nissan Pulsars to school in the 90s. Fun little car.👍🏾
I loved those cars in high school. Pulsar NX! Loved. Thought they looked amazing.
Then the 300ZX came out and that was the car.
They are loads of fun to drive! First time I ever drove when I fell in love, I've been enthusiast ever since...