1978 Datsun Laurel 200L???

[g52oyc]

Hi folks, acquired this old Datsun and looking around I can't find out what its worth. Obviously a buyers market with this sort of car. It has 65k kilometres, its a Japanese import. Car has its 2 sets of original keys, supposedly has full history but I'm still waiting for this from the previous owner (A friend). The car is a 4 speed manual. It was sat in storage for 4 years. I took a fresh charged battery down, checked fluids, 10 seconds of cranking and it fired right up. Ran it up to temperature and it settled to idle perfectly. It has a few marks from storage as you could imagine, no rot, has some surface rust under the bonnet and on the bottom of the drivers doors. I need to replace the clutch slave as you have to pump the pedal to select gears, brakes need bleeding but it drives perfect. Car is totally original as pictures will show and I still haven't cleaned it. Is anybody interested in making me an offer? I will do the work that needs doing and put a fresh MOT on it.

[MkX]

Deliciously retro!
Most of these have gone to scrapyards decades ago.
Very difficult to price due to rarity, there might only be 2 on the road in the UK once yours is registered & taxed.

Coincidentally the other one is for sale, not sure if they are exactly the same model?
The other one is in nice condition, higher miles than yours, auto & £9K!!

Datsun Laurel 200

Incentive to get this one properly sorted?

[g52oyc]

She is certainly a beauty. I don't have the time to give it the attention it deserves which is a shame. Hoping to find an enthusiast for the car. I must pull it out and give it a good bath and update with pictures. Looking through the cars extensive history I believe it belonged to somebody in the Datsun UK club.

Have seen that other Laurel. It is a year older than mine and to be quite honest, that is a hefty price tag and quite inflated I would of thought. I'm still unsure on what to ask for mine but I'm sure somebody will have a general idea or make me an offer I am happy to accept.

[ricky180b]

Had this a few years back low mileage sold her for 3,000

[g52oyc]

This low miles with a good ammount of history, nobody seems to want to offer anything for it.

[ricky180b]

It's probably cos its a huge boat and not to desirable. Not many of these are modded here in the uk in this shape. That's what I found when I was selling mine

[MkX]

It's the old adage, if you want to know what something's really worth put it into auction & see what Joe Public will pay!

In your position, I'd scrub it up to get some decent pics & put it on ebay with a sensible reserve ?£500? / ?£1K? and give the auction plenty of publicity here and elsewhere.

[melissaj]

If only it was Automatic. Id give you good price for it. I'm disabled and cant use manuals. We had a gorgeous C230 Laurel 200L just like this when I was young, then replaced it with the C31 Laurel. I'm currently looking for a C31 Auto, but even these are proving near impossible to find, so if your even rarer 200L had been Auto, id have not hesitated. Gutted :-(

[DrSebWilkes]

I'd buy that car just for those AMAZING speedos!

[g52oyc]

Make an offer I can't refuse

[moe1]

Do you still have it?

[moe1]

Jul 19, 2016 21:27:13 GMT ricky180b said:

Had this a few years back low mileage sold her for 3,000

A mate bought this and it's now in Middle East, he swapped the engine and gearbox for a rb25. Used for drifting. I have some videos if you'd like

[ricky180b]

Please please show

[moe1]

Aug 11, 2016 21:16:50 GMT ricky180b said:

Please please show

Not sure if you have Instagram but his name is MSHAREE56 on their and he has some videos up.

[ricky180b]

Aug 14, 2016 20:43:05 GMT moe1 said:

Aug 11, 2016 21:16:50 GMT ricky180b said:

Please please show

Not sure if you have Instagram but his name is MSHAREE56 on their and he has some videos up.

Just saw the videos, and it's very upsetting. She was a 1 owner (lady) and just pottered about in it and now look at her.