Figured I'd lead with some pictures.. this is my wife's pride and joy, she named him Hiro and he gets more attention than anything else we own. The Pao is actually nice and practical as a driver, with good gas mileage and air conditioning. It's a very clean, low mile example but at 35 years of age now, I'm having to find some parts here and there, and it's increasingly a challenge.
I just got a rebuilt steering rack back in the Pao after a couple of months of down time. When the rack blew a seal I couldn't find all of the parts, so I ended up sending it to Turn One and paying them $500 to rebuild it. Last year I sourced CV boots but couldn't find the wire c-clips for them when I broke one -- so I ended up making my own. Always an adventure!
I am buying stuff from Amayama in Japan, and I have a list of some things that cross to cars like the Micra that were brought into Canada, but any source recommendations from the GRM data bank would be welcomed!
Mr_Asa
MegaDork
6/27/24 9:50 p.m.
Nothing to help with, but I kinda want one of them myself.
Good luck
Noddaz
PowerDork
6/28/24 7:38 a.m.
That is a cute little car. Tell us more about it!
Mr_Asa
MegaDork
6/28/24 8:03 a.m.
In reply to Noddaz :
In general, the Pao was one of four cars to come from Nissan's Pike factory, they are known as the "Pike cars."
About 30k Paos were made. I believe all four cars came with the same 1.0L, 3-spd auto/5-spd manual.
The Figaro
Be-1
And the S-Cargo (my car go. 160. Swiftly.)
Dang, I guess that was 35 years ago....
S-Cargo, for those who don't know, sounds exactly like "escargot" - the French word for snail.
I think we need a tour of the Pao :) I'm not sure I've got the scale figured out.
Nissan is interesting to get parts from - you can buy old Datsun parts if you have the Nissan part number otherwise you'll never find the part. I just bought the Datsun script emblem that goes on the back of the hatch for a 1972 240Z.
Find service manuals that have the part numbers? Also hook up with an EBay Nissan guy in Japan? I just bought a transmission boot from Japan that was 1/3 cheaper than the USA Nissan dealers.
Contact this guy - it's nice you're protected by EBay - the part came in a Nissan bag. It took 3 weeks to get to me?
Mr_Asa
MegaDork
6/28/24 11:13 a.m.
Keith Tanner said:
S-Cargo, for those who don't know, sounds exactly like "escargot" - the French word for snail.
I think we need a tour of the Pao :) I'm not sure I've got the scale figured out.
I have the perfect picture for you on my IG. Its Betsy, my ND, sitting next to "PaoloThePao"
Lemme know if this doesnt work
https://www.instagram.com/p/CoimJUxreAc/?igsh=ZDFtbGp1ZzM0cTBp
In reply to Mr_Asa :
Those new Miatas are huge.
