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Junkyard Find: 1986 Nissan Maxima Station Wagon

By Murilee Martin on August 1, 2014

04 - 1986 Nissan Maxima Wagon Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin One thing I love about early-to-mid-1980s Nissans is the combination of futuristic technology with endearing Japanese-to-English translations. We’ve seen a few Maximas in this series, including this rear-wheel-drive ’82 Datsun Maxima and this puzzling “Brake Fluid EVERYWHERE” ’86 Maxima. On a recent trip to California, I found this rare Maxima station wagon at an Oakland self-serve yard. (Read More…)

By Murilee Martin on January 17, 2014

01 - 1986 Nissan Maxima Down On The Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of Murilee Martin You see some weird stuff in San Francisco Bay Area wrecking yards, from lunatic-with-a-glue-gun art cars to dipped-in-battery-acid rust to chopped, Italianized Swedes. Last weekend, I stopped by a well-stocked Oakland self-serve yard and found this puzzling brake-fluid test vehicle. (Read More…)

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