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Jun 28, 2021 17:11:38 GMT
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After a long, long, seemed like forever wait this arrived in the UK last week. Bought it in February and had to wait for it to be transported over from Portugal, cars originally from Mozambique I have wanted a Datsun since before I learnt to drive and especially wanted a 1200/sunny so when this came up I told myself I should get it as I'm 30 this year, seemed like a good excuse 😂    |
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Jun 28, 2021 17:40:06 GMT
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Interesting alternative to a Ford Escort Mk1, by the looks of it. Does it have a variant of the A-series engine? What are your plans for it?
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Jun 28, 2021 19:21:12 GMT
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like it a lot
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lmr
Part of things
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Jun 28, 2021 20:54:34 GMT
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Perfect!
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Jun 28, 2021 20:55:58 GMT
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Jun 28, 2021 21:00:23 GMT
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Jun 28, 2021 22:03:37 GMT
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Very nice, but the wide steelies on it look pretty cool - are they original?
What's caused the bonnet paint to craze so badly, do you think?
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The steels do look good on it but being only 12" i couldn't run bigger brakes haha, they are definitely original wheels as they have nissan stamped in them and 12x4 but there is no way they are 4j look more like 6j
The bonnet used to be white by the looks of it, seems to have been badly painted at some point in its life too and then probably been left out in the heat
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Austin Maxi meets Mk2 Escort.
Where did it come from?
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Austin Maxi meets Mk2 Escort. Where did it come from? Thought I put that on my first post but obviously forgot to 😂 originally Mozambique until 1976 then it was imported to Portugal until this year |
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Few bits started during the week, it had no brake fluid in it and the master was loose like someone had taken it off before so I pulled it off to have a look  As expected, not great but managed to find a rebuild kit. Unfortunately it is coming from America so that's stopped that already  Next up was sorting though the electrics, got fed up of trying to look at things under the dash so we pulled the dash out and removed the wiring loom  Found the headlight switch was a bit dodgy so pulled that apart and cleaned all the contacts and it works perfectly now  Managed to get all the electrics working that didn't work before apart from the reverse lights. Not sure what to start on next but I'm sure more progress will be made over the weekend |
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 Topaz yellow 1200 I painted recently 26000 original mile one owner, sat around too long & needed respray & rust fixed |
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Oops that didn't quite go to plan loading that pic
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Looks like a solid old thing.
They are a delight to drive, very light and quite nippy,and they rev really well and have good top end. A world apart from a MK1 escort etc. Great turning circle too. Almost a shame to fit different bits in the suspension etc, it will probably make it heavier.
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75 Range Rover 2 door 82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door 78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 620 Pickup 81 Datsun Urvan E23 86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo 00 Electric Peugeot Partner 02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol 07 Land Rover 130 15 Nissan E-NV200 15 Fiat Ducato
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It isn't too bad for rust luckily. Hopefully it won't be too long before I get a chance to drive it and see for myself haha
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Love it! Very cool. Any plans for the engine? I was thinking about this last night, it would suit a CGA3DE from a K11 |
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Last Edit: Jul 3, 2021 8:37:14 GMT by joem83
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My plan has always been to put and SR20DET in it, used to have a nissan almera gti that I turbo'd which had a SR20 and it went so well and sounded good in my opinion haha was around 300bhp  Also if I did use a Sr it'd match the coffee table in the lounge  |
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