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Happy 41st Birthday!
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:07 pm
by Nissanman
Sunday 29-1-2012 is the 41st anniversary of the purchase of my first car, a Datsun 1600 4 door.
Never took one for a test drive, just ordered it and paid $120 deposit.
Check out the dollar values on the Invoice
It was still big money for yours truly though
Ordered all the available options of the time, headrests and an AM wireless
Still got the car but not on the road ATM.
Could do with a re-paint but unless I win X-Lotto........
Anyhoo, here are a few pieces of history for you: -
Re: Happy 41st Birthday!
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:33 pm
by Datsun.David
She's a beauty. Great to have a history like that. My first car was a 76 Dodge Colt, bought well used for $500.00. It was great fun but could have done with a transplant like yours...
Re: Happy 41st Birthday!
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:40 pm
by notoptoy
Looks great, nice story too.
Re: Happy 41st Birthday!
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:45 pm
by 68DSU
My first car was my Datsun too. I'm not sure which one of us aged faster but my fuel lines haven't clogged...yet.
Re: Happy 41st Birthday!
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:30 pm
by windy311
Wow it even has an FJ20 option.
Re: Happy 41st Birthday! FJ20 questions
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:08 am
by fj20spl311
Were did you get those yellow plug wire boots?
What car did the air filter come off?
Re: Happy 41st Birthday!
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:18 am
by Nissanman
fj20spl311
When I first bought the engine, it had some after market leads on it with the yellow seals.
Apparently OEM leads with the complete black seal and boot are unobtainium so what you see it what I have
Aftermarket leads include the actual boot but that seal, in black, remains elusive.
The air filter housing came from a local car the VL Commodore, a General Motors/Holden car.
It had an imported RB30E Nissan engine and trans. fitted to it.
The convoluted tube was an exact match for the FJ20 inlet tube.
I did cheat a little.
I had a VL Commodore at the time I did the conversion so I did some measuring and VIOLA!
It was very cheap to buy as a new part because at the time there was a heap of VL taxis on LPG and they would backfire and destroy the airbox!
Supply and demand worked to my advantage!
What you can't see is the blocked of air intake on the airbox.
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You can just see the grey blanking plate in this image. That was the original fresh air intake.
I bored a hole in the base of the box and plumbed in a 75mm cold air intake that takes air low down behind the front bumper bar.
Made a huge difference to the intake air temperature