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Re: 1600 Engines?

To: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Subject: Re: 1600 Engines?
From: Gary McCormick <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 07:15:17 -0800
Yes, I understand that the first Datsun trucks used (gasp!) MG engines -
bought or license-built, I don't know. I have seen early trucks with a
"1300" badge - anyone know if that was an L-series engine or the MG
otor?

Gary McCormick
'70 2000
San Jose, CA
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Toby B wrote:
> 
> Nope,
>         The only other (stock) car that got the R-series engine was the 411.
> They seem to be a lot harder to find than the roadsters now, altho I
> have no idea how many were imported.  The little 1200's from earlier
> cars and trucks were of different origin- legal British copies
> originally, it's reputed.
> Toby
> 
> Ronnie Day wrote:
> > The 520 series and later trucks did for sure, but what about the earlier
> > models? There's an absolutely beautiful pale green (I think) 1200 or 1300
> > pickup running around in Mt. Shasta. I'm fairly certain it uses a pushrod
> > motor, but I don't know if it's an R-series.
> >

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