Victor,
It can be done. It is not a marriage made in heaven though. The 1500's use a
deeper offset on the wheels and a correspondingly wider rear axle. With the
1600 rear end, the wheels are tucked into the fenders quite a bit.
Sidney Raper
1964 1500
1967 SRL311 00060
1967 SRL311 00076
Jacksonville Florida
http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>From: "Victor Laury" <vlaury@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: "Victor Laury" <vlaury@earthlink.net>
>To: "Grant Bush" <gbush@connect.ab.ca>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: 1500 Diff
>Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:05:58 -0700
>
>Hey Grant, Andrew and other 1500 owners,
>
>Why can't you change out the whole rear end for a 1600? Is it because of
>the
>13 inch wheels? I know I don't know a thing about 1500's, but I'm curious
>as
>to why this wouldn't be the best fix.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Grant Bush <gbush@connect.ab.ca>
>To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 8:01 AM
>Subject: 1500 Diff
>
>
>Hi List
>
>I sold my 64 1500 to a friend of mine, he was happier than anything with
>the
>purchase, and I was happy to get rid of the car. Right from the start the
>car
>was missing a tooth in the differential and just this weekend the diff
>completely went down. Now my friend has a new toy that can only make lots
>of
>noise, won't go anywhere.
>
>Question - is there a differential that will just bolt in or will he have
>to
>go to one of the suppliers for a new one. I told him to phone Ross at
>Sports
>Imports but he's out of town for a few days.
>
>My friend's not concerned about originality (and if you remember pics of
>the
>1500 I was selling, you can see why) he just wants to get it running before
>the summer is over.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks
>Grant Bush
>Edmonton, Canada
>68 1600
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