This reminds me of the early Volvo's...pre 144 series, maybe some
144's, I think, that had their 4 cylinder engines with SU carbs built
in England and shipped to Sweden...until they got their own line
going. I was very happy in about 1967 to own a 144 and an MG, both
with SU's that gave me no trouble.
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Denise Thorpe writes:
> maybe I should core dump all I know about Datsuns that have parts
> that fit on MG's.
> Under the hood of a 240Z, are two imitation S.U.'s that you
wouldn't want > to put on your car because the jets are pressed in.
Hatachi SU's, built under license from SU.
> The drivetrain in a Datsun 1300 pickup is a complete ripoff of the
MGB
> drivetrain down to the dipstick in the transmission.
Datsun's early post war vehicles *were* Austins- built under license
from
Austin, starting with the A40 in 1952. The earliest cars were almost
identical, and then Datsun began to slowly develop (And improve!)
many of the components, finally to the point where they were really
Austin derived, but
Datsun designs. The 50's Datsuns are almost entirely Austin, and used
an engine design based on the BMC B-series. By the 60's, bodys began
to change, but driveline components were still very similar. The
Bluebird and Fairlady both had some parts which would interchange. By
the begining of the 70's, the
Datsun designs began to surpass the British stuff- The 510 and the
240/260/280
Z's both still contain a lot of Austin background, but were more
robust, and performed better.
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