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ddgonzal's Datsun 1200 two-door sedan
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Overview
In 2004 I flew from Seattle down to Oakland, California and drove this little car home.
Features
* 1972 Datsun 1200 LB110 (LHD) * Sunshine White * 99% factory stock, even has 12" wheels and tires * Electronic distributor upgrade for better reliablity
Stock radio & speaker
Genuine Nissan defrost vent finishers
Good dash pad
Wheel and Tire
It came with stock type radials. I soon changed those out.
165/55R12 Yokohama A048R on 5x12" slotted mags
Trunk contents
Upgrades
* GX wiper blades * Wheel & Tires * B310 center caps * B210 rear seat * Coupe front seats * AM radio -> B11 AM/FM radio * Electronic ignition B310 -> EDIS -> Sunny Truck
Racing
1/4 mile nero
Drag Racing at Portland International Racewayᵂ
Following White Zombie
With datsa73 at Evergreen Speedwayᵂ
1972 Datsun 1200, USA specification (emission controls intact) Engine: 1171 cc Gearbox: standard 4-speed Diff: standard 3.90 ratio Power: 68 SAE, 48 rwhpV I D E O ddgonzal's EVil Twin VS White Zombie (click to view)
all stock except for: * electronic ignition * Shorter, wider tires (165/55-R12) * about 80 pounds extra weight (toolbox, two spare tires, etc)
19.887 seconds @ 65.17 mph
Version 1.0
My first car was a Datsun 1200 2-door Sedan. In November 1981, I was a senior in high school and my dad called up and said he had bought me a car. He drove it up from San Francisco, a distance of 721 miles. The 1200 was 10 years old and only had 56,000 miles. I put an additional 200,000 miles on that 1200.
However, it needed some suspension work, so he gave me $400 cash, which was enough to fix it and buy the first year of insurance. The right front tire would rub on the wheel wheel every time the brake was applied. The local alignment shop had to replace the right LCA.
`1984: Columbia Riverᵂ | Home
1972 Datsun 1200 * A14 engine * 5-speed 60A * 13" wheels * power windows * blackout bumpers
Ice machine, during a rare ocean-side freeze. I lived on the Pacific ocean
Pacific Ocean salt air takes it's toll (1990s)
I salvaged the Power Windows
Version 2.0
2002-2005 ... searching for a new 1200. I looked the Alderwood 1200 but thought it too rusty
I saw this local 1200 once but never spotted it again ...
I looked at BiggC2/Icehouse's 1200 but passed on it (POST Gary_P bought it and fixed it)
I wanted one nicer than this Olympia mobile
3-years of searching, found one in California, 800 miles away
August 2003 - POST Driving it North
at Mount Shastaᵂ
Finally at home in Washington State
Columbia River, 2007
Car Shows
I attended many of the Pacific Northwestᵂ shows.
Golden_Gardens#2006_Recap in Seattle, Washington
Blue Lake 2004 in Oregon
Canby 2005 (Canby, Oregon)
Canby 2008 tire blowout (450 mile trip)
Photos
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