Hey Mareo,
Just wondering if you bought the sedan in Arizona, yet? You havent been on much this week , so I m assuming you went to Arizona to look at
it, thats all.

One other thing, Eddie, the Sunny was only used in America as a high performance 1200. It is probably the same as the GX models that other parts of the world got. I am just now
learning how different the American models are from the rest of the world. As far as I know, all of the Datsuns sold in America were made in Japan. I had never heard of any made in
Australia or elsewhere. I was amazed to learn last year that the Ute is still being made somewhere in the world. I had never heard of the Ute until I joined this club 1 1/2 years ago.

Mareo

You are right, Eddie, America got the early B210s of 1974 with 155 13 tires and the A13 engine, which had the same 73mm bore as the A12 but with the longer 77mm stroke that is the
same as the A14. It also had the distributor in the middle like the A14.

Mareo

I think im going to pull my B-2hair out.

A B210 is ALL 1973 to 1978 Sunny models in ALL countries, it just happens to be called a B210 in the US and a 120Y elsewhere ...the model is still B210 (LB210 if LHD).

Early B210's had the same suspension as the B110 (1200) and the early style A12 with the front mounted distibutor. These early models also had 12" wheels. This was revised after a short
period and 13" wheels fitted along with revised front suspension and crossmember (it now had a rear sump). We got both these versions here in the UK. I think the early model was only sold
for 1974 here. The USA might not have got these early B210's with the small wheels etc. Were B210's locally built in Australia?

Eddie

In that case, take a look at post 5362. It will tell you how I put in the B-210 suspension. Thats as close to a full bolt in
as you can get.
Steve

More or less. If im not mistaken the 120Y suspension is identical to the 1200 but the US B210 is not. It's pretty damn close but not the same. The control arms mount
behind the crossmember, for example.
A B210 is a "US" 1974 to 1978 120Y with left hand drive, more or less.

Nissan USA slightly confused thing by calling some models by their chassis code ...but not on all models. For example, 510, 610, 710, F10 and B210 were the actual chassis codes of these
cars. Thus it was logical to use that as a name. However then they go mess it up with the models 210, 310 and HL510... none of which are chassis codes but numbers given to the cars to show
some kind of family lineage. The 210 is actually a B310, the 310 is actually an N10 and the HL510 is an A10. Confused yet?

The LHD varients of any model are designated by an "L" preceding the chassis code. So an Aussie 120Y is chassis code B210 whereas an American B210 is LB210.

Eddie

Here's the family tree...

Datsun B10: sold in Japan as a "Datsun Sunny", Australia and Europe as a "Datsun 1000".

Datsun B110: sold in Japan as "Datsun Sunny" and as a "Datsun 1200" in all other countries.

Datsun B210: Sold as a "Datsun Sunny" in Japan. Sold as a "120Y" in Europe and Australia and as a "B210" in America.

Datsun B310: Sold in Japan and Australia as a "Datsun Sunny". Sold in Europe as a "Datsun 120Y" (or 140Y or 150Y depending on engine size). The last ones were sold as "Sunny".
In America it was sold as a "Datsun 210".

By far the simplest method of identifying models is by chassis code, i.e. B10, B110, B210 or B310 as this remains the same in all markets where-as engine sizes and names differ.

Eddie

A B210 is a 1974 to 1978 120Y with left hand drive, more or less.

Mareo

PS

It is the American name for your 120Y.