Also in South Africa in late 1972 they fitted L18's to 1600's aswell they were badged
Datsun 1800.
My old man bought a Datsun 1800SSS coupe brand new in 1972.
Hmm of all the cars he could of kept he sold it.
Damm Dammm Dammmm.
Ohh well you can't win them all hea.
Rick White.
--- MALDAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>Yes,
>The L18 engine came out in Japan about 1971.
>I have a 510SSS coupe grille and the badge says "1800SSS"
>Most of the coupes seem to be L18 from about 71.(coupe not 2 dr sedan)
>
>Malcolm
>
>Lachlan Hughes wrote:
>
>> Further to my recent email on registering a 1600 with an L20 I have
>> discovered from Vicroads that there are no problems with engine size if the
>> motor in the car is the same as that which was originally fitted by the
>> factory. I am pretty sure that 1600 were fitted with L18's in later days
>> but I am not positive. Is this the case?
>>
>> The funny thing is when I rang up Vicroads to confirm what motors were
>> originally fitted to the 1600 they said to ring Nissan, therefore my
>> questions are - when I take the car to Vicroads firstly, how will they know
>> the engine capacity, and secondly how will they know if that engine was
>> fitted by the factory (I can't imagine them ringing Nissan)when they tell me
>> to ring Nissan.
>> Thanks
>> Lachlan
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