All picked and safely home!!!!! Little Datty!

[uncle silvia]

As I spotted on here in the "Ebay Tat" section a week or so ago, I suggested it to a mate who was after a cheap to run Jap classic.............

 

................. To cut a long story short, we're picking this up today.....

 

 

 

 

It was up for a starting price of 995 but he got it for 700 and its costing him 100 quid a year fully comp to insure!!!

 

Now we are just about to leave and get it!!!! ROAD TRIP!!!!

 

I cant wait........... more when we get it back!!

[Rocket88]

"Waxoyl sales rocket in South West of country" expose......That's lovely, how the hell did it escape the dreaded tin-worm!?

[Cavcraft]

Love it, colour is bang on and the interior rocks a phat one. Where do you have to collect it from?

[Spottedlaurel]

Hope all goes well! I see your friend has already signed up to the Datsun forum, good move. Datman aka Will has a particular fondness for the 120Y and knows them very well, has lots of bits for them. Put pukka Datsun or at least Japanese service parts on it to make sure it runs sweetly. I bet the front inner wing trumpets will need surgery, or they’ve been bodged in the past, they love to rot out there.

[mk2_craig]

Nice one! I reckon a good 40% of the production run must have been finished in that colour as that's the only shade you ever seem to see the survivors painted!

[Father Ted]

Sex on 4 wheels that. Nice

[mnde]

Excellent purchase! You just know we'll require Youtube footage of this Datsun in action, with enough interior and exterior motion shots to make yoghurt spill on keyboards up and down the land... Mark.

[MrRegieRitmo]

120Y's are one of the main reasons I have a fondness for 1970s Datsuns! Nice score!

[Milford Cubicle]

Shouldn't it have the kerrazeeee hubcaps?

 

Looks a stunner apart from that

[Ratdat]

No, early ones had 12" wheels...those hubcaps came on the later 13" wheels.

[whitevanman]

absolute quality find..............wish I'd seen it

[Split_Pin]

Lovely - the interior looks mint too.A perfect slice of the 70's for the price

[uncle silvia]

PICTURES!!!!

 

Here you go!! We made it back to Plymouth without any problems and the car is better than we thought!! Ill let Alex explain the rest as he has just joined on here, but heres some photos I took!!

 

When we got there..........

 

 

 

The rusty wing............. but thats it!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

We checked it on a ramp and it was spot on!!

 

 

 

And a few arty ones I took.............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MORE

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[uncle silvia]

"Waxoyl sales rocket in South West of country" expose......That's lovely, how the hell did it escape the dreaded tin-worm!?

Apparently the origional woman owner back in 1976 paid £500 for the optional underseal treatment from the factory............. and it worked!!

Where do you have to collect it from?

Ross on Wye near Gloucester!! 70mph all the way home!!

I bet the front inner wing trumpets will need surgery, or they’ve been bodged in the past, they love to rot out there.

Apparently they are ok!!!!!!??????

[Mash]

Spot on, seems to have gone to a good home. It's certainly turned out tidier than the doubters would have had you believe over on Datman...I still can't decide whether I love or hate the 120Y; it's certainly the least successful application of the 1973 styling line. But in this turquoise there's a great deal of charm. It just looks exactly how it would have in the mid-80s!

[Spottedlaurel]

They're certainly the quintessential '70's Japanese car. Everywhere in the'80s still, but the export thing of 10 years ago wiped out most of the survivors that lasted beyond that.Nice work on getting it, glad it seems so solid.

[Guest]

Glad to see it's not just me, Mash! I'm fond of them (I especially like the mad grille), but there's something a bit awkward about it I just can't put my finger on.Looks tidy though! Good work.

[MrRegieRitmo]

I still can't decide whether I love or hate the 120Y; it's certainly the least successful application of the 1973 styling line.

How do you mean? The 120Y was a flop? But it always seemed so mainstream, as much as any Japanese car in the 70s could be....I really like them, along with the Cherrys of the period, esp the F11 coupe & the 120Y coupe. Love the little E10s too.

[andrew e]

Love the arty shots

[Ratdat]

How do you mean? The 120Y was a flop? But it always seemed so mainstream, as much as any Japanese car in the 70s could be....I really like them, along with the Cherrys of the period, esp the F11 coupe & the 120Y coupe. Love the little E10s too.

Far from it... one of the biggest selling cars of the time. I think he means that the quirky Japanese styling doesn't sit quite as well with the B210 as it does with other models from the same period like the 710.

[Spottedlaurel]

Amazing how the styling comes together on them though when they're lowered and sitting on the right period wheels.

[Ratdat]

Amazing how the styling comes together on them though when they're lowered and sitting on the right period wheels.

Very true. They look pretty goofy stock but with a little help can look very good indeed.

[Mash]

Far from it... one of the biggest selling cars of the time. I think he means that the quirky Japanese styling doesn't sit quite as well with the B210 as it does with other models from the same period like the 710.

That's right, I did. The B210 was certainly the car I believe that sparked off the boom in Japanese car sales here. Prior to that they had been simmering away nicely but when the 120Y came along there seemed to be a surge in interest. Odd that, seeing as it is a bit of a funny looking bugger!

[MrRegieRitmo]

Unkey you have a PM!

[Split_Pin]

Lovely - I've always liked 70's Dats. I didnt know they had leaf springs at the back. Looks better underneath than my 03 plate Astra!

[mk2_craig]

"Waxoyl sales rocket in South West of country" expose......That's lovely, how the hell did it escape the dreaded tin-worm!?

Apparently the origional woman owner back in 1976 paid £500 for the optional underseal treatment from the factory............. and it worked!!

£500? That would've been damn near half the list price... Money well spent tho!

[Ratdat]

Apparently the origional woman owner back in 1976 paid £500 for the optional underseal treatment from the factory............. and it worked!!

£500? That would've been damn near half the list price... Money well spent tho!

To be honest that's most likely BS as the list price in 1976 was only £1656 and there was no 'factory' option. If any underbody protection was applied when new it would have just been done by the dealer. Many Datsuns got treated with Ziebart from new but it seems to have actually helped few of them to survive the rot. Certainly all the cars I have had with it have been rusty. Some Datsuns survive well due to usage, care or being garaged. The normal areas for rot, door bottoms and rear arches would be unaffected by any underbody coating as these areas rot out from the inside. Most likely that car has just been reasonably well looked after all it's life.

[uncle silvia]

Amazing how the styling comes together on them though when they're lowered and sitting on the right period wheels.

Very true. They look pretty goofy stock but with a little help can look very good indeed.

This Is quite nice..................

 

 

And 12.5 sec 1/4 mile too with 280bhp!!

 

 

 

[fotorabia]

awesum lil Datty..be quite similar to one here owned by local brothel..is that the big end knocking?!

[carlo]

I'll always remember the 120Y I had for a few months in 1985, exactly the same colour as yours. Had an absolutely wonderful gearchange (like a switch), nice slick controls and did over 40mpg. But it rode like a carthorse and the brakes were awful, recall it it spinning viciously when I braked hard round a sharp bend. And even at the tender age of 22 I was getting bach ache, usually after driving thae Datsun. Wonderful piece of 70 s motoring though.Look forward to maybe seeing it outside Halfords one day?!