1977 Datsun 120Y from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

28th Apr 2001, 02:46

"Cheap reliability"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

A couple of flat tires caused by doubling up as a bash car.

Drivers side seat gave in.

Normal rips, tears and cracks in the dash and seats.

Universal joint blew at 400,000 km's.

General comments?

Great reliable car, has often held up to 10 people!

Not a crazy performance car, but a good farm hauler.


29th Apr 2001, 03:31

"Thinner bodywork than paint". That's what we say in England.

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1st May 2001, 14:15

"Thinner bodywork than paint"?, well, yeah but it don't stop them being ultra reliable, ours is 21yrs old and never broke down. (JS - Birmingham)

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6th May 2002, 22:55

My Datsun 120y still performs very well, its got a sports exhaust system on it so it's a bit louder than average, but has given it considerable power & acceration improvements.

I've even got the poor thing to 150k/h without too much trouble, but won't go over it. I love my beast.

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19th Sep 2002, 04:30

Ha ha yeah, Dato 120y's make great cars I had good fun getting my dato to go off the spedo whenever I could never had any problems that didn't seem to fix themselves until I wrote it off into a roundabout barrier wall at about 100K's.

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9th Nov 2005, 10:53

""Thinner bodywork than paint". That's what we say in England."

Thicker than the Bacofoil that my neighbour's old Vauxhall Chevette is made out of!

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