coolest datto ive ever found in a JY

[Eagle_Adam]

 

Hoses from back of fill box:

 

Carb:

 

Regulators mount up:

 

Cool gauge with a suspicious "D"

 

 

The rest of the truck was normal - hope you enjoyed my new years find as much as i did

[dat521gatherer]

I'm guessing this is a 620 only cause its in the 620 section.

[Eagle_Adam]

Yes - 74 620 with an L20b and i believe a U67?? it was a 67 something

[wayno]

A propane 620, there was one in the columbia blvd. u-pull-it a while back, these have been showing up lately.

[Eagle_Adam]

same one wayno

[wayno]

If one was looking for something differant, when I was there it looked like most of it was there.

[1lo620]

Steroid has one, you should see if he needs anything....

[ggzilla]

Propane (or LPG mix) was a factory option on several Datsuns including the JDM 620.

[Eagle_Adam]

Every time I find out something new about 620's I like dattos that much more :) I wish pick n pull would sell whole vehicles :( if anybody wants something Id b babble to save some unique parts

[Eagle_Adam]

Babble??? Wtf? Damn auto correct - fail

 

 

 

Point is I'd get parts if some body wants them :P

[ggzilla]

I wish pick n pull would sell whole vehicles

 

The ones up here do. And one in Portland was selling a Datsun last week, $800 buck I think

[INDY510]

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Any pics of the forklift from farther than 3 inches away??? ..... . :lol:

[Eagle_Adam]

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Any pics of the forklift from farther than 3 inches away??? ..... . :lol:

 

:huh: <_<:lol: no - the rest of the "Forklift" was normal and not picture worthy, i was too into the conversion to care about the body. It was a 75 reg cab short box with side impact damage if i remember right

[datsunaholic]

It was an old Boeing truck (note the places listed on the mod tag plus BCAC: Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company). Boeing had hundreds of those Propane-powered 620s well into the 80s. I've seen a couple in junkyards too. The hourmeter is also a giveaway. Boeing used propane because they ran them INSIDE the plant.

 

What's strange is I have a Propane carb setup- and it's a Factory Hitachi with the float chamber converted to propane. The head (which I didn't buy with the setup) was U67 but CAST IRON. Not aluminum. The guy selling it wanted $300 for the head, which was more than I was willing to pay.

[ggzilla]

In the USA, most or all were conversions, so the equipment varied. But the iron cylinder head must have come from Japan?

 

The Datsun factory LPG-equipped 510 used a 221 cylinder head, which was not unique, it was also used by some gasoline L16. It used a Nikki one-barell LPG mixer.

[Suspect]

I thought about trying to put a propane forklift motor in one of my 620's... never found an opportunity to try.