Eagle_Adam Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 I'm guessing this is a 620 only cause its in the 620 section. Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Yes - 74 620 with an L20b and i believe a U67?? it was a 67 something Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 A propane 620, there was one in the columbia blvd. u-pull-it a while back, these have been showing up lately. Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 same one wayno Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 If one was looking for something differant, when I was there it looked like most of it was there. Quote Link to comment
1lo620 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Steroid has one, you should see if he needs anything.... Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Propane (or LPG mix) was a factory option on several Datsuns including the JDM 620. Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 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 1 Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Babble??? Wtf? Damn auto correct - fail Point is I'd get parts if some body wants them :P Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 . Any pics of the forklift from farther than 3 inches away??? ..... . :lol: Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 . 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 Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment
Suspect Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 I thought about trying to put a propane forklift motor in one of my 620's... never found an opportunity to try. Quote Link to comment
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