kentodd1903 Posted April 10, 2023 Report Share Posted April 10, 2023 Does anyone have or know where I can get a drawing of an NL320 frame with dimensions? Quote Link to comment
Satisaii Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 I got a drawing of the 521 frame off of Ebay. Quote Link to comment
kentodd1903 Posted April 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 16 hours ago, Satisaii said: I got a drawing of the 521 frame off of Ebay. I looked and couldn't fine one for the NL 320. I'll be able to get some measurements once it gets to my house, but knowing the distance between the frame rails at the rear axle and in the engine bay would help me out now. Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 I have factory service and parts manuals. I wonder if those drawings are in either of those. I'll check and get back to you. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 If it is really important to you I likely can measure my 1964 Datsun NL320. As far as I know all L, NL, V, and U model 320s use the same frame, although I have never actually seen a V model. 1 Quote Link to comment
kentodd1903 Posted April 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 5 hours ago, Stoffregen Motorsports said: I have factory service and parts manuals. I wonder if those drawings are in either of those. I'll check and get back to you. I looked at the digital copies and didn't see anything. I would normally look at an assembly manual for this kind of information, but can't find one for this truck Quote Link to comment
difrangia Posted April 12, 2023 Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 Some of the old body-shop crash-estimator books might have frame dimensions for checking/straightening the frames. It's a needle-in-a-haystack finding an ancient body shop or the library of an ancient body shop with the info needed for a 320 Datsun. The internet is the 'Largest Worldwide Library in History'. Get on there and do a little snooping. On modern vehicles they just get online and dial up the make, model, & year and get a screen full of dimensions. I believe it's some kind of subscription service. 1 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted April 13, 2023 Report Share Posted April 13, 2023 On 4/12/2023 at 7:12 AM, difrangia said: Some of the old body-shop crash-estimator books might have frame dimensions for checking/straightening the frames. It's a needle-in-a-haystack finding an ancient body shop or the library of an ancient body shop with the info needed for a 320 Datsun. The internet is the 'Largest Worldwide Library in History'. Get on there and do a little snooping. On modern vehicles they just get online and dial up the make, model, & year and get a screen full of dimensions. I believe it's some kind of subscription service. Yeah, like Alldata. I would love to have a subscription, but don't want to pay the fees. I'm sure I've seen those drawings somewhere. I''l keep looking. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
difrangia Posted April 13, 2023 Report Share Posted April 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Stoffregen Motorsports said: Yeah, like Alldata. I would love to have a subscription, but don't want to pay the fees. I'm sure I've seen those drawings somewhere. I''l keep looking. Yup, Matt, I believe that I've seen the drawing/drawings that you are referring to also. Possibly someone posted on one of the forums in the past year or so. A quick look turned up this vintage auto literature guy whoze been around forever. Used to see his ads in Hemmings way back before there was an internet. Might be a good place to start. 1 Quote Link to comment
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