Updates on my 1932 datsun build are HERE
1932 Datsun Build
The Concept
I'm building locost-based tube frame and a body for it from scrap metal that will resemble a 1932 datsun phaeton.
| These tubes.... |
...and this station wagon |
will make a life sized version of this |
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I building a replica of the 1932 Datsun Phaeton, a car I've only seen from my hotwheels-sized dicast model and some photos I've collected from the internet. The frame is mostly made of one inch square steel tubing (locost-style), while the drivetrain and rear suspension have been taken from a 1982 datsun 910 (maxima) station wagon. The station wagon's engine bay is 42 inches long....more than half the wheelbase of the original car. Clearly, a bigger engine and a bigger driver (me) will demand a bigger car. That means the locost replica will be proportionally similar, but the diminsions will be different.
| Original Datsun Type 12 | Locost replica of Type 12 |
| Overall length | 2,710mm (106.69 inches) | ~131" |
| Overall width | 1,175mm (46.26 inches) | ~57" |
| Wheelbase | 1,918mm (75.51 inches) | ~95" |
| Tread (track??) | 965 mm (37.99 inches) | ~53" |
| Engine | Watercooled, 4-cylinder, sidevalve
748 cc and 12 HP |
watercooled, 6-cylinder, SOHC
2.4 liter L24(e): 120 HP |
| Price | ¥1,350 | ~$2000 |
| Source | Nissan Heritage | |
This picture of a Type 12 Phaeton has been labled to show
some of datsun-specific details I may try to use in my replica of this car
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