Rare Datsun U320 ute on ebay

July 20th, 2010

Spotted this rare 1965 Datsun U320 extra cab ute on ebay.

Would be a nice car to add to the collection, but sadly the way things are going at the moment, my cars may end up joining this one for sale on ebay.

From the ebay advert:

DATSUN 1200 U320 EXTRA CAB UTE

1965 MODEL...

BELIEVED TO BE ONLY 1000 U320s MADE WORLDWIDE.

15 WERE SOLD NEW IN AUST.

Datsun U320
The U320 is a 4 seat version of the N320 with a smaller cargo area. It has a one piece body, the cabin and the cargo sections are joined together, there is no gap between them.

The U320 has doors that are a couple of inches longer than the 320.
The front bench seat has a one piece base and a 2 piece backrest. Each side of the backrest hinges both forward and towards the middle to allow access to the rear seat.

The ute was registered in qld till 2007. It has had a engine transplant and re-powered by a fork lift electric motor, sadly it does not run anymore. It doesn't seem to have a great deal of rust but does have panel damage - rear drivers guard, front passenger guard, roof. The rear seat is missing, all chrome strips and babges seem to be there. Defiantly a great vehicle to restore.


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Bye Bye G130 #2310. Spare parts for sale.

April 6th, 2010

I had to send off the spare Datsun Super Six (Cedric) chassis to the scrap metal merchants. It was taking up too much room in the shed, preventing me from getting any other cars in there to work on.

I'd spend the last couple of weeks stripping most useful parts off it in my spare time. So I have some spare G130 parts for sale. Was a shame to scrap it really. It was a good straight chassis, no accident damage and very little rust, but I just didn't have any room for it.

I'll list up some of the spare parts, but for now you can see some at JNC (registration/login required.)

Posted by Craig in: Cedric Super Six ,


Front speaker replacement

March 2nd, 2010

When I got my R31, the speakers didn't sound so good, so I pulled the door trims off to investigate.

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The little 6x3 inch speakers had had it, so I replaced them with some round 6 inch speakers. I don't use the radio often, It's still the original Japanese frequency tape deck, which I'd only used with a tape adapter for my iPod.

I gutted the original speaker mounts so the 6" speakers would fit, and soldered up the original speakers plug socket so the standard wiring would plug back on.

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On the rare occasion I use them, combined with the new speakers in the back, they sound a lot better.

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Posted by Craig in: Skyline HR31 GTS-X,


Rear seat belt replacement

March 2nd, 2010

Since I'm stuck infront of the computer because I'm not supposed to be doing any heavy lifting, I thought I might post some of my previous handy work.

When I bought my R31 GTS-X it had to have rear seat belts fitted for compliancing. They used generic belts mounted on top of the rear parcel shelf. The people that fitted them mounted them too close to the protruding speaker grills, crushing the locking mechanism resulting in the seat belt quickly becoming unusable. They are also pretty ugly. I also wanted to upgrade the speakers in the back, as the cones had deteriorated.

So I pulled out the back seat to get the parcel shelf out. I used the old shelf as a template and made a new one out of MDF board. I cut out the vents and some holes for the speakers, and covered the shelf panel in black vinyl. When I was done you couldn't tell there were speakers under there.

I also noticed that there were seat belt anchor points under the rear shelf. So I bought a set of rear belts from an Australian R31 sedan, thinking they would be a direct swap, but they weren't. I had to drill new mounting holes in the reel so that the belts sat below the parcel shelf. I cut off the mounting that fits to the side C-pillar of the car as I didn't intend to use it.

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I also got the little outlet ports that the belts come through and painted them black.

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I replaced the finished rear shelf panel, fed the seat belts through the slot in the shelf, and bolted the panel down with the baby seat mounts, which are also required by law.

Replaced the back seat and the install looks a lot cleaner than the top mount belts.

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Posted by Craig in: Skyline HR31 GTS-X,


Cedric 130 resurection blog

February 24th, 2010

Found this the other day. Looks like someone just aquired a Special Six and this is their blog about getting it up and running again. Its all in Japanese though.

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Google translated

Posted by Craig in: Cedric Super Six ,


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