Can you identify this car please

Grab All Association

Thinking it's a Corrolla but not 100%

Grab All Association

Reg is TDI 360

Dades

Datsun Sunny, I reckon.

http://carslist-db.com/photo/datsun-120y-sunny-sedan/04/default.html

Polo_Mint

Yep looks like a Sunny

CJhaughey

Datsun 120Y saloon IIRC

hi5

That's A Datsun 120Y as mentioned above, famous for it's abilities to rust away before your very eyes:).

Tzar Chasm

Could be a 140j too

Capri

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

Could be a 140j too

120Y deffo, 140J never sold here until the next model (Violet)

120Y (Sunny) http://carslist-db.com/page/datsun-120y/default.html

http://carslist-db.com/photo/datsun-120y/08/default.html



140J (Violet) http://carslist-db.com/page/datsun-140j-violet/default.html

Grab All Association

Yep that's it thanks. Its such a shame that number plate snobbery took over in 87 and all these cars were sent to the scrapyard.

Tzar Chasm

I think in the case of the datto's it was more the fault of tinworm than snobbery

The Big Red Fella

Capri wrote: »

120Y deffo, 140J never sold here until the next model (Violet)

120Y (Sunny) http://carslist-db.com/page/datsun-120y/default.html

http://carslist-db.com/photo/datsun-120y/08/default.html



140J (Violet) http://carslist-db.com/page/datsun-140j-violet/default.html

there were plenty of 140j up around north east so must have been sold here or possibly imported?
i remember one bloke buying a brand new one!

Capri

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

I think in the case of the datto's it was more the fault of tinworm than snobbery

I know Nissan Ireland actually bought back all the 100A's they could find just to save their reputation

BorneTobyWilde

Looks like a bettle.

red sean

Capri wrote: »

I know Nissan Ireland actually bought back all the 100A's they could find just to save their reputation

I remember Toyota bought back the Starlets but never knew Nissan did the same with the 100A.
Both jap makes were rust magnets in the 70's and early 80's.

winnie the schtink

i think if you listened closely you could hear them rust

CJ Haughey

Its a Datsun Sunny 120Y for sure, owned a jdm sunny excellent for a few years.

carchaeologist

red sean wrote: »

I remember Toyota bought back the Starlets but never knew Nissan did the same with the 100A.
Both jap makes were rust magnets in the 70's and early 80's.

The Kp60 series Starlets were recalled(in the mid 90s I think) because the rear trailing arm hangers rotted out of the floors on some cars. Apparently the metallic painted cars were less susceptible to this.
To the best of my knowledge there was no recall on 100As, they just all rotted away. Except the few in my shed.

Tzar Chasm

Dont suppose one of those is a red 100a f2, that you might be willin to part with some time i the summer?

colm_mcm

My dad had one of those back in the day. Think it was terminally rusted within 5 years.

carchaeologist

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

Dont suppose one of those is a red 100a f2, that you might be willin to part with some time i the summer?

No red FII,only a ripped up yellow one.
Red E10 there alright.

Red Kev

As several people have said, its a 120Y, we had one ....704 NZC, green, 1978ish. Rusted alright but a fabulously reliable car. Ours had over 230,000 miles on it when we sold it, it was still going strong a few years later, last time I saw it was around 1988 at a football match in Roscommon.

That pic is taken in Strokestown I think. TDI reg is late 70's Co. Roscommon.

Silvera

Nissan bought up Datsun Cherry's in the late 80's/early 90's. I know this for sure as my father sold a Cherry to a guy who was quietly going around buying them up, towing them to Nissan HQ in Dublin (using a A-Frame), and making a nice profit for his 'trouble'!

Grab All Association

Red Kev wrote: »

As several people have said, its a 120Y, we had one ....704 NZC, green, 1978ish. Rusted alright but a fabulously reliable car. Ours had over 230,000 miles on it when we sold it, it was still going strong a few years later, last time I saw it was around 1988 at a football match in Roscommon.

That pic is taken in Strokestown I think. TDI reg is late 70's Co. Roscommon.

Yes it was in Strokestown on an episode of Rte Hands.

Tzar Chasm

carchaeologist wrote: »

No red FII,only a ripped up yellow one.
Red E10 there alright.

What sort of state is the yellow one in?

relayer1001

Definitely 120Y 1171cc
Still see the odd one here in England
The problem was they were made for sunny climates and lacked any rustproofing including wax oil into the cavities
This was sometimes done afterwards by names such as Ziebert,Dinitrol or Endrust
The tell tale signs were extra grommets in the doors and maybe on door shuts
Also traditional black underseal
Basic common sense really
The post that says that Datsun Cherrys were recalled under a scrap page scheme is incorrect and it was Toyota Starlets RWD that were recalled
Have a great day

carchaeologist

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

What sort of state is the yellow one in?

Needs roof gutters and other welding. Is partially dismantled.

Tzar Chasm

Is it a 2 door?

I might be interested later in the year