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odpl_tray
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New owner of a 1964 320 Ute!


71-521
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Welcome!
post up a picture or two!

brunop
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Hi all,

           Wellcome Tray to the datto lovers page mate, as l;m in victoria in oz. What model of (1964) N320, which you have? Pickup or ute model with the one body together like mine. See the ute at the top of this page, is it like that or has it two bodys like a pickup. If you need help with workshop manuals & books on this model. leave a message or a post on this site. keep safe eveyone. Bruns ;)  :cool:

odpl_tray
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Hi Bruns!

I have the one with body all together. Is that the N320 model? I was told it might be a CL320, but I don't know anything about them! All I know is I saw a picture of it, fell in love with it, got it shipped from Broadwater (9hrs from my place) and then saw it in real life!
She is excellent condition with only 1 spot of rust the size of a thumb tack (my son is a spraypainter so can't wait to get his hands on it!).
Apparently she belonged to an old guy that used to garage it all of the time and he died, the niece didn't want it so I got it!

This site is very helpful. What colour is yours? I wanted to find out all of the colours that they came out in?

Thanks!

Tray.

71-521
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sounds like a great truck...let's see some pics!
is it a 2 or 4 seater?
Ken has one that has a back seat!
pictures, pictures, pictures...:D

odpl_tray
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Ok, ok ok! I will put some up on the weekend! It's dark outside over here!

Cheers.:P

brunop
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Hi all.

         Thanks for the reply Tray & 71-521, l see your getting better Paul or are the nurses are boring to talk to about Datto's....? Ha ha ha, Get well matey...! Well here comes the history lesson Folks... Firstly Tray, There is two grill types sold in Oz. The first utes were 1200 series (are like the one top of this page. This a U.S.A. model called NL320, NL means left hand drive model, N means right hand drive models, 320 means one body (Ute) style model, Sedan is 310 model, The Van models U320, Cab chassis models or pickup was call 312 & dual seat or double cab model was called 318?, but has same grill & round blinkers) was sold from 1960 to mid 1964 & the second series (N340?) grill was wider & had different (square-ish) blinkers & was replaced by the 1300 series vehicles in late 1965 & also was taken over by nissan datsun japan from Australian Concessionaires PL to form Datsun Australia PL (The Name was changed to Nissan Australia PL in 1980). This info came from oz datsun dealer parts books that l have & if l remember rightly, there some of the pages are on this site. Paul (71-521) you may remember were they are in 320 section somewhere....?  Also there is a photo of my ute somewhere here too, as my other computer has the photos on it & it wont work on the net since it got spiked.  My ute colour is yellow with red wheels, originaly was green with factory black wheels (all models was sold had black painted wheels, most where painted silver frost by the dealers), but used as datto dealer &  Suzuki motorcycle dealer vehicle for most of it's life with the yellow paint job (1963 to 1992). The paint colours l know about where as: Green, Red, White & Fawn (creamy colour). The girls in Oz like our model of datto because it's "Cute" or "cute little thing". l have been to ute, car shows & swap meets & that is what l get first & then what car is it? You guess l have laugh first & tell them what it is. My mates have been dumb founded has to how many girls have made the comments & love it's cuteness! You are lucky to find one without rust (He may have used fish oil in it) as they were made from recycled metal from all over the world including aussie scrap metal & they Rust..... l still fighting to save mine. l have 7 ute shows ribbons & one international ribbon for my ute! Hope this info is helpful. ;) & best of luck with repainting her. Keep safe on the road everyone.:) Bruns

brunop
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Paul (71-521) & Tray,

I found my photo of my ute on this site & it is in the section below on this site. So Tray look up this name on this site & you will find my ute at the bottom of the site page, taken at a ute & truck show in colac victoria. Still looking for those parts book  pages? Bruns :cool:

Rob's N320 pics from Queensland Australia

71-521
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found some but they are really bad copies...
got some to spare a copy from?

LilDat
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Tray is your's a two seater?

brunop
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Hi All,

        l 've found them datto parts book pages on this site Paul (71-521) & Tray. If you remembered paul, l down loaded pages on handbrake cables, handbrake itself, steering wheel diagrams in hand brake cable problem page on this site & paul you came up with a link to a site on workshop manuals & part list books pages available on dattos in that page & that is where they are for everyone to enjoy. Go to Hand Brake Problem page on this site to see them. LilDat, l think it is a two seater model. Your thinking of the double cab model. See down loaded photo with this reply LilDat. Tray have a look on the firewall (The wall at the Back of engine) & see id plate & it will say what model it is? If missing, Problems. Photo will help us to see what it is tray. Good luck with the repaint job! Keep safe everyone. :cool: Bruns

odpl_tray
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Okay Guys! Pics are finally loaded under the pics thread.

Enjoy!

odpl_tray
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Hi Bruno,
It's the ute. I had a look at yours, she is lovely. My hubby and I are tossing up whether to keep her original or not...

odpl_tray
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Hi,
She has one bench seat, is that what you mean? I have posted pics under the Photo album part of the site under Pics of my new 1964 ute. Have a look at her!
Tray


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