My Datsun 1600.

Datsun 1972 1600 saki.

Kuma ba tsarar jarirai ce ke haifar da girma ba. Waɗannan matasa ne da yawa a cikin 20s zuwa 30s waɗanda ke son Mazdas, Datsuns da Toyotas na shekarun sittin da saba'in.

Brett Montague ya mallaki 1972 1600 Datsun na tsawon shekaru hudu. Shi da mahaifinsa Jim sun same shi a wani gidan Victoria bayan dogon bincike a duk fadin kasar. Brett ya ce: "An yi amfani da ita azaman motar tseren fasinja."

Abin da Brett yake so shi ne, duk da tsatsa da tsatsa, kusan babu tsatsa a motar. Kanikanci ne a sana'a, don haka gyaran bai haifar masa da matsala ba. Duk da yake Brett yana so ya ajiye motar kamar yadda aka samar da kayayyaki kamar yadda zai yiwu, sha'awar yin amfani da motar a kowace rana a cikin 21st karni na zirga-zirga ya canza tunaninsa game da hanyar maidowa.

Jim ya ci gaba da labarin: "Muna so mu kiyaye shi kamar yadda zai yiwu, amma nan da nan ya bayyana a fili cewa ana buƙatar wasu gyare-gyare don sauƙaƙa tuƙi a cikin zirga-zirgar yau da kullum don tabbatar da aminci da kulawa." Brett ya ce an maye gurbin ainihin injin mai lita 1.6 da sigar lita 2 daga Datsun 200B. An haɗa nau'i biyu na carburetors na Weber zuwa ɓangarorinsa don ƙara ƙarfin wutar lantarki.

“Birkin fayafai sun ɗan fi na asali girma, kuma kujerun gaba sune tsoffin Skylines. Akwatin gear kuma shine tsohon Skyline mai sauri 5. An ɗan ƙara ƙarawa cikin komai sai rediyo. Har yanzu rukunin AM na asali ne,” in ji Brett.

Hankalin daki-daki a Datsun ba shi da ƙarfi. Motar ta yi kama da sabuwa kuma tana samun bita da kulli a duk lokacin da aka fitar da ita don nunawa.

1600 ita ce motar da ta kawo ainihin masana'antar Japan zuwa matakin duniya. Da farko aka sake shi a cikin 1968, an sayar da shi azaman Bluebird a Japan, 510 a Amurka, da 1600 a wasu ƙasashe.

Abin da ya banbanta shi shine dakatarwarta ta baya mai zaman kanta da daidaitaccen birki na gaba a cikin duniyar da har yanzu ana tilastawa masu amfani da manyan axles na baya tare da maɓuɓɓugan ganye da birki na ganga. Datsun bai ɓoye gaskiyar cewa sun yi amfani da BMW a matsayin abin tunani da kuma ilhama ba. Abu mai kyau sun sayar da 1600 akan rabin farashin BMW.

Tsayawan dakatarwar 1600's ya sa su zama masu tseren tsere da motocin gangami. Sun ci nasara ajin su a Bathurst a 1968, 1969, 1970 da 1971, kuma nasarar da aka samu ya sa su kasance suna da matsayi a fagen fama.

David Burrell, editan www.retroautos.com.au