Charlotte's CA18DET Datsun 1600 - Updates

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This car has now been sold so there will be no further updates.

29th June 2004 - [6 new images] - After almost three years of love, time, and money that went into this car - it's finally time to move on ...

15th April 2004 - [7 new images] - After about 4 months off the road, the 1600 is finally back in business!

7th January 2004 - [5 new images] - The CA18 has been getting a fair bit of blowby in recent months ...

19th November 2003 - [3 new images] - I have finally got my car back! Definitely worth the wait though ...

18th September 2003 - [5 new images] - Well after a relatively trouble-free few months, disaster has struck the little datto once again...

17th July 2003 - [8 new images]

10th April 2003 - [3 new images]

28th January 2003 - [3 new images] - The first update for 2003...

12th December 2002 - [19 new images] - A big update detailing BOV and oil catch can addition with images...

18th November 2002 - [6 new images] - Some people have been asking about my radiator setup so here are some pics...

22nd August 2002 - [6 new images]

22nd August 2002 - [update only] - Some good news with the datto - its finally running!! Still no interior or panels ...

20th July 2002 - [6 new images] - We have been doing a few things with the datto lately ...

13th July 2002 - [6 new images]

9th July 2002 - [6 new images] - Being on holidays we managed to get a bit of work in ourselves last week ...

13th June 2002 - [3 new images] - I didn't think it would be this soon but we actually have some stuff to report already...

20th May 2002 - [3 new images] - Some very sad news unfortunately - the datto is out of action...

29th April 2002 - [1 new image (dyno chart)] - We took the datto in the DUEL Import Dyno Challenge yesterday...

25th April 2002 - [update only] Ok well the car is FINALLY ON THE ROAD...

1st April 2002 - [10 new images] - Still no printout for the 180 hp dyno run, sorry...

18th March 2002 - [update only] - More dramas! This time though they might be a blessing in disguise...

19th February 2002 - [3 new images] - Well we got the car back on the 4th of Feb...

22nd January 2002 - [6 new images] - At the moment we are still waiting for the car to be tuned...

16th January 2002 - [update only] - Everything is now finished...

3rd January 2002 - [6 new images] - We now have the datto back in our possession...

31st December 2001 - [6 new images] - I have been meaning to update this page for the last couple of weeks, but...

28th November 2001 - [14 new images] - Ok I finally have some more images of the conversion process...

5th November 2001 - [update only] - Well the conversion has been taking a little longer than expected...

26th September 2001 - [4 new images] - The engine conversion is underway now...

3rd September 2001 - [update only] - Just a quick update this week...

21st August 2001 - [6 new images] - Finally the car is painted...

8th August 2001 - [3 new images] - Well we ran out of time on the weekend to prime the whole car...

1st August 2001 - [2 new images] - The engine bay has now been sandblasted and primed...

14th July 2001 - [10 new images] - We have almost finished getting the body stripped...

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