The Datsun 14T was a small
truck based on the 1935 Datsun 14 sedan.
The previous Datsun 13t truck differed
from the sedan in that it used a rather plain painted radiator grille rather
than the ornate grille of the sedan. All that changed in 1935 when the
Datsun 14T truck used the entire front section of the 14 sedan, including
it's beautiful and ornate love heart shaped chrome plated grille. 
The Datsun 14T also used the new "leaping
bunny rabbit" emblem that was fitted to the Datsun 14 sedan for the first
time. In the years before the Datsun name arrived, the company building
these cars was called DAT. The company was named DAT to honour the original
investors in the company. DAT was the initials of the surnames of the three
investors, Den, Aoyama and Takeuchi. DAT also happened to be the Japanese
word for hare, or fast rabbit. In 1935 Nissan decided to
make the most of the rabbit accociation, and to incorporate a rabbit into
the design of the new Datsun 14. Ryuichi Tomiya designed a beautiful leaping
rabbit radiator mascot for the Datsun 14, which was along the same lines
as the Lincoln Greyhound mascot and the later Jaguar leaping cat. Sadly
this beautiful and distinctive feature was only used on the Datsun 14 and
14T.
Much of the body of the Datsun 14T was pretty much the same
as that of the previous Datsun 13T, the main difference being that the
bonnet is shorter thanks to the use of the sedan's sloping grille. Mechanically
she was different though. The old DAT engine of the Datsun 13T was replaced
with the new Datsun Type 7 engine, which was a side valve 4 cylinder engine
with a displacement of 722cc. The new engine was actually slightly smaller
than the old DAT engine, but at 15hp it was more powerful.
The Datsun 14T was in production from April 1935 until April
1936. |
An early 1936 Japanese language sales brochure for the Datsun
14 model range.
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1935
Datsun 14T
Specifications
Length - 2800mm
Width - 1200mm
Height - 1600mm
Wheelbase - 1980mm
Weight - unknown
Top speed - 80kph
Transmission - Floor change
3 speed |
Engine
Specifications
Model - Type 7
Side Valve 4 Cylinder
Capacity - 722cc
Bore & Stroke 55x76mm
Power - 15hp@3600rpm
Torque- unknown
Compression - unknown
Carburettor - unknown
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Final drive - unknown |
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