{"id":43261,"date":"2019-07-19T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=43261"},"modified":"2019-07-19T13:25:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T18:25:51","slug":"datsun-1600-roadster-with-a-ford-flathead-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=43261","title":{"rendered":"Building a Datsun 1600 Roadster with a Ford Flathead V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Datsun-1600-Roadster-with-a-Ford-Flathead-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=43267\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Datsun-1600-Roadster-with-a-Ford-Flathead-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Datsun 1600 Roadster with a Ford Flathead V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Datsun 1600 Roadster with a Ford Flathead V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Datsun-1600-Roadster-with-a-Ford-Flathead-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Datsun-1600-Roadster-with-a-Ford-Flathead-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Datsun 1600 Roadster with a Ford Flathead V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Datsun-1600-Roadster-with-a-Ford-Flathead-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Datsun-1600-Roadster-with-a-Ford-Flathead-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Datsun-1600-Roadster-with-a-Ford-Flathead-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Datsun-1600-Roadster-with-a-Ford-Flathead-V8-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Dimitri_Lazaris\/\">Dimitri Lazaris<\/a> started a new video build series on his 1969 Datsun 1600 Roadster. Dimitri plans on replacing the factory 1600 cc inline-four and four-speed manual transmission with a stroked 296 ci Flathead V8 and T5 five-speed manual transmission. The first three videos in the build has Dimitri explaining the project, removing the Datsun engine and transmission, and why he chose the Flathead V8.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iVEkHN3oC8Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fmY6oshH1Vk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/34spkP9d0hc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCmNffinBOQKKvGIWW5xVOOg\">Dimitri_Lazaris<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimitri Lazaris started a new video build series on his 1969 Datsun 1600 Roadster. Dimitri plans on replacing the factory 1600 cc inline-four and four-speed manual transmission with a stroked 296 ci Flathead V8 and T5 five-speed manual transmission. The first three videos in the build has Dimitri explaining the project, removing the Datsun engine&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=43261\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Building a Datsun 1600 Roadster with a Ford Flathead V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":43267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[642],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roadster"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Datsun-1600-Roadster-with-a-Ford-Flathead-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131006,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131006","url_meta":{"origin":43261,"position":0},"title":"1967 Datsun 1600 with a SR20DET","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"We found this 1967.5 Datsun 1600 for sale on Bring a Trailer in Aztec, New Mexico. 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