Datsun 17T
{{Infobox automobile
| image = 1938 Datsun 17T.jpg
| caption = Datsun 17T
| name = Datsun 17T
| manufacturer = Datsun/Nissan
| production =
| model_years = 1938-1944
| layout = FR layout
| assembly = Japan
| body_style = Truck
| predecessor = Datsun 15T
| successor = Datsun 1121
| engine = {{convert|722|cc|cuin|1|abbr=on}} Type 7 I4
| transmission = 3 speed manual
| wheelbase = {{convert|2005|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|3187|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|1190|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
}}
The Datsun 17T was a small truck produced in Japan from 1938 until 1944. It was also used by the Japanese armed forces in the Second Sino-Japanese War and in World War II.
Design
The Datsun 17T was almost identical to the preceding Datsun 15T but distinguished by a wider vertical bar in middle of the front grille.{{cite web|last=Bent|first=Alan|title=1938 Datsun 17T Truck|website= Early Datsun | url=http://www.earlydatsun.com/datsun17t.html|year=2016|accessdate=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526142603/http://www.earlydatsun.com/datsun17t.html|archive-date=26 May 2017|url-status=dead}}
Drivetrain
The Datsun 17T was mechanically identical to the Datsun 17 with a {{convert|16|PS|abbr=on}} engine drove the rear wheels through a 3-speed gearbox to give the car a top speed of {{convert|80|kph|abbr=on}}.
Production
The Datsun 17T was produced in Yokohama from April 1938 to January 1944 and then resumed after the Second World War in 1949 with a different grille as the Datsun 3135 and with an almost identical grille in 1950 as the Datsun 4146.