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-	1920: Jitsuyo's first product is the small three-wheeled "Gorham" car. Production of Gorham 3-wheeler continues until 1922. About 150 Gorhams are sold.	+	1920: Jitsuyo's first product is the small three-wheeled "Gorham" car. Production of Gorham 3-wheeler. About 150 Gorhams are sold.
-	1921: William R. Gorham and ???? (Takayoshi Goto) create a four-wheel car design, but then Gorham leaves Jitsuyo to work for Tobata Castings. About 100 of these cars are sold.	+	1921 October 24: Gorham 1 car ended (3-wheeler)
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		+	1921 November: William R. Gorham and ???? (Takayoshi Goto) completes a four-wheel car design by converting the Gorham to four wheels, but then Gorham leaves Jitsuyo to work for Tobata Castings. About 100 of these cars are sold.
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-	= Merger of DAT and Jitsuyo =	+	1923: 1st Lila completed
-	1926: DAT and Jitsuyo merge, to form ???????????? (DAT Automobile Manufacturing Co.,). Headquarters are in Osaka. Jitsuyo, in the face of intense competition from Ford and GM in Japan, was only selling about 150 cars per year. It barely survived by taking on work from Kubota and even GM. Therefore a merger with DAT was sought. DAT had military truck contracts, so was in better condition than Jitsuyo.	+
-	1930: New small car design completed, with 500cc engine fitting. Production is intended.	+	1924: Lila modified for worm gear by Goto
	= DAT Co. =		= DAT Co. =
	1925: ???? ??? (Kwaishinsha Automobile Co.) is renamed to ???? ???????? (DAT Automobile Co.)		1925: ???? ??? (Kwaishinsha Automobile Co.) is renamed to ???? ???????? (DAT Automobile Co.)
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		+	= Merger of DAT and Jitsuyo =
		+	1926: DAT and Jitsuyo merge, to form ???????????? (DAT Automobile Manufacturing Co.,). Headquarters are in Osaka. Jitsuyo, in the face of intense competition from Ford and GM in Japan, was only selling about 150 cars per year. It barely survived by taking on work from Kubota and even GM. Therefore a merger with DAT was sought. DAT had military truck contracts, so was in better condition than Jitsuyo.
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		+	1928: DAT 91 planned (500cc class)
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		+	1929: DAT 91 experimental testing
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		+	1930 August: DAT 91 small car design (Datson) completed, with 500cc engine fitting. Production is intended.
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-	1932: Datson mark is renamed Datsun, a more harmonious spelling. Reportedly though perhaps apocryphal, is that after the DAT factory was victimized by flooding during a typhoon, it was attributed to the "son" in Datson (son in Japanese means 'loss'). In any case, the spelling was changed to "sun". Interestingly it fits with the Japanese 'sun' flag logo shown on the 1931 Dotson catalog. Sun has no particular meaning in Japanese, except that it is pronounced 'san'. Nominally, san is a title of respect, roughly equivalent to the english Mr. or Mrs.	+	1932 March: Datson mark is renamed Datsun, a more harmonious spelling. Reportedly though perhaps apocryphal, is that after the DAT factory was victimized by flooding during a typhoon, it was attributed to the "son" in Datson (son in Japanese means 'loss'). In any case, the spelling was changed to "sun". Interestingly it fits with the Japanese 'sun' flag logo shown on the 1931 Dotson catalog. Sun has no particular meaning in Japanese, except that it is pronounced 'san'. Nominally, san is a title of respect, roughly equivalent to the english Mr. or Mrs.
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		+	1932 April 15: Datsun ????? (Automobile Chamber of Commerce) established
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	* Sedan weight: 400 kg, Overall length: 2710mm, Width: 1175mm, Tire Size: 24"x4", Wheelbase: 1880mm, Track: 965mm		* Sedan weight: 400 kg, Overall length: 2710mm, Width: 1175mm, Tire Size: 24"x4", Wheelbase: 1880mm, Track: 965mm
	* Made in Osaka		* Made in Osaka
-	* Engine: 747cc, 56mm bore x 76mm stroke, 12PS @ 3000 rpm, top speed 65kph	+	* Engine: 747cc, 56mm bore

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