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Datsun 1200 grilles vary between Coupe and Sedan. The Sedans used a stainless steel grille, while Coupes used a sporty plastic type. Wagons and early utes used the sedan grille, while newer utes use a coupe-like plastic grille. In Japan, the sedan grilles change for 1972.

Identification

#Stainless Grille: Sedan, Wagon & 1971-1978 ute

#Facelift Grille (1972 Sedan)

#Coupe Grille (black headlight surrounds)

#1978-1989 Ute Grille (silver headlight surrounds)

#Late Sunny Truck Grille (1989-2007)

Sunny Excellent Grille

Stainless Grille

See main article: Sedan Grille

Sedan grille "D" and "S" emblems

Late JDM intricate "S" grille emblem

Plastic Grilles

1. Silver headlamp surrounds (mid-model ute)
   * black center
2. Black headlamp surrounds (coupe)
   * black center with silver outline

Black headlight surrounds: (coupe)
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Silver headlight surrounds: Mid Pickup (1978-1989)
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Emblems: Rectangular for pickup, Round for coupe
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Coupe Grille

Coupe grille always has black headlight surrounds. Silver surround are for mid-model ute.

Black headlamp surrounds
* All black paint
* Silver center outline + silver center bar
* Silver center outline (GX)

62302-H1800 (exc. GX) Silver oval with Silver across the middle:
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62302-H2400 GX - black center bar
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1972 Facelift GX - same as pre-facelift except the emblem:

GX-5 Coupe grille winged 'S' emblem

South Africa GX (uses non-GX grille)
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Clone GX (using non-GX grille)
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GX Coupe
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Sunny Truck Grille

Early Truck

1971-1977 Sunny Truck, ute and bakkie used the stainless Sedan Grille.

Mid-Model Truck

1978-up Ute. This grille looks nearly identical to the Coupe grille:

Silver headlight surrounds (coupe has black surrounds)
Rectangular center emblem (Coupe is round)
Emblem screws have horizontal arrangement (Coupe is diagonal)

Coupe emblem - screws arranged diagonally

Pickup emblem - screws arranged (nearly) horizontally

To fit a Plastic grille to an early ute or sedan, add these tabs:

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Square Headlight Truck

See main article: Square Light Grille

JDM - From October 1989
Bakkie (B140)

Facelift Grille

For 1972, Japan-model 1200s received a minor facelift.

Coupe

Coupe continued to use the original grille.

Sedan

See main article: Sedan Grille#1972_Minor_Facelift

Customized Grilles

FRP

Kustom grille

Color Matched

Coupe-grille with custom insert

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Datrotor: Made up my own mirror finish stainless grill that deffenetly is a 1off.every single bolt that isn't hi tensile has been mirror polished finish and is all stainless

Blackout Grille

Coupe grille painted black

Ute grille painted black

Square Eye Retrofit

See Square Light Grille

square grille

Late Sunny Truck retro-fit on Coupe

Billet

Billet Grille

GDM Style

VW Mercedes BMW Bimmer

Mounting

Each grile type has unique mounting variation.

A plastic grill will not bolt in place of a sedan grille and vice-versa.

Ditto for round vs square headlight grilles.

The four Datsun 1200 grille types and their mount points

See:

Sedan Grille Mounting
Coupe Grille Mounting
Coupe Grille in Sedan: add the missing brackets.
Sedan Grille in late Sunny Truck
Coupe Grille in late Sunny Truck
- For a late Sunny Truck with square headlights, you also need to fit round headlights. See Converting