Facelift

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For 1972, Japan Domestic Market models received a minor change. It was given a facelift with new taillights, grille & trim on the sedan & new dash & interiors on both the Coupe & Sedan & Van (truck was unchanged). Note that the new hood, commonly called a "GX bonnet", was actually used for all trim, including Deluxe, GL, GX and even Standard too.

Overview

Included in the 1972 facelift were new:

• Badges

  

• Bonnet - except Van continued to use the original

  

• Sedan Tail Lights (coupe lights did not change)

  

• Interior trim & Door Cards

  Coupe

  Sedan (design continued with B120 pickups)

• Sedan Grille (coupe grille did not change)

  

• Hooded Dash

  

• Hooded-gauge Instrument Panel

  

• Revised Gauges with new Font face

  

• new anti-glare covers for gauges

  

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Sedan

Sedan received updated Grille and Tail Lamps for the Facelift. By contrast, Coupes continued with the original items.

1972 Sedan - 昭和47 (S47). B110 was sold 1970-1972 in Japan, with the B210 debuting during 1972.

Van changes were similar to the sedan, with the exception that Van continued to use the original bonnet.

New grille, bonnet & badges
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Rear: new taillights & badges
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Export Markets

Export models continued as before. The export Datsun 1200s were continuations of the basic 1970-1971 car with only mechanical improvements as they were introduced into production. For the most part, none of the Facelift body & trim upgrades were included.

Utes used the Facelift sedan door panel card design.

Datsun 620 pickup used the Facelift gauge designs (speedometer & clock). Utes 1978-up adopted them too.

South Africa sedans used the Facelift grille

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