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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)
2. Black headlamp surrounds (coupe GX)
3. With Silver center strip (coupe non-GX)

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

See Main Article: Coupe_Grille

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

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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

From October 1989
* JDM Sunny Truck (late B122)
* South Africa bakkie (B140)

Facelift Grille

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

Coupe

Coupe continued to use the original grille during the 1972 facelift.

1972 Sedan grille fitted to a coupe:
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Sedan

See main article: Sedan Grille, Facelift

Customized Grilles

Blackout center ornament
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120Y grille
Post 471955

four-eye
Album 10528

Chrome highlights
Album 26395

FRP
Album 20646

Kustom grille
Album 11725

Color Matched
Album 2099 Album 2100

JDM look

Coupe-grille with custom insert
Album 5859 Album 6761 Album 7497 Album 16539 Album 9956 Album 9955

Flush

Album 2843 Album 7061

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

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Blackout Grille

Coupe/Ute grille painted black
Album 3972 Album 15846 Album 22270

Square Eye Retrofit

rectangular headlights - dual or quad

See Main Article: Square Light Grille

Billet

Aluminum Slat
Post 461992

Post 461992 Album click to view Post 461992

GDM Style

Mercedes
Album 8584

BMW

VW Caddy look (see post for more pics)
Post 476836 Album 5668

Bimmer E30 datsunb120
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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