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[Datsun 1200 encyclopedia]

JON'S KILLER DATSUN COUPE BUILD

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Fast Fours & Rotaries September 2015 featuring primered KB110 out of Adelaide

Cover

cover blurb: "YOUR BUILDS: JON'S DATSUN COUPE"
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(no photo on cover of the coupe)

MAIN MENU (table of contents) small photo 26 primer KB110: "26"
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Page 26

YOUR BUILDS
JON’S KILLER DATSUN COUPE BUILD
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JON’S BUSY BUILDING ONE MEAN LITTLE ’70 DATSUN

The 1970 Datsun 1200 coupe was a second-owner vehicle with just 118,000km, full service history and books. It was supposed to be a quick clean up and drive project.

Once I started stripping it back and saw how clean and original it was, the project just grew from there.

The attraction was with the vehicle being a 1970 build, and being born in 1970 myself, it was more about the sentimental nature of building a vehicle of my birth year.

Rather than go the usual route and converting to EFI and turbo, I wanted to keep the car period correct, looking at option and mods available in the period and in keeping with the heritage of the vehicle.

At the time I was looking at engine options, a crashed 1200 sedan that had competed in Classic Adelaide was on the market. The 1200 raced by Zac Caudo had been well set up and been very competitive in the outright classic competition, and the car had met its fate on a dirt rally event.

The engine is an A15 that was originally built by Road & Track here in Adelaide, and since purchasing the motor I have done further improvements:

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Check out what Jon is up to at his AutoHaus- Hahndorf business on his Facebook page www.facebook.com/Hahndorfautohaus

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Photos

Cherry Blossom rims
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Fender Flares
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full strip-and-paint inside and underneath
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before & after front air dam
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A15 with roller rockers, dual Webers & Tomei valve cover
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