nice B210/120Y that grill looks like a aussie late model 120Y grill - my 1977 120Y had an indentical grille before I removed it...

the US grill would have had the indicators in the grille...

Urban_Myth they aren't that different...

our 120Y has the bracket under the rear bumper for the licence plate where the US spec B210 has the licence plate between the taillights...
The B210 was sold in many european countries but they are the LHD version of what us aussies got...

my reccomendation... get the aussie style bumpers and rear licence plat frame/lights

I have a 1977 120Y four door sedan FARM HACK (has a BW diff ) I have removed:

Carpet,
Hoodling,
All associated "plastic crap",
Heater (may return),
soundeadening behind heater,
unneeded srcew on brackets,
plastic cover over handbrake,
Doortrims (put 'em back on - didn't want to be bitten by a well hidden redback!),

I recently replaced the factory (stuffed) 3N71B 3 speed auto - with F4W60L - 4 speed manual,

It also has a hotdog muffler under the passenger seat

I could also remove the front passenger seat, rear seat bits, and relavant seat belts... but I occasionally have passengers so I won't do that.

do a search for "The Defect" here on Datsun1200.com

probably about 20Kg ligher than a standard 120Y manual (probably about 655) stock 4 speed (aussie) manual 120Y is 675)

but then again it has the auto tunnel - don't know what weight difference there is there...

I remember going to Southside Mitsubishi (to get a spare key for my sister's '96 excel and they had brand new 3.5 litre V6's that had intake manifold but no plenium, injectors or wiring/computer for $3500 I instantly thought "what a great engine for a Datsun 1000, 1200, 120Y, Sunny or similar sized vehicle!" as they are a 60 degree V6 - lots of room for a pair of racing snails!

I have a 1977 120Y (B210), that is my farm hack, as an auto it was gutless!, but I found a hotdog/cherrybomb muffler in the shed, where the engine pipe flattens out to go under the car I cut off about half a metre back from there and put the hotdog/cherrybomb in the "cavity" under the passengers seat as an auto top speed went from 75 Km/h to 100 Km/h but now that it is a manual it goes VERY well now! also because my 120Y isn't road worthy I did some things that you might not get away with on a road car like removing hoodlining, carpet, all the "interior plastic crap", heater(it may go back in though!)

I wouldn't copy my exhaust sytem exactly just get rid of the stock muffler.

I t never occured to me that part was on the end of the crank... Someone should have written an auto to Manual coversion article and I would have found the correct info, then again asking dad if he could "machine a few thou off the back of the flywheel might have been a good thing...

but "The Defect" is back together again, and I have only had one chance to have a drive of it, it seems fine the clutch works correctly, and "The Defect" seems more powerful- almost TOO powerful I shouldn't have lightened it off so much as a auto!

"The Defect" doesn't get driven much anyway so it should last a while anyway

I am hoping to get another 120Y complete less motor and gearbox, and I hope to have an A14 or A15 in that one...

I have Definitely learnt that there isn't 2 crank spiggot sizes but there is a machined piece on the end of the crank on auto A12's.

however with the flywheel/clutch issues Phunk...

"sooner or later... Time will tell"

THERE ARE manual AND auto spiggot bushes on A series motors, my farm hack 120Y "The Defect" has both!

everone scratches their head!?

simple "The Defect" was an auto, and recently had a manual conversion, but when the flywheel was put up to the back of the A12 the flyweel was a small spiggot and the A12 was a large spiggot which was remedied by machining the flywheel to the large spiggot

the flywheel was also machined to fit over the auto spiggot bush, to prevent the flywheel "going on holiday, via leg"

good idea Saltwater, if the B210 is good nick apart from the rusty strut towers, if the front frame rails are good you could always cut everything from the firewall off (bar chassis/frame rails) and have an aftermarket strut or dual wishbone setup instead!

just an idea though!

by "rusted" do you mean like this?

this ia a photo of my March 1977 Datsun 120Y (B210) 4 door sedan known as "The Defect"

from what I understand where the guards bolt on is a place where all 120Y's/B210's rust badly-I have never attempted to fix either of my 120Y shells as the rust in my 120Y is terminal, I also have a '74 4 door sedan bodyshell that is alot better condition and it is rusted there too!

I can only recomend that you take your 120Y (B210) to a few panelbeaters and get a few quotes...

or if you are a good enough welder remove the front guards and get into it!

.... talking about Ford engines in Ford cars on a Datsun site is a Dat- SIN!

289... course - I forgot about the good ol' 289!
damn "brain fart"