Hi everyone.
Does anyone have an old Clarion radio for the Datsun 1200.

Thanks everyone.

Possible paint codes and names in order of likelihood is as follows.

931 Sunflower Gold or mustard (name seems to vary depending on the region) 23577
920 Gold Poly 23576
938 Sahari Gold Poly 23615 (this is a 1972 colour. My car is from 1971)

I'm still trying to work out the colour codes for the rocker cover and alternator adjuster arm. I can't remember if the engine mount brackets where also some sort of blue. I may have figured out the colour code for the air filter cover but am not sure. Any advice or suggestions would be great.

When I get the chance I'm going to see if I can get some paint samples mixed and do a comparisons myself but I have no idea about the blue for the rocker cover. Mine was stripped back and resprayed black many years ago by someone and is now flaking so I was thinking about getting it back to stock colours again so any help would be amazing.

If I find out in the meantime I will post it here to help others if need be.
Thanks everyone.

Does anyone know the exact paint code and name for this colour Datsun 1200 coupe (this isn't my car). I've tried finding it online but haven't had any luck with it so far. The closest I got was the code 931 but I am not sure if its the one or if there were variations in the Australian market.

Thanks for the help everyone.

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I had been a lurker for a number of years then a registered user but then went back to lurking on an off for a few years and as such I was never anyone worth mentioning or remembering on this forum but I have noticed the steady decline in content over the years.

I hope nobody minds me saying so but I feel its partially due to the website being so outdated which makes it difficult to navigate and evidentially upload images. I wonder if there is an option to update the entire website, maybe have a 'how to' forum category that we can all submit our own little repairs complete with step by step pics and updates. I know I would have personally loved a few detailed pointers from some of the more experienced datto owners here.

There is honestly a wealth of knowledge here and I love this site but its being squandered. Another thing that would help would be Tag lines on stuff. Although Nissan did a great job of making these cars and being similar across regions they are just that... similar and not exactly the same so perhaps something like having [AUS], [US], [JPN], [EU] etc in the front of your post. A good example of that for me right now is trying to figure out the hazard light switch situation in Australia and I guess it also depends on the year and make of the car such as coupe, sedan, ute or wagon so there are lots of variables that need to be considered.

Another issue is the search on this forum is horrendous especially as a no member, its not exactly inviting to potential new members to hit up a search and find bubkes.

Does anyone have an idea what the issue is that is holding the website back from a facelift of sorts.
Xoops is wildly outdate (2009) and the weakest of all forum software packages. Whilst some software costs money there are plenty of decent free bulletin board software such as phpbb2/phpbb3 which would help this site immensely. A frontend portal could be developed for the site too which would link into the forum also to maintain the amazing collection of data wiki data we already have.
All in all though, I don't wanna rock the boat because this website has been around for such a long time and has so much value, it would be the worst if I said all this and push for too much only to have the website fall under the weight of these expectations.

I'm not particularly fond of facebook either to be honest. I'd love to see this website reclaim its place as the premiere place for all datsun needs.

Not only will your bonnet line up properly with the guard trim line but you will also prevent the transference of vibration to the bonnet, long term exposure to excessive vibrations may cause your bonnet to warp, mine has now warped and is not connected to the frame. Rubbers cost nothing so best you buy them while you still can. :)

What I'd like to know is if this will fit an early datsun 1200 a12 front mount distributor.

The coupe cowl vents can be found on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DATSUN-NIS ... ories&hash=item20d30e52bc

I'm pretty sure they sell them in a flat silver and also a plain black from time to time.
These are very reasonable aftermarket replicas and probably the only ones you'll find in this day and age.

Best of luck with the dash, if anyone can help you its here :)

How is the progress coming along on those Datsun 1200 coupe tail lights and rear bumpers?

Beat me to it DD, I took a photo of mine too :D

Yeah as you can tell the spring sits in between the door panel and the assembly, there is a little slot where you hook it at. As seen in the photo above.

Thanks for the tip, I never knew something as simple as a spring can be so hard to find.

Hmm, I don't remember at the top of my head, worst case scenario I'll take off my door skin tomorrow afternoon after work and find out for you. I've been meaning to open mine up anyway to try fix that very thing, the spring snapped for some reason on my car and its a bugger finding another one off the rack so I am trying to work with the broken one I do have, until I find a replacement LoL.