Hi all my name is Tom I've just turned 17 and my parents bought me a 1971 datto 1200 coupe about 2 years ago, since then me and dad (mostly dad) have been sneaking away into the garage and doing some extreme work to it so Yeah this thread is to show you what we have done over these past years and what we are still doing to it. I'll post pics up until now then I'll update it every now and then to show you what we have done to it recently.




this is how we purchased the car but we had just picked up some mags for it a few days before and put new tyres on the back







After a few weeks we started getting into getting the interior looking a bit better, dad did all that himself and wow did he do a good job of what. We also put in a carpet which it seemed to lack when we bought it plus some seat covers for the original bucket seats.










I also purchased some 6.5 splits and 6x9 speakers plus a new head deck.







new front wheels and same mags as back ones put on a month before this pic and a few things had been re-chromed as well. Also i was one mirror down so i decided to get a new pair which turned out alright in terms of looks.



new race seats YAY!




i was about to sit my practical driving assessment so the old datto was getting quite a run around.






prepping the car ready for the new engine (it was the one on the site a while a go it was the A15 turbo) as well as fixing all the rust and all the bogging which had been used from previous owners.




I'm currently just uploading some pics of the new engine in the engine bay as well as the new gearbox and diff. I'll post them tomorrow.