
Hi everyone.
On Saturday July 19 I made the trip to Buckley WA and picked up the 1200 sedan that Biggc2 had forsale. The car is in pretty good shape considering that it has spent 32 years in the Pacific north west. All the trim and bumpers are in great shape. Needs lots of work removing rust and replacing chuncks of the floorboard that have rusted away.
This picture shows the good side of the car! The drivers door has a dent in it.
Sure feels good to be driving around in a 1200 again. So much fun

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This 1200 would be #8 in the life long datto 1200 obsession if I get to count parts cars too. 5 sedans, 2 coupes, and a '63 1200 wagon. Other dattos owned were a '71 510 wagon, a '66 1600 roadster, and a '71 521 Pickup.
Here is a link to my home page. It deals mostly with lunitic fringe audio projects. There are more pictures of the sedan plus a couple of pictures of my old rally car that I built back in the middle '80's. I will add more pictures of past 1200's as I dig them out of the box of photos and scan them. Click on the Datsun 1200 photos link.
Gary P's home pageThings done so far:
Remounted alternator. It was barely hanging there.
Adjusted the voltage regulator. Charging system was not working very good. Bent the appropriate tab in the voltage regulator to get the system voltage to 15 volts with lights on.
Wirebrushed the and painted centers of the wheels. The paint looks so much better than rust over chrome!
Purchased new tires that clear the fenders. Got some really high performance 155/80 13 all season tires...

Tempoarary fix so I can enjoy driving the car around while I gather up the all the new suspension parts I want. Looking for 1980 210 struts and a 69-73 510 station wagon rear axle. Both changes increase the track 1.5". Lets you use 15x6 Saab/? offset front wheel drive wheels.
Brazed the drivers seat frame back together. Right now I'm wishing that I didn't sell my MIG welder... but 3 years ago during my divorce the money was more important than having a MIG welder in the closet of the room I was renting...
Made a new gasket for between the air cleaner and carb. Aircleaner was just rattling around on top of the carb chewing up the aluminum of the carb and feeding it to the engine! New gasket is a piece of vacuum tubing with a slit cut in it. The slit goes over the flange of the aircleaner and makes a serviceable gasket. Still have to do my standard mods to the carb. Primary is pretty flat as it sits now.
Trying to find a front brake rotor. Right front needs to be changed.
Removed all the stick on moldings that were on the car. Door edge protector, Side molding, and fender lip moldings. I prefer the clean look.
Replaced the side mirrors.
This gets the car into a resonably servicable state. Good enough that I can drive around and have some fun. In the big picture this is just the beginning of a long trip...
The plan is after the suspension mods are done to do a CA engine swap. Has anyone tried putting the CA18 head on the CA20 block? Would like to get a good amount of HP without using the turbo.
Gary