the thing will power along no matter what ya put it in lol will be a beasty little car.

haha i hope so!
a CA18DET will go nicely i think!
cheers
Dan

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He got it from me! It has been my wife's, and then my daily driver for the last 10 years - some people may have spotted it parked by Adelaide Uni as I work there I'll miss the thumbs up, and many comments at the servo I have had over the years but it is time for a 4 door car. I'll be going back to a BMW... 1200 4 doors are too expensive these days + I'm getting old and need a plush comfy ride

Good to see you're excited your purchase Dan. I found the posts on your ute build (it looks fantastic) and I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the old coupe! I think blue would suit it as you've suggested, although if you want the ultimate sleeper, maybe think about the factory pale yellow!

Just my 2 cents on the front end... don't worry about the stanza stuff. It already has the late 120Y struts, hubs and brakes (PBR), so just bolt on the S13 brakes suit the CA with some uprated springs. Your track width won't change anywhere near as much as with the stanza gear.

See here (although there are many posts on this conversion):

http://datsun1200.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=13907

See you tomorrow when you pop round to pick it up. I'll get home from work around 5:30 - 6:00.

Cheers
Luke

nice car,keep a12 and slam it,ca is so common now hard to find one without.and are you able to drive a ca 1200 at your age in your state?

yeah i was thinking that too
i dont think you can legaly drive a 1200 with any other engine,
so i think your safest bet would be to drive the ute

you can get a 1200 engineered in SA with a ca18det and even sr20det if you wanted to ... i agree with the s13 upgrade, much better than stanza stuff and i'd be willing to help ya out with the machining if ya want

And he can drive it in SA to!!!

The CA will be reliable for a daily if its relatively stock. As far as not butchering it, I have only had to cut one hole (for the gear stick), as i didn't want to completely cut the car up. So it is possible to put it back to standard if anyone really wanted to.
Ultimately it's your car so good luck which ever way you go.

=S why... lol, im still doing my ute. and here you are running off buying a coupe. envious much. =P

Cant wait to see what it comes out like, if its anything like your ute its sure to be neat & clean.

i have a question.

where do you get all this money from?

hahaha