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hey datsik what are the differences between those 200b's? can't say i've ever seen one but i'd like to. i've always been led to believe that they were all imported due to the mirror plugs on the fenders.were they the early or later models?

yep, there definitelty are some IRS 200B sedans in Aus.

The 180BSSS coupe is a nice car. They look great lowered a little with the right set of old school wheels. Nice sleek shape, and the IRS can easily be made to work very well. I'll try to remember to bring in a pic of a mate's race car - it looks great. You can even squeeze one of the 6cyl L series under there without firewall mods - hell, the factory even did it!

I'm a little bit bias, as i had a 180B as my first car. As said before they are a good cruiser, mine was a sedan with IRS, it also had genuine (fake) wood grain so it was also luxurious. With a worked L20 and Webers it would of ran low 14's and troubled a few V8's in my area. I used to run the standard hubcaps and the thing used to rock at idle. The are a good car but when dealing with cars if this age i think it's a case of better the devil you know.

FWIW, In the US only the '73 Coupe had IRS (I think). My '73 Coupe had it, but all of the others I've seen (mostly 4drs) didn't.

Matt, what's under yours?

All USA 610 Coupes and 4drs had IRS. It was the 710's that were all solid axle. We never got a 610 SSS model, and I believe that OZ only got them because they were assembled downunda. Correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, the Oz 180B SSS is not as high spec as the JDM Bluebird-U. Another interesting tidbit: the 610 was the most luxurious Datsun sold here. Due in part to the fuel crisis, Nissan USA decided not to import the Skyline, Laurel, or Gloria.

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The Datsun U is one of my all time favorite Dattos ...I thought they had the LZ20 fitted and were race only cars. I have a cover off an old Aussie Wheels magazine somewhere with a U in blue with bubble flares and Minilite style wide rims....it looks awesome.

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They have different front ends.
The ones with the solid axles have a piece of metal running up the middle. ie they have a split front grill.(like....a vertical metal section running up between the head lights)
Where as the ones with indepent rears, have grills similar to 1600, 180B.
The solids were made in Aust, the independent ones were made in JApan.
I don't reaallly pay much attn to 200b so i am a bit rusty on the differences in front end looks, so I may be incorrect about the front end differences.

The 610 sedan and SSS coupes were sold here and in continental Europe. All the coupes sold here were Japanese built with twin carb L18's and were known as "180B SSS coupes". All 610's apart from wagons had IRS. 610 sedans here came with a choice of L16 or L18 and were subsequently known as either 160B or 180B dependant on engine size.
Japanese models include the 2000GTX six cylinder versions in both sedan and coupe. These have the L20A with EFI.These are longer wheelbase and have a noticably longer bonnet than the four cylinder versions.
In the Japanese brochures I have both the four and six cylinder cars came badged as a Bluebird-U. I'm still not 100% clear what the U means.

As Mat pointed out US spec 710 coupes came with solid axles unlike our SSS versions which had IRS. Here all 710 sedans were solid axle and all coupes IRS. All the coupes sold here were SSS models with twin carb L16's, later ones having 5 speed gearboxes. In Japan the range was much more confusing. Both sedan and coupe could be had as SSS models with IRS, but both also came as lower spec cars with solid axles! The engine choice in production 710's is more limited though with all having L series, some with EFI.

All 810's sold here came with a choice or L16 and L18 again and all apart from the wagon had IRS. The coupe was a "180B SSS" again, like the 610.
The range of 810's worldwide is very confusing as they came with both IRS and solid axles as well as engines including L series, Z18's and L24E's. They also came in both long and short wheelbase but suprisingly the long wheelbase version could be had with a four cylinder engine. Odd.
The 200B is an australia only thing, although there is one here in the UK.