I do not recall anyone attempting to fit MX5 rear axle (IRS) to a 1200. One guy has fitted it to a Datsun 1300 pickup but that has a full frame.

Allright, time for an update now. Didn't do much except driving, made about 4000 km without any problems - besides a frozen battery two weeks ago. Car stood outside at -15°
Last week I spend some hours removing bitumen-coating in- and outside. Wish I hadn't..
Floor looked good... from the outside. There must have been an aquarium inside some time ago, the rocker panel rusted open below both doors and the floor panels are thin like paper.
Also discovered lots of rust at the longitudual member just underneath the leafspring socket in the back and tons of fibreglass on the front axle mounts. Feel quite uncomfortable thinking back of the last 4000 km..
After the new years brouhaha the car will be dissected. Rats, didn't want to start a restoration until the BMW is finished.

speaking of...: I found some mates here talking about a mazda mx5 rear axle conversion, is there actually anyone who made it? wasted mx5s are quite cheap over here and if i really have to build the floor and such from scratch, why not going for some improvement?

Yes! It seems they are mostly limousine, I see only one coupe.

Here is mine


2-door sedan

Thanks for the welcome!
Modding is not that easy over here. There is a 4dr with a CA18DET in germany, but its almost impossible to get it road legal. I'd like to get the most out of the suspension and do some minor motor mods, maybe twincarb and such. A dogleg 5-speed would be nice, too. But thinking of Shipping costs and the luck needed to find one...
@nzdatman: To enjoy tax benefits the car has to be older than 30 years, in good shape and quite stock or modified "contemporarily". There's a league of car-nazis called TÜV monitoring this historic condition.
It would be a nice story, if that nuremberg-dat was mine, but that time my 1200 was still in Switzerland, where it was delivered in 1972. It came to Hamburg 2008 and went down to Stuttgart last winter, where I got it a month ago to Munich.
Here are the german 1200s known to me: http://carsablanca.de/new_search/model_results/Car?q=Datsun+1200 the last 1200 is mine now.

In Portugal we have benefits too, we have an ensurance for about 50 us dollars and no taxes.

But I need to have 2 cars in my name , one recent car and a classic with 25 years or more to benefit the low classic ensurance.

I thought GL would be a base model, I might put the badges back on!

I saw a 1200 like that in Nuremberg when i was there in 2003. My girlfriend at the time was at university there. I was on a bus and saw a 1200 like that. I couldn't believe it! I remember it as being either white or light in colour. Where in Bavaria are you? What are the chances it's the same car? It was the only datsun I ever saw during my time in Germany!
What are the tax advantages for old cars there? I thought the tax got higher as the car got older? I had a friend who had his grandfathers old 7-series BMW in the garage and said it was too expensive to use anymore. I bought an Opel Corsa there and remember something about it was more expensive because it didn't have a catalytic converter. Was quite hard to sell for this reason also. I didn't see many old cars on the road, I think my Corsa was 1988 at it seemed very old by German standards.
Enjoy your car, parts shouldn't be big problem as you could just bring parts in from USA via ebay?

Love the sedans, welcome to our community.

You can compete with your friends cars in original form and a lil tweaking
or againsts bmw and swedish bricks using SR20, CA or even L/Ka24e hybrids.

That's right! We had a German B210, but this is the first 1200

GL is Grand Luxe, the highest trim except for GX (Grand Luxe Twin Carb). GL has the 3-spoke steering wheel.

Wilkommen - I've been to the south of Germany before - down Baden Baden way. I must admit I never saw a 1200 down there!

I think this is the first German 1200 on this site, congratulations.