HI to every one I am new to the forum I am busy rebuilding a 1981 1400 ute let me know what you guys think!!!!!!!

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Some more pics!!!!!!!!!Rubberized the back spayed the engine moutings an front suspention parts the same colour I am going to use for the body!!!! New interior that stil needs to go in after spraying will post some pics of the engine and diff!!!!!!!

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Hi Guys took out the sound and heat insulation this weekendand started cleaning and painting all the small parts thats still needs to go back wil post some pics later today!!!!!!!!! To all everyone in AUS we are praying for you and your families so that GOD may be your rock in these difficult times!!!! GOD bless

Looks like you have your hands full there! Some nice patches of ferous tinea to contend with!
What country are you from? Based on picture #3 with the plastic igloo I'd say........... Namibia?

Very close but i am actually from SOUTH-AFRICA!!!!!!! Thanks for the post i thought nobody whats to post on my tread!!!!! Yes if anybody every tells you it is easy to rebuild any car they are lying or they have a whole crew od people working for them with more than 20 years of experience!!!!!!!

Love that green colour!
Keep up the good work mate :)

nice build, good to see some more datsun's saved in sa. good luck with the build and keep up the pics

I knew I wouldn't be too far off the mark! I thought I'd read somewhere that the Datto 1200 utes continued on as the Bakkie (I think?) or the Datsun 1400 over there.
Keep it up.

The nissan 1400 was only discontinued in 2009 here in south africa here are some modern pics of the not much has change basicly looks the same !!!!! So we still get a whole lot of spares for them!!!!!!!First, the Bakkie (South African slang for pickup truck). The original Nissan model was released in 1971 as the Sunny, a model range which included sedan, coupe and pickup variants. A simple, rugged front engined design with a live rear axle, it was originally powered by a 1.2L, 65ps pushrod four cylinder and rather interestingly, Nissan continued to manufacture it long after production of the Sunny sedan and Coupe ceased. In fact, Nissan continued to make the Sunny Truck in Japan until 1994, giving it one of the longest production runs of any Japanese car.



But it doesn’t end there…Nissan Sunny’s began production in South Africa in 1971 as well, but rather amazingly, Nissan South Africa continues to make the Bakkie to this very day (production of the sedans and coupes stopped in the 70s just like Japan though). It’s been upgraded to 1.4L (but still 62ps) and still looks exactly like the 70s child that it really is (check out that interior!)

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The interior looks good but they've changed a few little things externally that make it look a bit funny I reckon!
It'd be awesome to buy one new and go into anti rust mode before it actually happened rather than playing catch up and repair like we do now.
Feel free to send 3 shipping containers chock full of new parts to Australia if you like. Not today, tomorrow will be fine!