Not alot happened in the first year or so, other than I spent quite a bit of time and money tracking down replacment new, and good condition replacement parts. I brought a complete other coupe in bits (rusty as f%&k) and parted that out (brought it for the new panels and mint door cards it had!). Brought in quite a bit of stuff from the States and Japan, and repro stuff from Taiwan etc. My (original) plan was to restore back to factory original, hub caps/white walls etc etc. original matching numbers motor etc....

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So once I got the wee coupe home, I quickly went to work and stipped it down to see the how bad it was underneath. Once stripped, I had the entire shell sodium blasted and epoxy primed.
Overall it was very straight and no real evidence of any major crashes or previous repairs. Rust was isolated to a few main areas, that being the bottom of the A pillars, around the rear wheel arches, and along the sills, with a few holes in and around the boot. overall a little more rust then I expected, but thats a Datsun for you! but minimal bog / repairs was a bonus.

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So here’s a build thread on my 1200 coupe, for those that are interested.

1971 Datsun KB110 1200 Coupe. A12, 4 speed, stock standard.

I brought this 4 years ago, from a guy who rallies these over in New Zealand. This car was a spare ‘shell’ he acquired, but as it was 95% complete, with live registration and plates, he on-sold it to me, as it was too good to cut up for spare panels.

Here are a couple of photos below, of when I brought it June 2007.

More to follow…

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