ok been back to the cars (in storage) and despite me being under the bonnet a thousand times i never noticed the compliance plate. so i think i will have solved one car. 2/72 and it was one which was built/assembled in Aus. the plate states it was manufactured by Nissan (Aus) P/L.

however the other car has nothing, no plate and no holes where the other car had its plate (passenger side bulkhead), although there are 4 small holes behind the battery which the other car does not have. So if the car was an actual import (manufactured in JP ) would the compliance plate be behind the battery?

please check

thanks
Duncan

red line shows where I've seen them, black line is from factory service manual

In no case does it show the date