The guy from the article who did the conversion is from AU. Apparently, a few other guys in his area have done the same conversion.

I've yet to see a running and driving car here in SoCal or any pics on the web. Has anybody else seen anything?

Anyway, the article doesn't tell how to do the conversion. It mostly talks about upgrading other things on the ute.

You also have to take into account the increased weight, what the effects might be.

Hi there I have helped fit a Vg20 V6 into a 1200 ute it fited quite well. It had to have a larger tunnel fitted and custon extractors to clear the steering. Its being wired at the moment. In my opinion is not really that good a conversion as they are not really that powerfull and also quite heavy maybe a Vg30 with turbos would make it more interesting but would find it hard to legally register it.
If going for a 2ltr I woudl go Sr20de anyday over a Vg20.
Cheers Andrew

thats my ultimate goal. I know its a pretty common conversion for the 1200s around the california area. As far as i know they fit in with little modifications, leaving the fire wall standard which is usually a good thing. This is the non turbo version though, Im not sure how the turbo or twin turbo VGs fit.

hi there just thaught id see if anyone has ever put a nissan vg20 or vg30 v6 into a 1200 as i am thinking of doing this