hi just want to know can u still buy panels for a datsun 1000 ute.
I have just brought a datsun 1000 ute needs some work the guy said the cabin floor had no rust wen i picked it up it had no floor it has been all fiberglassed so now i have a job to repair that to. needs some panels as well but dont know if i can buy them anymore could someone please help me out thanx

considering that we dont know where you live, any advice would be a waste of time.

I dont know if anyone reamkes em, but the from the a pillar forward they are the same as the rest of range.

Behind the cab is all one piece, and flat mostly so just weld in panels to replace the rust.

i live in lakes entrance Australia if that helps

I'll be making fibreglass panels and bonnets
But not this year
Ask me again in 2005

thanx for the info how much do you charge for the fibreglass panels and bonnetts?

Yea if ya find any pannels let me know 2. ive been lokin for ages and i cant find any. im in adelaide and have a 1000 ute but what a pig for parts. im looking at putting a E15ET with bigger turbo, injectors and getin a aftermarket ECU. now that has to be a cheap awsome mod

E15 is east west engine
I guess the dizzy will be sticking thru the firewall


I don't have prices yet as I haven't made any yet
Ask me again next year

Quote: It might be cheap, but after all the butchery, won't the car be worthless? There are quite a number of engine choices that will make a real car out of it, & the finished product will have actual market value, as well as intrinsic worth.
Well, thats my biased opinion.

For panels you could try Spectrum Rubber. One of the blokes there has/had? a 1000 ute or coupe? I forget. They make body panels there also and I remember there always being 1000 2 door door skins hanging up above the counter. Maybe they might have some 1000 moulds outback if you are lucky, its atleast worth an ask.
Cheers Steve

the reason why i choose E series is that motor reg will let me stick a non turbo E series in my 1000 without engineering it so if a cop pulle me over he can atleast see that the enging number matches the rego number. also how boring another sr, ca or rotary conversion. E15's arnt 2 hard to get 12's out of.