hi there everyone im new to this club,i hope this is the right place to put this???

well basicly i want to write up a thread about this 1200 ute ,
im a spraypainter from melbourne and
myself and a fellow trademan are about to start work on a restoration of a 1972 datsun 1200 ute,i thought id like to post up a few pics and write about the progress being made as we go along,
also once the ute has been completed it will be up for sale,so keep that in mind ,
if someone out there is looking for a ute to suit a motor conversion ,possibly rotary,ca18,turbo,what ever then this could be one ute to look at!
basicly it will be getting a full bare metal respray to start with this includes the interior,engine bay and out side,so the gneral out come of the ute will be up to a show room condition,

ive worked on many many restorations in the years that i have been a painter so i have all the experince nessary to undertake a project like this,also the fellow tradesman who will be working along side me on this has just restored his own car up to imaculate condition.


i my self have just finished a basic tidy and paint on a ke55 corolla ,which can be viewed at rolla.com under box on wheels, and last year i finished a full restoration on a series 2 rx7 which came out to a great finish,

so having said all that the next one is the datsun 1200 ute,
it will be having 2 tradesman painters and one tradesman panelbeater working on it so we can pretty much guarentee a good out come ,

now this is the first datsun i have worked on so i hope that you for give my ignorance if i ask a stupid question or2 about parts etc,no dout ill be getting to know the little datsun very well over the next few months ,but still i may need to ask you guys a few things ,hope you will help me out if needed ,cheers in advance,


ill try to figure out how to put the pics up shortly

ok well today i got a smashed guard and painted it with the preposed colour,
now the paint is a custom mix of colour and pearls so reasonably guarenteed that there wont be another ute with the same colour!!!

so please any one comments on the colour ,id like input of what people think,

we are reasonably happy with how it looks ,has several flips pink,red purple etc,would look great in the sun,unfortuatley another beautiful cloudy rainy day here in melbourne!!!!

well heres a few more shots,
my camera isnt the best so bear with me,
also its very hard to take photos of the effects of paint but you get the general idea..

another.....

Good one. Will be interesting to follow the progress.

that is a great color i am about to start restoring my ute and was thinkin of a color very similair to the one that you have made but since you beat me too it you own the color. but really top color go with it mate

no worries dattodude, keep eye eye on it,it will be a little slow hole process could take up to 6 months but hopefully no longer than that,no that i know how to pics up ill be able to keep putting them up for yous ,

what do you think of the colour??really like some input on this........

heres another....

last one of the colour on a smashed guard,
the colour has a real glow about it and the pearls really give a good flipping effect,

haha sorry dat51k ive been thinking of this colour for ages,i almost painted my old corolla in it but it went metallic blue instead,heres a shot....





so yeah this is pretty much the colour i want to go with ,not to worry mate theres a billion other colours for you to choose from!!!

well small update.......

the other painter who was going to be doing this ute along with me ,isnt going to be helping on this one as hes very busy at present ,so it looks like it s just up to me to get this thing going ,now ive just checked out alot of the parts and pieces that came with the rolling body and unfortunatley there not looking in the best of shape,
soooo im gona do the best i can to fix up the parts of clean them to a useable state but will definatley be in need of some parts,

can anyone tell me where there is a datsun wreakers or an online after market place i can get cheap parts or aftermarket parts????? or possibly some one has a ute there wreaking???? all help be apreciated.

so i guess ill post up a few picks to start of the hole thing!!!!