hey people got stuck into the 1000 today .
what ive noticed is theres very little rust in it for a car its age ,Also found they used red oxide as a primer under the paint which would help alot .
the previous owner had some odd ideas and cut some of the lhs dash facia out and threw it out (god only knows why) he also decide th throw the front seats out and chop the wiring loom up .Yay for me ..........
I need a bit of a hand > Can i drop my 120y engine(dizzy at rear of the block) and 4sp box straight in will i need to get a engineers report .
The good things about it > its an import and amoungst the junk in it I found all this weird paper work ,I found a tag with a piece of string attached and a picture of the stereo ,obviously for the showroom ,also has the am stereo but it was left in the boot well and got all wet damn.........
Did the 1000 come with a centre console?
The car has all the badges chrome moulds and it even came with the steel sunviser ........

drop it in, just about.. the engine mounts need a few mods, legal, one would assume.. but I don't know what it's like in QLD..
center console, mostly NO, a JDM Deluxe Coupe had a console..

go the Visor.. I've never had one of those..

pretty much all you need to do is modify the engine mounts, i'm pretty sure you don't need an engineers cetificate but it different from state to state, just check with the DOT to be sure.

Thanks alot ,So im assuming the gear box mounts up in the same spot ,so this will give me a basic allignment and all i do is the engine mounts .I just dont want to stuff it .
Yeah i think the sunviser is deffinately an odd part its slowly growimg on me .........
I also need the indicators that go in the guards are they hard to get and where can i get them from ....cheers geoff

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Heres some more pics of the 1000 ,Me and my 2 daughters 12 and 13 yo ,got stuck into it this week as there on school holidays .Basically the whole body is in primer and ready for a rub down and paint ....
Some of the papper work shown in pics I have never seen before such as the certificate of of identification ,from what i could work out on the paper work the delivery date is the 11.4.68 .
The distributor/dealer is Orbit service station ,bilolea ,brisbane ....Theres also the datsun maitanance scheduel...........
So now it shall sit for a day or 2 while the doors are prepared for painting ...
Still got a fair bit to do ....I have to get it done as the kids are sick of going to the datto meeting in the ford fairlaine so is the missus so we have all put in to get her on the road .............
See the choped dash he cries and cries again .....lol

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bugger, thats a huge chunk of dash missing...

Geoff,if you feel so inclined,on Sunday pop into the dirt sprints at our club(I.W.M.A.C.)between the kart track and Queensland raceway(if it's not raining)spectators are free and there is food for the tribe.
Matty should be there in my old KB10,my 1200 coupe,and our old 1000 wagon all competing and all with variations(mine)of modified engine mounts.
Competition from around 10am-till about 3pm bring a camera so you don't forget what you see and feel free to pump me for info.
Cheers
Rob

The other thing you'd have to do is the clutch arm. With my 1000 race car we used a 120y clutch cable & the piece the cable goes through from a 1200. This had been started by the previous owner & I just cleaned it up a bit. The only problem was that the 1000 firewall curved at this point & the 1200 part was straight. Just needed a bit of massaging of the 1200 part. Hopefully you have a hole in the transmission tunnel for the 120Y box.

hey geoff
ill try get out this week to cut up that spare dash cant guarantee anything im crook as a dog
at least i know how much you need now

Hi people just afew pics got the shell painted over the weekend ,Just got to do some work to the doors and rub down the boot.......
Still chasing 2 front guards and a bonnet and a wiring loom and 2 front seat got to paint all the under body with a bit of chasis black and all should be good .....yep cheers for the dash its choped pretty badly hope you get well soon ,Bert sorry i disapeared the kids were itching to have a look at the dirt karts racing ,so know we have a dirtkart in the pipeline that the girls will be racing........ cheers geoff

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