Does anyone know where to find the actual date of manufacture on a 1000?

Cheers

They where never stamped back then,we had to take the manufacturers word back then eg.67,68,69
I believe the build date can be sussed out only by the chassis number and the only person i know on here with that info is Dodgeman,but of late he has not been heard from,which is a mystery in itself.
Cheers

cheers bert, was hoping i could somehow see if my 69 model was built pre 1st Jan 1969 to get by a couple of ADR requirements

This applies to WA but may also apply to other states

Recently put a 1K 4 door over the pits. The cops used the chassis # to look up previous registration and used that info to determine the date of manufacture

Good news for those in NSW, may also apply to VIC:

http://studentweb.usq.edu.au/home/q11 ... 20guide%20lines/vsi07.pdf

"The New South Wales Motor Traffic Regulations require a motor vehicle (except a tractor or implement) FIRST registered on or after 1st August 1972 to be fitted with a compliance plate. Motorcycles FIRST registered on and after 1st October 1976 are required to be fitted with compliance plates. Exemptions are made for some vehicles such as personally imported vehicles or those used by manufacturers for evaluation purposes. Kit cars or individually constructed vehicles are not required to have a compliance plate fitted but a suitably qualified engineer must certify that the vehicle meets all applicable ADR's. This concession is for owner constructed vehicles only."


If Datsuns 1000s stopped being built in 1970, they are pre-ADR ..and effectively they can be registered as being exempt from all ADR requirements while unmodified.

The minute you modify the car, the certifying engineer can impose ADRs onto the vehicle such as door mirrors, seatbelts, collapsible column, disk brakes etc.