Hi there im Rui Machado 32 year old from Portugal and i just bought a imported Datsun 120y pickup de 1978 RHD (originally from South Africa and imported to Portugal by 1983, thats why its called 120y and not 1200...).
I only have it for 3 weeks, first thing one week stopped and the battery died (for the info of the previous owner its an old bat, need to be replaced)

were are some photos:
















Things to do for now is fix minor things and run it , and enjoy it

In time i want to change:

- Insert the front Datsun badge (Already offered by a friend, just need to pick it up and mount it)
- Install fender mirrors, already bougth them from ebay



- Eliminate bad painted white strip
- Get some new wheels, searching for some 6x13"
- remove those tuning carpets, but need to cut the new ones because of the gas pedal

Congrats to the founders and the ones maitaining this site, because has lots and lots off info!! Thanks

Another thing i forgot, where to get a cover to the cargo area, and how much to expect to pay for it.

amazing ride thanks for the pics, one of my fave colours and interior to match
Out of Afrika Japanese oldskool is alive in portugal

Haven't seen a ute with the bench seat before.

Good luck with it.

Bench seat !! Good pickup Andrew, also that centre console looks interesting

there are many really good builds to base you updates on here in this site

welcome,

nice colour and i love the bench seat!

Nice bakkie. Thanks for the
photos Rui.

Congratulations Rui! I like your plans for the ute. I am in a similar situation as I just took delivery of my 120Y RHD yesterday!

Just discovered why my ute as that weird white strip, a seller just put the canopy for sale

http://fatima.olx.pt/datsun-1200-pick ... 00-hard-top-iid-446274733

I don't like it but its diferente from the one i already saw

Now I have seen it all!

I actually like that canopy what other one is there the normal square ones?
that one in the link even has an angled modern hatch tailgate