hi all.. i am new to the forum... just asking a general question as no one i seem to know knows... i have a datsun 120 y windowless wagon in very very bad condition... the thing is i havnt seen any getting around nor seen pictures of any... i thought the best place to ask was here... are they rare, worth holding onto, or not..

thanks any help would be appreciated
cheers

you and revhead will get along well...

he is right into them!

Hi mate, the 120y panelvan's are very rare, defininately don't give it away or get it turned into a cube.

Did somebody say Panelvan???

Me likey the Panelvan!

Don't junk it. Although I have 3 of them they are all pretty rusty and ultimately only one of mine will get fixed plus one keeper for spare parts.

Actually... Junk it! The last thing I need is another person with a van in competition with me.

No. Don't junk it. What am I saying. I have tried to track down how many of these 120Y vans were imported into Australia and it is nesr impossible to get answers. But there were a few. They are lying in peoples backyards, mainly larger properties all over Australia refusing to die being used as dog kennels.

did that get the blood flowing revhead!!

There was one in Town that belonged to a grounds keeper or someone of one of the churches but it disappeared before I got a chance to find out who exactly

When I was in the thick of the search years ago I was led to many dead ends. Ol mate says, 'theres a panno here, definately a 120Y, it always turned out to be a corolla.

p.s. conehead. Yeah, The blood gets flowing when I hear those sentual words. Panel Van. Even typing the words makes me feel like I've popped a couple of Viagra...

Down Boy. Down. Toyotas, Volkswagons, Leyland P76.... Gone.

P76's? that's hitting below the belt, I got two here at home

LOL!!!

Did someone say P76?

Great car, massively underrated and well ahead of their time. {although I still admit they're ugly as f$%&...}
Compare it to the Ford XA/XB, Holden HQ and Valiant VH-VJ of the time ['73-'74] and see for yourself. P76 was the only to have standard disc brake front end, side intrusion bars in the doors, recessed windscreen wipers, crumple zones (which I know for a fact worked...) hell, the bonnet was even purposely made wider than the A pillars so in a crash it'd run up the pillars rather than through the windscreen. And try fitting a 44 gallon drum in the boot of ANY sedan made then or now.
My parents had one for 19 years, V8 4 speed. It'd still be going if they didn't lend it to me a week after I got my licence...