Does anybody have or know where I can get Datsun 1000 top ball joints and front shocks. My local spare parts shop said he cant find them anywhere. I need them urgently.

good luck trying to get a pair of top ball joints and even more luck to try get em cheap
sidedraught paid 400 for his pair
and pedders do front shockies for the 1000's

Does anybody know if I can get the ball joints reconditioned?

Try ebay and oztion member nrap or look up ringwood auto parts there in victoria but he will post stuff. he seems to get some rare stuff i have dealt with him a few times.

i remeber someone saying that torana front shockies will fit the 1000, not sure what model torana?

Maybe someone can eloborate on that?

lc lj torrie shockies will fit but need the bottom arm changed out for a longer one

You can get balljoints reconditioned, I've read before and I 'think' it was pedders that did them, not 100% sure.

bottom arem changed? what do you mean? the shock or the lower control arm? whick 1 is longer?

If you go to Pedders and ask for early 4 cylinder Torana/Viva front shocks your in,but you will need to ask them to press your bottom bracket out of the old ones(the one that bolts to the suspension underneath)and re fit them to the new ones.

Ball joints can be rebuilt,i know a place in Brisbane,but if you ask around i'm sure you will find a local.
Cheers

Update on the epic ball joint situation. My parts man found me a set of bottom ball joints, which was lucky cause mine were really shot. He said that they could possibly be the last set in the country. My top ones aren't that bad so I will clean them up, fresh grease and put them back on.
Now for the 1000 clan for future reference, I got prices on reco ball joints, and could possibly have a way to buy new top and bottom ball joints from Japan.

Wholesale suspension will inject ball joints with a urathane rubber for $100 a set, this is not recommended but in the future if your ball joints are not to bad, this will be the cheapest way to get our 1000's past rego, ive been told this may only be good for 6 to 12 months.

I rang pedders and they can get ball joints rebuilt, they send them to adelaide for a small fee of $260 per ball joint . Not a typo. When our ball joints are completely gone this may be our only choice unless there are upper control arm mods.

My parts guy found you can get both top and bottom ball joints from Japan. He sourced a company that I can order them through. Minimum order is 10. Im happy to buy 4 top bj's. So if anybody would like a set or more let me know and we might be able to make it happen. This will take a month or two and estimate $90 per ball joint.