I got my Datsun near the end of last summer, paying $300 for it. I bought it from an old couple, the wife started crying when i drove it away. I figure I probably got a good deal. It had 62,500 miles on it when i bought it. Since then I have put around 5,000 miles on it. It has front and rear spoilers, side graphics, and a vinyl roof. I added a Pioneer cd player, 6" Pioneer speakers, and 700watt 8" subwoofers. This spring I plan on installing either a CA18-DE or CA18-DET motor, 15" custom wheels, dark blue paint, new interior, mazda RX-7 posi-trac rear end, and window tint. I'll try to get up some pictures of it as it is right now as soon as I can. Tell me what you think and if you have any ideas please tell me.

Hi My_Baby_Datto, welcome!

Sounds good -- don't ever get rid of it! The old couple had the spoilers on it? That's funny.

Do you have a picture of this nice coupe?

Sounds like a nice one! I have to just add a few comments/questions. 15" wheels are not going to be an easy fit unless you flare the fenders, or if you swap out the front struts for 79-82 210 struts and use FWD rims with the right offset. The stock 1200 struts/hubs will require longer wheel studs and fat spacers to stick a 15x6.5" wheel out far enough away from the strut. The 210 struts/hubs eliminated the need to do this on my 1200. Also, all the RX-7's I've seen all had independant rear suspension making a straight swap near impossible. Older RX-2's and RX-3's have a leaf springs and the right setup to swap over to the 1200 fairly easily. I haven't seen too many vinyl tops on 1200's, but I'm sure you know that they can be water/rust trappers, so you may want to think about an alternative since Datsuns rust out pretty easily in a harsh environment like N. Dakota. Good luck with your project!

-Andrew

vinyl top ... rare option. 15x5 wheels will fit just as easily as 13x5 wheel, depending on tire size. For example, 50-series 15" tires about the same height as 70-series 13" tires. The offset is the most important thing. There was discussion about this last month in the main forum.