You can get away with some steel flat bar 3 or 5mm thick just line the engine up in the bay supported by the lifting tackle with the gearbox bolted to the engine and the gearbox crossmember bolted to the car, then it's just a matter of lining up where you want the engine to sit, measure the distance between the engine mounts and crossmember points where the engine used to sit and cut a piece of flat bar then drill holes where you need to attatch the engine mount to and where you need to bolt the flat bar to the crossmember.
I have a bad temper when working on cars actually I just have a bad temper all the time and I still manage to make the datto work, I even managed to successfully install the head gasket upside down causing coolant to flow out of the back of the head between the block and head so don't wory about working on the car if I can do it a monkee with a hammer and a roll of duct tape could probably do a better job

Cheers for all your suggestions, everything going sweet, just trying to sort out an a15. The only problem i have is the crossmember, i cant find that template, and 1200 utes are pretty rare in nz.

you can transfer your head and carbs over onto your new A14/15.

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well the head in our old dinosours arent to bad. could have one off, new gasket in and back on again in half a days work (at my own easy going pace)....

electronics... what are they? we as proud datsun owners are lucky enough to have very little in our cars...

im with mild man here. 1200rc taught me a few tricks and since then, engine swap done, struts, springs, carbs, etc, water pumps etc... its all pretty basic stuff to muck around with on these cars.
ive got 2 left thumbs (one was broken and i dint realise it and i dont want to break it to reset it properly again) and i can do all this.

Just scared of head gaskets and electrics still (i attempt it though)

Bore and new pistons will be infinitely more expensive than a A14/15 block.

You can either get a 1200 ute crossmember or just make the 2" steel plates that 1200rc has a template for.

I think this would be faster and cheaper then rebuilding the 1200 block.....

I fitted an A14 into a 1200 coupe with no one but the great guys of this site to help - and I did all the work myself - and I suck at working on cars...well I've got a little better since....but not much.

Is it possible to give the 1200 a bigger bore and get new pistons? I really jus wanna find a cheap way to get it on the road again, startin to get withdrawl syptoms!

you will need mounts about 2 inchs long. steel plate does the job, it should be in tech section. 1200rc has a template somewhere

The only problem i have is the engine mounts, I hear the only way to get them is off a ute or sumthin. Is it easy enough to use the same head and carbs?

Although if you can't find an A15, and A14 is pretty much as good as the A15...a smidgen less torque but probably same top speed given the produce almost the same horsepower.

A15, no question. Why waste time with the smaller wimpier engine?