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Shifty wrote:
Finally getting some great info on the topic. Always struggled to get a straight answer.
So as a relative newb, what's a B10, B20, KB10, VB10, etc?
OK, here's the breakdown.
The basic code is as follows
Alpha
B= the small Datsun model range, known in Japan as the Sunny. This code essentially refers to this family of bodies.
First numeric character.
1= Passenger car body.
2= Commercial model or Truck [if it's a Sunny] or Ute if it's an Aussie model.
Second numeric character.
0= Original design or profile of the body.
1= [or any number greater than zero] A revision of some sort, for example the later 1200 Ute models had a couple of variations so the standard ute was the B120 while the stretched-out Long Wheelbase version became the B122.
South Africa also got a raised roof but I don't know if there was a model number change for that.
Alpha prefix.
No prefix= Sedan, either two or four door.
V= Van, or more commonly the Wagon model in the B10 series. Later models used a 'W' prefix for the wagon model
K= Kuupe. I think that this is the German spelling for what we know as the 'Coupe'
L= left drive. There was never an LKB10 but other models were manufactured in left drive. [LB10, LB20 & LVB10]