Yeah, now you mention it, I have seen that before. The top is essentially bleached white by sunlight.

the white on top ones have deteriorated in the UV's...

I have a gearknob with the top part white, my spare is black, i kept the black and white one on it to keep original, is it not original so i should use the black one to be original, or was the black and white one an option as well? If not i will change to the full black one.

Good info.

The KB10 was only 10 kg more than a B10 Deluxe 4-dr, while being 50mm shorter and 25mm lower. The shape looks more aero than the sedan, but may have been worse as with many fastbacks.

Plus KB10 had a 5mph higher top speed, 7% more HP and 6% more torque.

Quote:I should have addressed this question also.

OK, the KB10 is somewhat unique in the B10 range as it shares only the front guards & the bonnet with its bretherin as far as visible body panels go, & of course it also uses the basic B10 chassis & running gear.

There were three versions of the KB10 that I can identify & they are as follows

JDM KB10GL [Sunny Coupe GL]
Japan only, this had the sporty steering wheel & a few other trinkets to tart it up a bit & it was available with a floor shift auto trans as well as a short list of options & a loooong list of accessories. [GL= Grande Luxe]

JDM KB10 [Sunny Coupe]
Japan only, this was the DeLuxe & was the base model. It had a longer option list only because some of these options were standard in the GL. The accessory list was the same as the GL

Datsun 1000 Coupe DeLuxe
Australia only, these were pretty close in spec to the JDM DeLuxe model.
Differences include 'some' Datsun badging as the deck lid emblem, & the grille emblem remained with the 'S' symbol from the original Sunny.
NSW spec cars seem to have all come with a Tach, radio, two external mirrors, a heater & perhaps some other stuff that I forget, all of which were options in the Jap DeLuxe model. Other states may have varied the specs a little but the Aussie spec car was better equiped on the showroom floor than the equivalant Jap version.
Jap cars had amber front park/blinker lenses while Aussie ones had white lenses.

Everything on the brochures option list was available in Australia, including the wood rim steering wheel.

Coupe engines had 10 to 1 compression instead of the others 9.5 to 1 & when combined with a revised spec carb & a better, free flowing exhaust manifold with dual outlet, it delivered an extra 4hp at 6,500 rpm. This was presumably to restore some performance since the coupe was the heaviest model in the B10 lineup.

The KB10 was made in RHD only which means that it was not sold in the Japanese island of Okinawa which was a LHD prefecture[?] at the time.
Apart from the main islands of Japan & Australia the KB10 was not offered in any other market as far as I can tell, although single examples have turned up in NZ & some other countries & all are very likely to be 'private imports'

KB10, it's something special.

P.S. To clarify a couple of comments in earlier posts.
The Aussie coupe gear knob was the same part as other models & was black. There was an optional wood knob with a plastic insert on the top.
The pressed steel dash is welded to the cowl structure & forms a part of the body structure. It is not significantly heavier than the other models.
The KB10 did not have a 'hatch'. It was the same as the 1200 with a small deck lid. The 120Y coupe body had a hatch.
Bert is 100% right, B10's, VB10's, KB10's & B20's were ALL Japan imports, every last one of them, so the seller hardly has anything unique.

Haha John wrote: 'its also a fair bit heavier for some reason.'

That's because of that great big dash and all the extras!

I reckon the rear 'hatch' would weigh a fair bit too?

Good pick up on the door cards,mine where aluminium,did'nt realise some where not.

i think the steel dash section and the metal bracing behind the rear seat would make the sedan a stiffer body than the coupe and thats why they raced the sedan and not the coupe at bathurst, even though its got about 5 more hp would be more aerodynamic, its also a fair bit heavier for some reason.

Steering Wheel, B10

yes that has had a sedan apron put on, can anyone show a pic of the original coupe S steering wheel?

one minor change sometime in the short 69 build run was the bottom door trim silver section, most have the silver bottom section in vinyl but theres some with that part made of aluminium.

I heard only coupes had headrests but then not all had them and only coupe has handbrake next to seat and green tint in window glass i think.

also did all coupes have the white top gear knob?