Ozdat had a few peeps building 620 utes they come up in Gumtree and surely must be a few up in bumbury or other WA countryside. The lines of the 620 are awesome and with a Good L series would be a nice project.

620 front looks good
Wheres the best place to get some 620 front end parts from?

I was always surprised 620s werent more popular. I think they look sweet done up

LZ14 wouldnt go astray either! :)

Just another suggestion for BeJJ cant go wrong with 620 front end to play with cheap as chips in Oz!

http://www.minitruckinweb.com/constru ... 620_datsun/photo_01.html#

thanks for the compliment D

Most japanese builds ive read on their blogs have spent crazy money to i think "enhancing" their 1200s They would rather spend heaps on the a-series and rest on the driveterain and keep its originality.
Most builds have lsd diffs,56a 5 speeds,type rs watanabes or some other expensive rims.The engines run crazy cams,oil pumps,oil pans, etc etc

This hakosuka ute for instance has heaps of money spent on it just on the body.trust me if they wanted they would have had whatever engine they wanted in the bay.imports are cheap in japan.what makes them expensive to bring over is the compliance,shipping etc etc

In my opinion its more like to keep the "soul" of the car.

and bejj,
i also did think if someone could chop and cut and fit a 1600 front.

and kudos to 09racing for pioneering such stuff for our 1200s.

Overall Asians in general focus more on looks than we do they have some crazy styling as you know but Japan like some Asian economy superpowers have little space to take on big mechanical projects.

In Oz or USA we have the luxury of bigger garages, yard and space to tinker with different mechanical combos. Over there most people struggle to find space for back up toilet paper rolls.

Easy in Japan to see someone sitting like going to an asian toilet while working on a donk sitting on a tyre while here we have our man caves and more room for datto diseases like dat-hording.

In the end for that money Id rather a sequential 5 speed as "the upgrade" while looking like the 1200 ute in a12grunt avatar

I love this kit so much but just struggling to justify the price...
bonnet etc and guards I get the cost but dont understand why the light bezels are $1643 AUD?

do you guys reckon you could make something like this yourself?
I was wondering, chop up/mod old bonnet, maybe tweak datto 1600 lights?

worth trying vs $7500
even if you figure out the rest and just bought the bonnet...

I contacted them shipping the face lift kit to Perth is 56 600 Yen ~ $632 AUD

I wanna do it to the 2dr not my ute

D,
Funny how in japan they have access to all those engines yet most prefer to keep their
"worked" A12s in their 1200s(this hakosuka gbr included).
and this is not only with 1200s.most of the oldskool cars in japan run their original engines but worked.

I saw it before speedhunters on jap mag but wasnt that convinced initially as it looked to have to many modern finishes but would actually dig it providing it has some serious performance to back up its race looks like either a punchy and responsive turbo or NA A15 or triple mikuni 9000rpm L20 6 cylinder.

I can get a hold of an L20 L6 but a straight 6 into a 1200 would be a mission without cutting the firewall or without extending the front a tad. Since like many 1200 utes are never used as actual "utes" using payloads and they are more for performance and looks it wouldnt be out of line for a hakosuka gbr 1200 to be fitted with a rear mounted slanted A series using subey or audi fwd lsd box or vq35 with tbs.

yeah saw this on speed hunters i think it looks awesome! a relief to find out they didn't chop a hakosuka up.
its alot of moneys also i don't think i'm man enough to have a full fibreglass front

crap the link does not work, so click the santiora link then next, its a carbon fibre a series rocker cover.