Hi all my name is Tom I've just turned 17 and my parents bought me a 1971 datto 1200 coupe about 2 years ago, since then me and dad (mostly dad) have been sneaking away into the garage and doing some extreme work to it so Yeah this thread is to show you what we have done over these past years and what we are still doing to it. I'll post pics up until now then I'll update it every now and then to show you what we have done to it recently.




this is how we purchased the car but we had just picked up some mags for it a few days before and put new tyres on the back







After a few weeks we started getting into getting the interior looking a bit better, dad did all that himself and wow did he do a good job of what. We also put in a carpet which it seemed to lack when we bought it plus some seat covers for the original bucket seats.










I also purchased some 6.5 splits and 6x9 speakers plus a new head deck.







new front wheels and same mags as back ones put on a month before this pic and a few things had been re-chromed as well. Also i was one mirror down so i decided to get a new pair which turned out alright in terms of looks.



new race seats YAY!




i was about to sit my practical driving assessment so the old datto was getting quite a run around.






prepping the car ready for the new engine (it was the one on the site a while a go it was the A15 turbo) as well as fixing all the rust and all the bogging which had been used from previous owners.




I'm currently just uploading some pics of the new engine in the engine bay as well as the new gearbox and diff. I'll post them tomorrow.

can someone tell me how to post a direct link to the pic on photo bucket rather then uploading them individually

I think the [IMG] shuld be [img] lowercase

Looks verry neet, nice job so far!

wow thats a damn nice 1200 coupe
i see your on your L's and i assume this is your only car. my only advice is get a sh!tter to flog around and keep this garaged most of the time and take it out for a cruise every saturday/sunday as id hate to see get smashed by some clown running into you!!

thanks for the advice on the pics

Awesome looking coupe dude. Keep up the good work!

yeah i agree with oter readers get a #OOPS# car to run around in even though u will always wanna drive the lady of ur life its not worth it as i wrote off my #OOPS# box and was so glad it was not my 1200 ute

Engine bay finally undercoated in white



Engine Bay in Ford Red Pepper . Will or won't I do a clear coat.

Looking sweet, let me know if you need any parts, still have a quite a few bits laying around.