Hi Guys Now here is a strange one for you all. A friend of mine spent 10 years in P.N.G. through the 90,s. he is a great fan of the 1000 and has owned 4 of them over the years. He told me in the mid 90,s you could buy a brand new 1000 ute in P.N.G. he reckons he actually had a good look at some of them and they were brand new. he reckons some company purchsed the dyes for them anmd produced a lot of them for sale only in P.N.G.This guy is not known to talk crap and he assured me they were there. What do you lot reckon ??

Its interesting.
So did he mean a private company was pressing them out?

Yes it seems that way he said he was shocked lifted the bonnet on one and it was all new a guy who has one said there are (or then were) heaps for sale for $14,000 but because of emission controls (lack of in those vehicles when new) they were not sold anywhere else. i am not spreadinmg a yarn here this is what i was told ??

I was under the impression that 1200 utes were being made in Indonesia/PNG, didnt know about 1000s.

Yeah I was aware of that as well that is why I kept saying to him are you sure. he got a bit snakey with me and said he has owned enough of them to know what they look like. Does anyone have any idea who in PNG we could contact

see! and you thought i was joking when i suggested mongolia is still cranking out 120y vans

They are still making 1200 Utes in South Africa, but now they are 1400's with 5 speeds. Nissan South Africa Just follow the links

I was aware of the S. African ute. I am catching up with this guy again tonight I will get more info and let you all know I agree it does seem a bit of a long shot but you never know huh

Well ... IIS is the airport code for Nissan Island Airport. I reckon that's where the factory would be.

We are not spinning yarns, unless it's not true.

I was in South Africa not long ago and there are heaps of new 1200 utes there. I think they are about A$14 000. If you were wanting to build a show car they would probably be the best way to go.