Ok picked up a 1000 sedan with a mate today and have some questions to get started and get it back on the road.

1. How do you get the doors to lock? tried the handles but no go.

2. Is the early 1200 sigle brake master cylinder same as the single onthe 1000, they look identical almost.

3. How hard is it to track down a drivers side tail lens as the plastic lens is cracked. (im guessing hard but some saviour on here might be able to help us out).

Car is pretty stright and rust free (most in front doors and worst in front 1/4s but can replace the 1/4s.) sills and rear 1/4s are rust free (rare in a datsun)

Most difficult part is I just found that where the castor rod mount is on drivers side, looks like its had some chasis damage and ripped out a bit, not rusted out. is this common in these and is it a hard fix?

New carpet and rear seat will almost finish interior off. Is the 1200 boss kit for the steering wheel the same or wha can be used from experience.

hoping to get one more back on the raod by ed of summer

inside door locks, Push the handle opposite to opening them...
tail lights, depends what ones they are, short or long..
never seen much in the way of steering probs..

they are the thin long lenses.

Steering is great, but noticed the chasis damage when i had a look under it. Hoping it can be repaired as its pretty clean and straight for the price.

Has no brakes currently due to mastercyl broken. Only hand brake.

hes dreaming of a14/a15 conversion but have said lets get it regoed and go from there, a12 might be the go due to price.

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The spline size is the same as the 1200 but the blinker cancelling pins are close together in the 1000 & much wider apart in the 1200, so the 1200 wheel, or boss kit will not work in the 1000.

You will need either a genuine 'Coupe option' wheel, or a boss kit that is made for the 1000. As far as I can tell, they are not available new, even though some eBay sellers offer boss kits that they claim are for 1000/1200.

You can see the pin spacing difference in the photo.
1200 [left] ..........................1000 [right]

mmm, might be worth getting the thing recovered, for some reason it has a leather outer on the datsun steering wheel., otherwise he will just have to turn blinkers off manually

Could be worse. In an old centura that a friend had, the indicator stalk was so loose that when you went over a hump, it would drop down and turn on!

Turning them off manually is not usually liked by the inspection folk much...

are you planning to get some pics of the new beast

I recently bought a Boss for my 1000 from Temac enterprises on Ebay $48 posted. Despite assurances that it would fit, the indicator pins were wrong. Drilled new holes closer to the centre and it works OK. Also the female threads for the small bolts were crap and made a mess of the supplied 4mm bolts. So, If you are stuck for a boss, these will work but be aware of these problems.

I will use Knox auto carpet (Melbourne)when the time comes

not my pics to put up, but looking at it now.... and the 1200 seems huge!

If the locks in the doors are actualy connected, move the lever the opposite way to what you would when opening, like dundee said.

If its a single circuit, i would say yeh it is the same. Shouldnt be expencive new, and probably a good idea too!

what year is the car? I know sedans change mid run. I have 1 sedan tail light lens i think.

Rust free isnt a rare thing in 1000s!

Never seen any castor rod mounts broken! My rods were nearly rusted through tho! So its been torn off the sub frame? The front mount im assuming? Maybe just bang it back in place and re-weld it up?

NFI on the boss kit