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My first 1971 Datsun 1200 Coupe! :)


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must be nice that the car is so clean you have to paint the plates to improve it 

looking good 

I am glad you went silver on the wheels I HATE GOLD WHEELS 

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Ha ha ha I'm totally going gold :D

they look good with green or red paint but I am just not a fan of gold wheels 

I have seen some that look real good too but I wouldnt do it on my car 

cant wait to see yours 

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they look good with green or red paint but I am just not a fan of gold wheels

I have seen some that look real good too but I wouldnt do it on my car

cant wait to see yours

If my 1200 was white, I'd totally be going with gold wheels, it's just a classic 70's color combo! :)

 

But since it's creme color, you can't go wrong with silver!

 

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This car is sooooo clean!

 

Are you getting a front lip or micro duck tail? Or just clean coupe?

I think for now I'll leave it as a clean coupe, I'd hate to put unnecessary holes in it. :P

 

 

The rims & plates look amazing...you are the detail king !!

Thanks buddy, glad you think it looks good!

 

 

So I added my latest small (about 4" tall by 1 inch wide) Ratsun sticker on it :P

 

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It's been a while so I thought I'd post a few updated pics of my 1200. :)

 

I decided to upgrade my headlights from yellow (left) to full LED headlights (right).

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Here is what they look like at night:

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Yeah it sure is nice having both a garage and additional parking space!  I can park up to 8 cars without any being on the lawn (as shown in the pic)...if I partially pave the front side yard, I can squeeze 11 cars in if needed...just don't tell the wife that, she's already not happy I have 7 cars haha!

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So I have never been thrilled by the red Sparco seats that came in it…

 

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So out they came:

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And to replace them were these clean tan E30 seats (shown on the left of my garage) J

 

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Here they are installed, what do you guys think?

 

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Took my ride out for a cruise around town :)

I got compliments from folks ranging from teens (in a Civic who said 'Nice ride, is it a 510?' to an older grandma who said 'That's a beautiful Datsun, you don't see many of those around any longer'

 

 

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Took my ride out for a cruise around town :)

I got compliments from folks ranging from teens (in a Civic who said 'Nice ride, is it a 510?' to an older grandma who said 'That's a beautiful Datsun, you don't see many of those around any longer'

 

 

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MONTEREY!!! god how i miss home.

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How did you got the grill cleaned and painted. 

 

Regards,

 

 

I liked yours since the first time I saw it at the SJ Swap Meet!  That gave me the extra nudge to go look at the one I ended up picking up! :)

 

 

So I wasn't please with the ashy looking grey grille...so I decided to give it a little life back. :P

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This is what it looks like now :)

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I even gave the center emblem some color :P

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