Rafa1200

Thanks mrbigtanker! I like that grill also datsunfreak but I prefer the coupe one. For the badge, I got it covered, thanks!

Thumbs up for my new grill! Loving the look it gave to the car, the black brings out the color of the rims and the grey brings the chromes out. In my opinion it looks way better than the sedan grill. What do you guys think? Next up, crucial mods i really wanna do: - 13'x7' Watanabe wheels - Coilovers - Nardi wheel - Grill emblem

Thanks for the heads up! I thought it was just paint it and install it...

Thanks for the welcome messages guys, I'm very happy you dig my 1200. Thanks for the offer KiloTango1200, but I already bought the Coupe grille, just waiting to be painted and installed. On the other hand, I wanna keep my sedan grille for the future, I might change it to the original grille some day, swapping them to have a new look every once and a while! I'll post some new pics soon with the new grille, stay tuned :thumbup:

My 1200 project car from Portugal! Wanna do some old school JDM thing. Still a very big work in progress...

Hello guys! My name is Rafael and I'm from the other end of the atlantic, from Portugal. The old school Datsun's are very popular over here, specially the 1200's, because back in the day they were the small RWD fun cars and competitors with the Corolla KE20, every one had one of these two... And we had a race called Datsun Trophy, with almost 50 two door sedans racing thru tight courses! It was very fun to watch! :rofl: Well, let's get to why I'm here! I own a red 73' Datsun 1200 project car, it's my baby :thumbup: Everyone here seem to love fully original classic cars, maybe it's because car modifications are illegal in my country :crying: :sleep: :sneaky: If you have your car lowered or an engine swap or bigger wheels in your car, will immediately fail the annual inspection, but some get away with it. :devil: But I... I love old school modified cars! I have mine 1200 for a year now and I don't really wanna keep it stock, I want someting low with a old school JDM vibe! I want it to look good standing in a meet and I wan't to be able to drift the sh*it out of it! Let's get to the pictures! When I bought it: Now: My inspiration for this project is japonese 1200: (the only things I wan't to do different is the color, keepin' the red of course, and I want the coupé grill) I have HUGE list of future thing to do: - new set of 13'' wheels (watanabe; work equip...), - add a little bit of camber to the front wheels and strech the 4 tires (I just want it to look like the pictures above) - lower it more with coilovers - Nardi steering wheel - maybe another front-lip - coupé front grill - some small details on the inside - tune the original engine or swap to a tuned A14 or a tuned A15 - fully restore it (top to bottom) And the list goes on and on........................ I hope you like my car and my future plans with it. See you soon!