I was in the market for a new car in 1972, but a Z was outside my budget. I purchased a Datsun 1200 coupe. I kept this car for 14 yrs. and sold it; the buyer drove it away. My boss used to call it a 120-Z.

Z Doc in Roanoke put a Mazda turbo rotary engine in one. It would fly!

Yep, I remeber them. Great little car. There are a couple of guys that race them here. I snapped a couple of photos of one last year at a track meet.

chas

Datsun 1200 I think, my aunt and uncle had two of them.

I had a spare motor when I sold it. The buyer didn't want the engine 'cause he was dropping a rotary in it.

They were popular in Australia in the early seventies and they used to race them a bit like they did with the Suzuki Swift series.

Hard to find the coupe these days.

Here is a link to the Datsun 1200 website. Tech Wiki - Body Styles : Datsun 1200 Club

Chas

There's an unrestored one up the street with side stripes and fender mirrors in my neighborhood. Pretty cool little car!