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I've been working on a 12/70 (VIN 17813) restoration for about 10 months. It will be ready for sale shortly. I have been making vague references to this project in a few posts over the last few months, hoping to wet your appetite. I do feel strongly about the adage of "it should go to a good home and to good people" so I'm starting here. This is the only place it is currently advertised. I will keep this true for at least seven days. Here are a few details and pics to get your juices running. White on blue. Series 1. fresh single stage paint. Only minor rust was present and is all fixed. Standard disclaimer about there being "no such thing as a rust free Datsun". Lets get this out of the way now. Fresh L24 with an E31 head, but the block is NOT numbers matching. There. I said it. what a relief to get that off my chest. It is done primarily as a stock restoration but it has several small and tasteful upgrades and many important and common "Standard" improvements. Nothing that can't be easily reversed if you want to go "pure". It's not perfect. I built it as a driver, not a show car or medallion winner. There are lots of things you can still buy, clean perfectly, or improve on yourself to make it "more better" and "yours". I've take hundreds of pictures of pretty much everything that's been done to it. No secrets. I put a fresh wiper motor electrical connector on it. Just had to mention that.... There have been a couple of white on blue series 1's that have been offered in the last year that sold in the $20-25K USD range if you're wondering what I'm asking. Recent discussions by members of this forum of similar cars for sale, make this a very reasonable range to expect. I'm flexible but not like when I was 12. I want it sold sooner than later. There is still time to finish it to a buyers specification if the engine, trans, wheels, whatever are not right for you. How often do you get that offer from a seller? I will happily discuss the details with any of you that want the full story. PM me for a phone number. Pictures coming below. Jim Karst

Blue pictures coming tomorrow. Not pictures of Blue though.

The 70 to 72 carbs weren't SU's either. In fact, the carbs from every year was produced by Hitachi, not SU. So the 73-73 carbs are as much SU's as the previous years. Haha! And contrary to popular belief, I do not own a car with flat tops. That doesn't mean that I'm not still messing with them, but just not on MY car. In fact, if things go according to plan, there will be one more car running flat tops ADDED to the world in the not too distant future! Also different for the 260, Electronic ignition. Carbon canister. Speedo. Seat belt interlocks. Off the top of my head...

By the way, per this discussion I decided to add a new forum to the list called "Heat & Air Conditioning" on your behalf, Jai. I moved a bunch of other A/C related threads into this forum. You can also do a search to find other posts related to A/C in case I missed any. Click here to search our site for the words "air conditioning" for example.