So I bought a 4 door sedan the other day.
The main intention was to keep most of the good bits for my Wagon, but noiw has kinda turned into a learning exercise for both me and my 11 yo stepson. After buying him his own cheapy toolkit from Bunnings, I told him if he helps me strip it we can put some of the unneeded parts on eBay and he will get 50% of the proceeds.

Now normally I would offer the parts at offer here or D1200 first but I hope in this instance some of you will unterstand that my stepson has never picked up a screwdriver before and is really getting into me more than I excpected the average modern childs attention span would allow. Plus it would be good to make a few bucks back off wehat I paid for it.

That said there will be parts Im not sure what to do with...some of them are not worth selling...some of them I cant use on a wagon. Those bits im open to requests on.
So far its things like, Door Cards,
rear door hinges and or glass/ winder mechanisms, little bits of trim like the little headliner bits on the rear pillars and the headliner itself (1 little tear) Seat upholstery is trashed but the frame is ok...and the shell (some minor front end damage) itself If no one wants these they will go to the tip.I d rather give stuff to a home thatn throw out anything Datsun, but kinda need to get this out of my driveway at the same time.

But the real question is how much to pull apart?
I mean am I better selling or giving away the whole door even tho the skin is rusty or completely dismantiling the mechanisms/glass from it and selling them individually? 
Same with an a10 here...sell complete or seperate bits like carby and manifold?
Maybe some of you might even end up wanting this stuff let me re-iterate that im not doing this for profit, but Id be interested to hear your thoughts on what you would do...

Oh and let me know if you want any of this non-saleable stuff I will put up a giveway list once ive sorted it all.

dont spose you've got the front indicators (ones underneath the headlights)?

Thanks heaps for that Chris gives me a much better idea on how to go about it all, for that, the rear seat is yours gratis...(In the hopes you will be in Melbourne sometime this year to pick it up?) though it is pretty trashed
Ill see what else on that list I can help you with, might keep this diff but have a 145 out of a 1200 sedan I was thinking of selling complete?
But yeh, I hear you on the finacial shituation, every bit counts at the moment.


haha I was totally thinking about doing a chop before I got rid of it!

It sems a pity to cut the crap out of the shell, apart from a bump thats mangled the right castor rod mount, and rust in the quater panels and doors...the rest of the shell is in pretty good condition from what Ive seen

Like I said most of the stuff I can use for my car I will be keeping as spare...or replacement...sorry thou ute, they are in really bad of condition anyway if thats any consolation
(I want to try the LED ones I put a link to in the subsitute parts thread...if they werk, then we can all have new ones! Looked at mini minor ones the other day...right length, but about 30mm too high!)

It does have the original radio and speaker however! willing to consider trading something for the missing black volume knob to make it complete

thats alright thought i'd ask, be good to see these led's you've got in mind

I completely forgot lights, badges, grill etc.

Sounds like you got it for cheap though so good work!

Hey Wurzel,

It's a bit of a long shot but... Do you have the original cigarette lighter? "CL" printed on the lighter.

Also when you are considering what parts to keep, the cross rod is worth something even if it's not in great condition. It is one of those impossible parts to get.
A spare cross rod can be reconditioned without taking your 1000 off the road.

Had another look at it this arvo..rear quaters are rusting at the bottom  and no ciggie lighter

Had a look on ebay and looks like that bloke from SA is doing the same thing...so might just sit on the selling part for a while, . His prices are pretty cheap for the smaller more common parts which might just as well see them go to good homes than go through the hassle of eBaying the miscellanious stuff.

So far, to give away to anyones in Melbs and wants the front seats or rear doors feel free to drop by and take them. Theres onlty a few dings in one but bugger all rust in both. Interstate peeps are welcome to them but I'm on public transport at the moment so I cant really go that far outta my way to get them to you.

Anyone interested in the headlining? it has a small thumbnail size tear in it...but apart from that looks pretty good.


Finally... got any tips on removing windscreens to keep the glass and chrome bezel intact?

Pics to come

Kent do you keep an eye on the australian eBay. There have been a heap of those badges up for sale recently.

No badges apart from yet another fine example of a busted and incomplete boot one..

Do the 4 doors differ much from the 2 doors in dimensions and parts ... apart from the obvious door difference?

Thanks, Chris.

I'll be checking Ebay AU more often. Do send me an email if you see anything!