Just thought I would put up some pics of my project, few new ones from the project over at datsun1200.com.
As you can see it was a bit of the mess:





The original plan was to rattle can the car in flat black and hope for the best. Of course I got carried away after realising just how much of a mess it was.
Pulling the entire front end out and putting the body in primer:







Painting the body:







Trying to organise the nuts and bolts (check the jar collection), I replaced quite a few with new ones:




Now to paint and rebuild the suspension and steering:





Adding a rubber spacer to the cross member (I glued it in):



Anyway, this is the most recent stuff I have been upto, plans for the future include disk brake front, h150 diff, a12 and a few little more aesthetic things. Hope you like!

Finn, It is all looking pretty sweet now.
I noticed you don't have a cross rod in that last pic.
Mat Dat do reco's on them, I have not tried them yet.
I have emailed them and asked for a quote, they said roughly $70, they couldn't tell me a fixed price for sure untill they can see how good/bad condition the cross rod is in.

Yahoo Auctions Japan has upper control arm bushes from time to time.
And I have heard of a guy using the lower bushes from a Ford Transit van rear leaf spring shackle,
and he reduced the thickenss of the flange on a belt sander, although I am unsure of what model Transit he used.

Nissan OEM part numbers are:

Spindle, Upper Link - 54432-18000
Rubber Bushing, Upper Link - 54450-18001
Rubber Bushing, Lower Link - 54460-18000

Cross rod has many part numbers.

Right Hand Drive.
48560-18000
48560-18001
48560-H0100
48560-H0500

Left Hand Drive.
48560-24900
48560-24901
48560-H0500

Although im not sure what differences the cross rod has between Left and Right Hand Drive models, the cross rod looks symmetrical to me.

Thanks for the help, this site pays.
I do have a cross rod but it must have been hit pretty hard at some point as one of the sockets is pushed in and cannot move. Thanks to Clyons I should be getting a good one soon enough. I'm not sure what maddat do when they recondition them but I reckon you could bring them back to life pretty easy with some grease and new boots, i'll put something in the tips section.

They are some very helpful numbers, I should be ordering in some bushes soon enough.
I looked up in the superpro catalogue at Ford Transit shackle bushes, and they have them as OD 27mm  ID 16mm. Not sure on length. This is spot on from what I can measure whilst the arms are on the car, will look into this further

I have heard other 1000 owners say that one end of their cross rod is stuck.
After looking at mine I have noticed one end moves like a ball joint and the other end only rotates.
Both ends move free and smooth, im pretty sure the rotation only on one side is standard from factory.
So im guessing that the difference between Left and Right Hand Drive models is which side the fixed end is on.
Can anyone else confirm one end fixed and one end free with their 1000 cross rod?

Hey Finn,

Sup? Hows your thou coming along? I have your badge still sitting here wrapped ready to go, given up on the badge making.

Still have the laser option available but I'll do that later-on when I get a spare moment.

Cheers

Sweet are you in final year? I am and it's killing me. Good work on the scholarship!

Regarding the brakes I am not sure how fast you are wanting to move but I'm about to make a small kit up that will come with the adapter for the booster. The calipers will fit under 13 inchers and have a big surface area so will be good.

Brackets will be flat plate if possible but more likely CNC machined, I am looking to sell the brackets on their own and leaving the buyer to source his own calipers (very easy to find and very common).

Chris

I'm looking at fitting the engine in the next week or two, does anyone have any advice for things I should prep before it goes it? When I pulled it I unbolted the gearbox and lifted just the engine, should I do the same in reverse, with engine first then fit gearbox? Or is that a real pain in the ass to align. 
 
Cheers

Everybody get ready to turn into jelly:


 
Now... the rear end! by the end of the week I swear....