That's very sad to hear Derrick,

The Chassis Number sounds right to me, LB10 followed by six digits.
From that Chassis Number it has a build date between October 1968 and July 1969.

I did a write up on chassis numbers and placed it within the tab labled "1000 specs" up the top of the page if you were interested.
http://www.datsun1000.com/PageView.asp?PageID=74

Did they give you any alternatives for registering it?

Good to hear you still have a few tricks up your sleeve.
If all else fails do you think it can be registered as an import?

So it won't pass the inspection, therefore cannot be registered?

Or it can't be registered period?

That number is taken from the body of the car not the build plate?

That would have to be it then for sure. I'm not sure how tough your province inspection is but we have similar ones like that in Australia. Being such a simple car it doesn't take much to get it roadworthy unless there is rust.

my datsun only has the id tag and engine number but no numbers stamped in body any where so makes it hard for finding  parts as it doesnt have a build date

thanks bee ill check that out looking at the id plate  mine doesnt have have a year date on it if i find the numbers does that have anything to do with the year

As from 1st January, 1970 all vehicles sold in Australia were fitted with a "compliance plate"

The date stamped into these plates refer to the month and year the vehicle arrived in Australia.
As a rule Two months should be deducted from the compliance date to calculate the production date.
So I would guess your car would be a 1969 model if it never had a compliance date.


Unfortunatley what I have listed on the page andrewzuku linked to is all the info I have on chassis numbers.
The only other way I know how to I.D. a year model is if the car has original paint, then you can use the guard indicators as a year I.D.. (short 1969 or long 1970).
If the paint is not original then you won't know if the guards are originaly from that car.

I have also listed chassis numbers for KB10 here. (im assuming your car is a KB10 from your user pic).
http://www.datsun1000.com/ModelView.asp?ModelID=23&ModelsCategoryID=1&FamilyID=2

I havn't been in the 1000 scene all that long so maybe you could post some pics of your car and other 1000 owners might be able to narrow it down further.