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Datsun 1000 & Tavurvur

I thought this might interest you lot. Most of the members from
datsun1200.com have seen this before but hey some of the new guys might find it
pretty interesting.
 
So I came to Aus for study, and after finishing my first degree I travelled
back to Rabaul in PNG. In 2008 I shipped this neat little 2 door up to my home
town. The car cost me $270.00 and the shipping ended up at about $2500.00.

If this disgraceful gesture of gross expenditure doesn't put me in the category of
a passionate enthusiast then I'm nothing but a lost soul.

The image below was taken the day I collected the car from the wharf. We
have seven volcanoes within the province and the one erupting in the background
(Tavurvur) is the one that levelled the entire town in 1994. My dad is still
there working through the volcanic eruption (the volcano hasn't stopped) it has
become part of the daily life. At the worst of times (big eruption and winds
not in favour) the volcano will drop a good inch and a half of ash over the
course of the day.

So there you have it, a Datsun 1000 in the most unlikely of places.


is that the one in your build thread chris?

pretty cool photo with the volcano going off in the back ground
Current Dato -
68 B20 ute project
Previous Datos -
68 B20 ute
68 B10 2dr sedan
ca18det 1200 ute 180rwkw
12a montser port 1200 ute 212rwhp
Stocko 1200 wagon
Yeah!

Best rust free example I've ever come across, beleive it or not that 1000 has lesss rust than my red B10!
2500 worth of shipping!! yikes! haha,
good to see you don't have any regrets.

looks like a genuine and original little car.
Absolutely no regrets what so ever.

Yeah it's a bit scrubby, but when I stripped and sandblasted it,I found only one patch of rust. It has a really straight body, very happy with it. It did come with a stack of spare parts so I was pretty happy with that as well.

Car is currently needing to be assembled and it's all sorted.
it will be nice to see it finished
Current Dato -
68 B20 ute project
Previous Datos -
68 B20 ute
68 B10 2dr sedan
ca18det 1200 ute 180rwkw
12a montser port 1200 ute 212rwhp
Stocko 1200 wagon
If you gave me petrol money I would have happily driven it to Cooktown, evans point, 
or Darwin if there was some kind of ferry, boat or ship to PNG.
Maybe a road trip on the way back
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That is interesting, nice ratty condition, hope youre not fixing it up too much before you lower it
You are pretty game for that money, but when it comes to obsessions like this then money doesn't really matter I guess!
Volcano must be pretty dangerous yeah?
haha chris has got a build thread on 1200.com it's been sandblasted and and repainted looks mint, correct me if im wrong chris pretty sure that was your thread i was reading about
Current Dato -
68 B20 ute project
Previous Datos -
68 B20 ute
68 B10 2dr sedan
ca18det 1200 ute 180rwkw
12a montser port 1200 ute 212rwhp
Stocko 1200 wagon
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