Cowl Top Grille

The Cowl Top Grille is the vents just below the windshield. Their purpose is to prevent debris from entering the air intakes for the passenget compartment air flow. There are three styles: Coupe, Sedan Standard and Sedan Deluxe. They all have the same screw pattern so can be swapped for a custom look.

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Styles

Sedan (top) VS Coupe (bottom)

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Coupe style (DX, GL, GX) and Sedan-GX

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NOTE: The metal grile plate under the Coupe "scoop" vents are different to the STD metal vent covers -- they are flat, not raised 5mm like the Standard grille.

Sedan DX/GL style

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STD style

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1000 (notched) vs 1200 (six-screw type)

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Colors

Coupe grilles at least were produced in body-matching colors. Sedan grilles appear to have been offered in gray or black. And Std style were painted black or body color.

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Aftermarket

Bluemax is creating custom cowl top grilles in the coupe style.

120fly was making coupe-style grilles.

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Bprojects has coupe-style FRP replicas.

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PB110

Sunny Excellent 1400 (PB110)

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Part Numbers

85-30412-9 SCREW (fixing cowl top grille, mild steel) 12 per vehicle

Stainless screws look better than factory-spec screws

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Sedan JDM

Except Sedan GX

85-30412-9 SCREW (fixing cowl top grille) 12 per vehicle

66802-H1001 GRILLE-cowl top (R.H.) S-Dx., S-GL 66803-H1001 GRILLE-cowl top (L.H.) S-Dx., S-GL 66802-H1002 GRILLE-cowl top (R.H.) S-Std 66803-H1002 GRILLE-cowl top (L.H.) S-Std

DX, GL

https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/Datsun%201200/wiki/68803-H1001-2.jpg Album 2183

STD

https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/Datsun%201200/wiki/66802-H1002.jpg

DX, GL appears to include STD units, but they are slightly different (totally flat)

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Sedan USA

66802-H1001 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH $63.33 66802-H2314 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH ORANGE #006 Sedan DX 66802-H2313 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH TURKOIS #005 $58.83 66802-H2312 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH GREEN #004 66803-H1001 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH $60.70 66803-H2314 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH ORANGE #006 66803-H2313 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH TURKOIS #005 $58.83 66803-H2312 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH GREEN #004

85-30412-9 SCREW (fixing cowl top grille) 12 per vehicle

Van

66802-H1002 GRILLE-cowl top grille (R.H.) VS, VP 66803-H1002 GRILLE-cowl top grille (L.H.) VS, VP

66802-H1001 GRILLE-cowl top grille (R.H.) V-Dx. 66803-H1001 GRILLE-cowl top grille (L.H.) V-Dx.

85-30412-9 SCREW (fixing cowl top grille) 12 per vehicle

Coupe, Sedan GX

85-30412-9 SCREW (fix cowl top grille) 12 per vehicle

08530-41212 SCREW-TAPPING M4 FOR GRILLE FITTING 6 per side 08530-41612 SCREW-TAPPING M4 FOR GRILLE FITTING 6 per side

Coupe part includes the grille and a mesh plate which is flat

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66802-H1800 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH WHITE #924 66802-H1801 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH YELLOW #926 66802-H1802 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH GRAY #928 66802-H1803 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH GREEN #930 66802-H1804 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH GOLD #931 66802-H1805 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH RED #932 66802-H1806 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH WHITE #821 66802-H1807 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH YELLOW #665 66802-H1809 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH BLUE #645 66802-H1810 GRILLE COWL TOP RH GREEN #940 66802-H2300 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH WHITE #924 (from '70-Nov) 66802-H2301 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH YELLOW #926 66802-H2302 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH GRAY #928 66802-H2303 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH GREEN #930 66802-H2304 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH GOLD #931 66802-H2305 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH RED #932 66802-H2306 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH WHITE #821 66802-H2307 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH YELLOW #665 66802-H2309 GRILLE-COWL TOP RH BLUE #645 66802-H2310 GRILLE COWL TOP RH GREEN #940 66802-H2311 GRILLE-COWL TOP,RH,GREEN #003 66802-H2314 GRILLE-COWL TOP,RH,ORANGE #006 66803-H1800 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH WHITE #924 66803-H1801 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH YELLOW #926 66803-H1802 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH GRAY #928 66803-H1803 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH GREEN #930 66803-H1804 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH GOLD #931 66803-H1805 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH RED #932 66803-H1806 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH WHITE #821 66803-H1807 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH YELLOW #665 66803-H1809 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH BLUE #645 66803-H1810 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH GREEN #940 66803-H2300 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH WHITE #924 66803-H2301 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH YELLOW #926 66803-H2302 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH GREEN #928 66803-H2303 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH GREEN #930 66803-H2304 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH GOLD #931 66803-H2305 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH RED #932 66803-H2306 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH WHITE #821 66803-H2307 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH YELLOW #665 66803-H2309 GRILLE-COWL TOP LH BLUE #645 66803-H2311 GRILLE-COWL TOP,LH,GREEN #003 66803-H2314 GRILLE-COWL TOP,LH,ORANGE #006

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Pickup

66802-H1002 COWL TOP GRILLE, RH 66803-H1002 COWL TOP GRILLE, LH

08530-41212 SCREW-(fixing cowl top grille) (12)

Custom

Tops removed and vents blocked

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