Datsun 1200 grilles vary between Coupe and Sedan. The Sedans used a stainless steel grille, while Coupes used a sporty plastic type. Wagons and early utes used the sedan grille, while newer utes use a coupe-like plastic grille. In Japan, the sedan grille changed for 1972.

Identification

#Stainless Grille: Sedan, Wagon & 1971-1978 ute

#Facelift Grille (1972 JDM Sedan & South Africa sedans)

#Coupe Grille (black headlight surrounds)

#1978-1989 Ute Grille (silver headlight surrounds)

#Late Sunny Truck/Bakkie Grille (1989-2007)

#Sunny Excellent Grille

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Stainless Grille

Early sedan grille

Album 20857

See Main Article: Sedan Grille

Sedan grille "D" and "S" emblems

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Plastic Grilles

Album 20861 1. Silver headlamp surrounds (#mid-model ute) 2. Black headlamp surrounds (#coupe GX) 3. With Silver center strip (#coupe non-GX)

Black headlight surrounds: (#coupe) Album 1741

Silver headlight surrounds: Mid #Pickup (1978-1989) https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/Datsun%201200/Sunny%20Truck/bakkie/569129l_20.jpg

Emblems: Rectangular for pickup, Round for coupe

Album 26382

Coupe Grille

See Main Article: Coupe_Grille

GX Coupe | DX/GL Coupe

Album 8580 Album 3918

Sunny Truck Grille

Early Truck

1971-1977 Sunny Truck/ute/bakkie used the stainless Sedan Grille.

Album 15804 Album 736

Mid-Model Truck

1978-up Truck/ute/bakkie. This grille looks nearly identical to the Coupe grille, except:

Silver headlight surrounds (coupe has black surrounds)

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Album 16656 Album 5720

Rectangular center emblem (Coupe is round)

Emblem screws have horizontal arrangement (Coupe is diagonal)

Main: Truck_Badges#Mid-model

Coupe or Ute grille accepts both emblems

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Coupe emblem - screws arranged diagonally

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Pickup emblem - screws arranged (nearly) horizontally

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Album 385

To fit a Plastic grille to an early ute or sedan, add these tabs:

Album 21713

Square Headlight Truck

See Main Article: Square Light Grille

From October 1989 * JDM Sunny Truck (late B122) * South Africa bakkie (B140)

Facelift Grille

For 1972, Japan-model 1200s received a minor facelift.

Coupe

Coupe continued to use the original grille during the 1972 facelift. Only the badges were changed.

Sedan

See Main Article: Sedan Grille, Facelift

Late JDM grille + intricate "S" grille emblem

Album click to view Album 752

Customized Grilles

Gold

Album 12785

Blackout center ornament

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four-eye

Chrome highlights

FRP

Ɛ̃finiᵂ emblem (a.k.a. Mazda Efini badgeᴳ/infini) 1991-1997

Album 10210

Kustom grille

Album 11725

Color Matched

Album 2099 Album 2100

D21 Style

Bprojects Nissan D21 style grille on Datsun 1200 truck

Album 8772

D21 was marketed as "DATSUN truck" is Japan

D21 was marketed as "Nissan Hardbody" in North America

D21 was marketed as "Navara" in much of ROW (rest of world)

D21 Hardbody minor update 1993-1997

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JDM look

Coupe-grille with custom insert

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Facelift custom

Post 354127

Flush

Album 2843 Album 7061 Album 15945

Datrotor: Made up my own mirror finish stainless grill that deffenetly is a 1off.every single bolt that isn't hi tensile has been mirror polished finish and is all stainless

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Blackout Grille

Coupe/Ute grille painted black

Album 3972 Album 15846 Album 22270 Album 12784

Square Eye Retrofit

rectangular headlights - dual or quad

See Main Article: Square Light Grille

Billet

Aluminum Slat

Post 461992

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GDM Style

Jetta A2 headlights (1984-1992) retro-fitted a 1200 -- for the GDM look

Album 7718 Album 7688 https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/germany119.jpg

Mercedes

Album 8584

BMW

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VW Caddy look (see post for more pics)

Post 476836 Album 5668

Bimmer E30 datsunb120

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Mounting

Each grile type has unique mounting variation.

A plastic grill will not bolt in place of a sedan grille and vice-versa.

Album 24815 Album 24814

Ditto for round vs square headlight grilles.

The four Datsun 1200 grille types and their mount points

Album 18436

See: * Sedan Grille Mounting Album click to view * Coupe Grille Mounting Album click to view * Coupe Grille in Sedan: add the missing brackets. * Sedan Grille in late Sunny Truck * Coupe Grille in late Sunny Truck Album click to view