Readers' Photos # 50: Early Datsun 1200 Crew-cab Ute

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Today's post comes via the West Coast Correspondent and is a bit of an enigma.  It's badged as a Datsun 1200 and, whilst a check of Google images does show some similar ute versions from circa 1960, they're all single-cab models, almost exclusively fitted with separate trays.

As you can see, this one's a crew-cab with an integral tray, making it a bit of a rarity.  It could be that it was custom-made, possibly having been based on a station wagon.  However, it's so well finished that it seems more probable that it's ex-factory.

Either way, it's a fabulous looking car with amazing duco and chrome, that's complimented very nicely by a set of six spoke alloys.  And if it is a Datsun original, it might just be one of the earliest examples of a crew-cab ever.





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(uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)

iPhone image.

Comments

  1. Unknown22 November 2021 at 10:01

    This is definitely a factory model of which only 1000 were made in 1962-'63. We had some of these in Rhodesia.

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  2. Alastair Watson27 November 2021 at 09:56

    Wow! Thanks very much for the info! I’d love to know this car’s history and if that’s where it originated from. Pretty certain they were never available in Australia. Cheer.

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