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Hi guys I finally started with my 1982 Datsun 1400 Ute project. The future goal for the little Datsun is to do a Toyota 4AGZE engine swap that has been converted to a single turbo or maybe a SR20 DET engine. At the moment the current goal is to get the body repaired and also to restore the current A14 engine as I do not currently have the funds to do the conversion out of the gate. The Datsun/Nissan 1400 Ute was only manufactured in South Africa and was only exported to a few African countries. As far as I know the Datsun version of the 1400 was basically a Datsun 1200 vir an A14 engine in it (Please correct me if I am wrong). My friend owns two Datsun Utes. One has an CA18 DET engine in and the other one has the SR20 DET engine. He uses them only for drag racing but to my project that is of no use. If anybody has any advice about the little Datsun it would be much appreciated. I do not have a heap of knowledge as I am still quite young. I will upload some photos this weekend when I am at home. In the meantime I will try to get a few photos taken by my brother and then I'll upload them. Here is the current condition of the engine.