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The purpose of racing stripesᵂ is to identify the car among many other similar cars during a busy race. You can also make your street car stand out by applying stripes.

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	Color Overview Paint Topics
	Blue Green Flames
	Red Pink Stripes
	Black Grey Scallops
	Yellow Primer Two-Tone
	Engine Color Vinyl Top
	Silver Purple

Factory Stripes

SSS

Main: Datsun 1200 SSS

S1 Stripe

Portugal thin stripe with inset 'DATSUN' at the rear.

Main: Datsun 1200 S1

Album 1447 Album 14057 Album 46 Album 1449 Album 1452

Option 'Datsun' Side Strip

JPN K5040-00067
USA 99990-00107
Accessories

Album 27055

Bold "DATSUN" side stripe adds sportscar flare to the 1200. Makes the car look lower and longer. Stripe is top quality "Scotchcalᴳ" vinyl. Each letter is formed with individual pieces of tape to let the original car paint show through for a clean, neat, perfectly colored letter! 71" long, available in black or white.

Album 27054

Post 476899

K5040-00067 TAPE-masking 'D A T S U N' (10 m) Coupe
JDM OPTIONS

"DATSUN" SIDE STRIPE, Part Number 99990-00107 (white). * 9990-00108 (black) $16.75 USD
USA OPTIONS

The Datsun 510 catalog has the same stripe kit, and the description is worded more accurately.

The "DATSUN" side stripe kit comes ready to apply, and adds sports car flair to your automobile. The "Scotchcal" vinyl retains its luster and is long-lasting. Letters are individually formed allowing the original paint to show through. The side stripe is 71" long. Available in black or white.

brochure

The re-creation on this red 1200 doesn't let the car color show through
Suby05 Suby05

Different version seen on B210 (narrow spacing, different font)
Post 486509 Post 486509 Album 26916

Datsun sold variations on this stripe: instead of 'DATSUN', they were '240Z', '260 Z', and 'Li'l Hustler'.

mcdat re-creations
Post 458263 Post 458325

mcdat rear-window version
Post 458329

Option 3/4-inch Side Stripe

Post 495906

3/4" SIDE STRIPE KIT, Part Number 99990-00109 (white) * 99990-00110 (black) [$14.00 USD] Thin line side striping to add a subtle touch to the 1200's beautifully sculptured lines. Side striping consists of a 1/4" stripe between two 1/8" stripes for a total slim-line 3/4" stripe. 25 ft. of striping provided, all in high quality "Scotchcalᴳ" vinyl. Available in black or white.

USA OPTIONS

B120 Bakkie

Nissan South Africa stripes

B120

GX Side Stripe

Datsun 1200 GX

Album 8580

Sedan and Coupe
Album 8883

Black & white
Album 1748 Album 1749

From 1970-1971 Catalog
?unlisted?

GX-5

GX-5 Black and Red tape stripe differs for Sedan & Coupe, specifically the key holes & side duct places differ.

#GX5 Coupe stripe leading edge is cut at an angle and has a notch for the side vents

#GX5 Sedan strip straight-cut leading edge

Keyhole notch
Post 490280

GX5 Sedan

Sedan tape stripe looks similar but differs from Coupe

Leading edge is straight-cut
Key holes is closer to front as the door is shorter
No side duct notch

Nissan Part Numbers from 1972 JDM catalog:
76820-H7200 STRIPE SET-accent Sedan
* 76822-H7200 SHEET-accent stripe (R.H.) Sedan
* 76823-H7200 SHEET-accent stripe (L.H.) Sedan

brochure

Album 5487

Sedan stripe will fit any short-door model (4-door sedan, wagon and ute), although of course only the 4door sedan came in GX trim. For 4-door. Also fits ute. Does not fit 2-door.

Fitted to truck:
Post 490281 Post 490281
Repro stipe pictured, with angle-cut front edge
Post 490281 Post 490281

GX5 Coupe

Coupe stripe differs from sedan stripe:

leading edge is cut at an angle
notch for the side vents
keyhole notch is farther back due to the longer door

Album 1971 Post 490280

brochures:
brochure brochure Girl

Album 19087 Album 1873 Album 1872 Album 1970 Album 1833

Nissan Part Numbers from 1972 JDM catalog:
76820-H7210 STRIPE SET-accent Coupe
* 76822-H7210 SHEET-accent stripe (R.H.) Coupe
* 76823-H7210 SHEET-accent stripe (L.H.) Coupe

Post 492380 Album 1816 Post 490280 Post 490280 Post 490280 Post 490280 Post 490280 Post 490280

carps version

Post 361007 Post 361007 Post 361007

GX5 Yellow

Factory brochures show what appears to be a Black & Yellow stripe, which is not in the parts catalog:
brochure Girl

Perhaps this is just faded photos and it is the usual red stripe.

PB110

PB110 Datsun Sunny Excellent 1400 had stripes for both the GX and GL grades.

サニーエクセレントサイドストライプᴵ Sunny Excellent side stripe

GX

Sedan & Coupe use the same stripe sets

Black/yellow/black stripe. The body color shows in between the three parts
brochure brochure

76821-H2703 STRIPE SET-accent (black & yellow) (L.H.) SGX, CGX
76820-H2703 STRIPE SET-accent (black & yellow) (R.H.) SGX, CGX
Post 355956

L4 straight-cut end
Post 498103 Post 498103

76821-H2702 STRIPE SET-accent (white & yellow) (L.H.) SGX, CGX
76820-H2702 STRIPE SET-accent (white & yellow) (R.H.) SGX, CGX
Post 472376

GL

K5040-00195 TAPE-marking (960mm) as req. S-GL
K5040-00196 LABEL-marking (R.H.) S-GL
K5040-00197 LABEL-marking (L.H.) S-GL

B210

Main: B210 Stripes

B310

'210' B310_Brochures#United_States

'SUNNY' 1981 B310_Brochures#Canada

76872-H9205, 76873-H9205 アクセントストライプ金地黒 Sedan, Coupe '77~ (Scotchcal tape)
EGI accent stripe???

Common Pinstripe

Along the Swage Line (Character Line), aka Side Crease
Just below the belt line, accentuating the coke-bottle shap

Character Line Pinstripe

A character line stripe can be painted or implemented with a rubbing strip.

#GX Side Stripe
#GX-5 had one applied
#S1 Stripe
#PB110 used a character line pinstripe

Pinstripe applied to the character line — like a Datsun dealer would apply to a new 1200, as shown in Press Photos
Album 2855

Compare to the unpainted character line, which in shadow adds a noticeable line to the side of the car:
Album 13885

This "perimeter" stripe variation wraps around the back of the sedan
Album 2326 Album 2325

Belt Line Pinstripe

Pinstrip just below the car belt lineᴳ.

Belt-line pinstripe accentuates the slight Coke-bottling styling of the 2-door sedan (pinched-waist beltline)
Album 124

Bustle Stripe

Album 1650

Bumblebee Stripe

Bumblebee Stripeᴳ goes around the nose of the car

Album 1719 Album 1720 Album 1721

Lightning Stripe

Album 2437 Album 16816 Album 16817

Diagonal multi-color (lightning primitive abstraction)
Album 18089

Le Mans Racing Stripes

The original racing stripes. Le Mans racing stripesᴳ

Album 7353

Double Rally Stripes

Main: Rally Stripes

Thin stripes | Classic stripes | Offset Stripe

BRE Stripes

The famous pattern of the 1968 Datsun team by Pete Brock of BREᴳ, itself an evolution of racing hash marks/fender stripes.

Main: BRE

Scallops

Paint scallopsᴳ is an old hot rod style. Try it on a 1200.

1200 Pickup with Primer paint and scallops
Album 14450

Album click to view Album 13960

Album 2570

Tricolor

Datsun Colours - red, white and blue

Album 13714

Misc

Dazzle stripesᴳ
Album 18189

Strobe Stripe on Sublime Green paint. Buy stripe kit from Trimbrite part number R76010ᴳ
Post 488190 Album 22717 Album 22716

Yenko stripeᴳ
Album 20090

Spear
Post 471955 Post 471955

Reverse Boss
Album 17745

classic Racing Forg paint scheme
Album 2205

Starsky & Hutch Styleᴳ
Album 5776

90s Style
Album 7009 Album 14352

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