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Overview

Round-eye 1979 Model year
Square-eye 1980-1982

Also see: B310 Grille Conversion for details on swapping round vs square headlight

Japan Market

Japan
Van (VB310) all round-eye
early Sedan, Coupe, Wagon: round-eye  7711-7909
late  Sedan, Coupe, Wagon: square-eye 7910-

Fog lamps were standard fitment on early GX round-eye, and optional on all other round-eye.

Ornament

62311 ORNAMENT-FRONT

Round Eye Ornament

Round headlight grille 
* 62392-H8500 S.A12, V.A12
* 62392-H8900 S.A14, V.A14
* 62392-H8760 K.A12
* 62395-H9000 K.A14, W
* 62395-H9400 V 7910- (STD from 7812)

62392-H8500 A12 Sedan, early Van

62395-H9000 or 62395-H8900 A14

Square Eye Ornament

RED Sedan, Wagon
BLUE Coupe & GX

62392-H8505 RED Sedan, Wagon (except GX)

62392-H8705 BLUE Coupe-ALL + Sedan.GX, Wagon.GX

Round Eye A12

A12 (and A13) powered B310 used a horizontally-split grille

no chrome: (base grill)
chrome upper band fitted: DX
chrome upper band + chrome lower surrounds fitted: GL and SPDX
* The chrome bands are separate part numbers

62312-H8501
* S.CT -7812
* S.CT,CITYDX 7901-7909

62300-H8510
* K.A12S -7909
* S.A12S.DX,GL.F4 -7909

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Round Eye A14

A14 (and A15)

grille with no chrome (GX?)
grille with fog lamps
grille with no fog lamps

62312-H8901 S.A14S except GX
V.A14 -8109
V.A14.SPDX 8110-

62312-H8902 S.GX#
62312-H8960 W.GL
            K.A14S except GX -late
62312-H8961 W.DX
62312-H9000 K.A14S except GX -early
62312-H9002 K.GX#

GX grille

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Van

All vans came with round eye grille & hood.

VB310 7711-7909 1200 & 1400
VB311 7910-8109 1200 & 1400
VB312 8110-83   1200 & 1400

A12

62300-H8510 (also used by Coupe A12 and Sedan A12 DX,GL)
* V.A12.SPDX 8110-
* V.A12S.SPDX,DX -7909
* 4V.A12.SPDX 7910-8109
* 4V.SPDXA 7812-8109

62300-H8800
* V.A12.SPDXA 8011-8109

62312-H8501 (also used by early Sedan CT)
* V.A12.DX 7910-8109
* V.CITYDX 7901-7909
* V.SPDXA 8110-
* V.STD -7909

62312-H8801
* V.A12.STD,DX,DXA 8110-
* V.STD 7910-8109

A14

62312-H8901 (also used by early S.A14S except GX)
* V.A14 -8109
* V.A14.SPDX 8110-

62312-H9600 V.A14.DX,DXA 8110-

Square Eye

Rectangular headlights were used on Sedan, Coupe and Wagon (but not Van) from October 1979.

62310 grille for rectangular headlights

Fine Slat

62310-H8502 7910-8010 (1980)
* S except-GX 
* W.DX,GL

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62310-H8503 8011- with horizontal chrome strips in center
* S except GX
* W.DX,GL

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H8502

Fine Mesh

Coupe-ALL + Sedan.GX + Wagon.GX

62310-H8702 7910-8010 (1980)
Post 270700 Post 370179

62310-H8703 8011- (1981-1982) with horizontal chrome strips in center

North America

USA and Canada

Round Headlight

All early USA and Canada B310 models used the Round-headlight A12-style grille with all engine sizes (A12A, A14 and A15). Sedan, Coupe, Wagon -- all used the sedan grille. For this market, early means the 1979 model year (ending November 1979).

North American parking/TS lights are in the grille instead of the bumper -- unlike every other market
full

62392-H8501 ORNAMENT-RADIATOR GRILLE
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62300-H9102 GRILLE-RADIATOR USA Coupe except 5-spd 0278-1179, Sedan -0779
* single chrome moulding
* 62300-H9102 MOULDING-GRILL RADIATOR
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62300-H9106 GRILLE-RADIATOR USA Coupe 5-spd 0278-0579, Wagon -1179
* 62314-H8800 MOULDING-GRILL RADIATOR

62312-H9107 GRILLE-RADIATOR USA Coupe 5-spd 0679-1179, Sedan 0879-1179
* 62314-H8800 MOULDING-GRILL RADIATOR

Blackout

Subtly customized grille

Square Headlight

1980-1982 models in North America used rectangular headlights. The grille is like the Japan-market Sedan grille except with cutouts for parking/TS lights.

62310-H9102 GRILLE-RADIATOR USA/CANADA Sedan, Coupe, Wagon 1279-

62392-H9100 ORNAMENT-RADIATOR GRILLE 'D' 1279-0780 (1980 model year)

62394-H9100 ORNAMENT-RADIATOR GRILLE 'DATSUN' 0880- (1981, 1982 model year)
1980-1982 has rubber strip instead of protruding overriders
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Worldwide RHD Market

B310 is worldwide market used the same grilles as the Japan market. The main difference is that VB310 used a rectangular grille when the sedan, coupe and WB310 switched to it.