For 1972, Japan Domestic Market models received a minor change. It was given a facelift with new taillights, grille & trim on the sedan & new dash & interiors on both the Coupe & Sedan & Van (truck was unchanged). Note that the new hood, commonly called a "GX bonnet", was actually used for all trim, including Deluxe, GL, GX and even Standard too.
Overview
Included in the 1972 facelift were new:
- Badges
- Bonnet - except Van continued to use the original
- Sedan Tail Lights (coupe lights did not change)
- Interior trim & Door Cards
- Coupe
- Sedan (design continued with B120 pickups)
- Sedan Grille (coupe grille did not change)
- Hooded Dash
- Hooded-gauge Instrument Panel
- Revised Gauges with new Font face
- new anti-glare covers for gauges
Sedan
Sedan received updated Grille and Tail Lamps for the Facelift. By contrast, Coupes continued with the original items.
1972 Sedan - 昭和47 (S47). B110 was sold 1970-1972 in Japan, with the B210 debuting during 1972.
Van changes were similar to the sedan, with the exception that Van continued to use the original bonnet.
New grille, bonnet & badges
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Rear: new taillights & badges
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Export Markets
Export models continued as before. The export Datsun 1200s were continuations of the basic 1970-1971 car with only mechanical improvements as they were introduced into production. For the most part, none of the Facelift body & trim upgrades were included.
Utes used the Facelift sedan door panel card design.
Datsun 620 pickup used the Facelift gauge designs (speedometer & clock). Utes 1978-up adopted them too.
South Africa sedans used the Facelift grille
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