Datsun 620

More impressive are the bezels.

The Datsun Truck is a compact pickup truck made by Nissan in Japan from through It was originally sold under the Datsun brand, but this was switched to Nissan in It was replaced in by the Frontier and Navara. In Japan, it was sold only in Nissan Bluebird Store locations. A series of small trucks based on their passenger car counterparts, the 14T , 15T , and 17T , continued to be built until early The 17T was followed by the post-war Datsun in , [2] which was nearly identical technically but had an extremely simple body made out of simple pressed metal with almost no chrome and many body parts made from wood, to enable production in resource-starved early post-war Japan.

Datsun 620

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The 2WD and 4WD sport truck package came with factory air-conditioning as well as the clock datsun 620 tachometer in the cluster as standard with exclusive gradient-patterned bucket seats for both drivetrains with the 4WD versions offering the center console and gauges of the DX model, and the 2WD having center console storage in place of the transfer case leverdatsun 620, as well as King Cab variants.

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I figured there is an interesting story behind this time capsule and there is. Another thank you to Barn Finds buddy, Larry D. Sadly, the son has passed away also and his wife has decided to sell the truck. The rear tires are new but the front tires and spare are original. Inside, the interior is near perfect. And you gotta love this photo of the area behind the front seat housing the original red jack. Under that old-school blue full floor mat, we can assume the original blue carpet is as well preserved as the rest of this pickup.

Datsun 620

Not many Japanese pickup trucks have stood the test of time quite as well as the little Datsun As a result, they dissolved away well before their time, often leaving a perfectly reliable drivetrain behind. A strange exception to this rule is the little , somehow getting through more years than its closest rivals as well as some reliable, albeit underpowered Japanese engines keep them going forever. Design-wise it is also pretty unusual for a work vehicle to have such flowing lines, something that has also stood the test of time, and still be attractive a good 50 years down the road. The last two were part of the many rebadged light-duty pickup trucks, all capable of hauling over a ton of anything. Hauling it was one thing, hauling that ton at any great speed is another entirely! The was one of the toughest little trucks out of all of them, it stood tall alongside the early Hilux as one of the most reliable pickups around, with simple, tough as nails running gear. It was also one of the few pickups that passed the stringent California emissions test, making use of an early EGR system as opposed to a catalytic converter. One thing that sets it apart from the opposition is its looks.

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This resulted in excellent fuel economy but at the cost of emissions. There was also the U, which is a crew cab "Utility" version. Categories : Datsun vehicles Nissan vehicles All-wheel-drive vehicles Pickup trucks Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Vehicles introduced in The United Kingdom only received the longer wheelbase, as a standard bed 1-tonner with the L18 engine or as the four-wheel drive 2. I guess not. Every expansion joint in the freeway was a jolt back there, never mind rougher pavement. The V6 engine had a timing belt that requires replacement every 60K miles. Type your email… Subscribe. Evan Reisner. B B Automotive Histories and Misc.

Once upon a time, compact pickup trucks were the norm in the US.

I always admired the looks of these. Yes the early Buebird was available in single and twin cab ute, Datsun came in ute Datsun got into the game right away when the ditched the Austin bodies. Rogue Select. The clutch was now hydraulically operated, with a hanging pedal. Nissan Pathfinder. As the supply situation improved the new and then took over in July and at the end of November of the same year. At the same time, the regular cab was lengthened slightly and the air extractor vents behind the cab doors changed from the high "flag" look to long, narrow ones that matched the height of the window opening. Easy to drive, great handling, and dependable. An excellent point. The Hardbody was produced for the US market from November until , and were direct competition to the Toyota compact pickup. Notify me of new posts by email. Oddly, I saw very few current Nissan models of pickups… the new-truck market appears to have been cornered by Toyota.