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PortHeadlight · 03-13-2010, 10:10 AM

Link to Wall Street Journal Magazine - watch the slide slide show at top. Wondering how they will manage to screw up THIS good thing.

http://magazine.wsj.com/hunter/how-m...ng-class-hero/

OhOneWS6 · 03-13-2010, 10:24 AM

Good Article. Not sure how it would screw THIS up. There is some pretty cool old trucks in the slide show. I'm digging the Dodge quad cab & Van truck.

tcb-1 · 03-13-2010, 11:20 AM

pretty cool factory pics.......

Sport/Truck · 03-13-2010, 11:36 AM

Now you did it, I want to trade my truck for a 77 Datsun king cab!

I'll admit though, I've always liked the Jeep Honchos, but you rarely see them. And if you do they are almost always rusted real bad.
s/t

**nbrfd007** · 03-13-2010, 06:09 PM

Wow! I should of not got rid of my 76 Datsun truck, but I wanted something that had brakes, a wiring system that would stop melting down and not a continual rust machine. Bought the truck new, POS! The 70 and 71 Datsuns where better trucks, better looks too.

thepenguin99 · 03-13-2010, 06:24 PM

Interesting read and a neat slideshow. Gotta admit, I would just assume find an early 70s datsun 620 truck in nice shape as a chevy. They are really neat trucks and very hard to find in good shape because nobody cared about them at all until very recently.

big mike71 · 03-13-2010, 08:08 PM

I want a 59 El Camino pretty bad.

**special-K** · 03-13-2010, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by thepenguin99

Interesting read and a neat slideshow. Gotta admit, I would just assume find an early 70s datsun 620 truck in nice shape as a chevy. They are really neat trucks and very hard to find in good shape because nobody cared about them at all until very recently.

That and they are nowhere near the quality of a Chevy truck of the same vintage.GM trucks were abused worse and survived.The proof is in the pudding.There are still beater GM trucks out there.Those 620s were long gone 20 years ago or more.Same for Toyotas and all the rest.

thepenguin99 · 03-13-2010, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

That and they are nowhere near the quality of a Chevy truck of the same vintage.GM trucks were abused worse and survived.The proof is in the pudding.There are still beater GM trucks out there.Those 620s were long gone 20 years ago or more.Same for Toyotas and all the rest.

Quality wasn't an issue for the 70s Datsuns mechincally. You simply can't kill them. As far as the bodies go you are correct though. Very thin Japanese steel panels don't exactly stick around to well.

BTW I wasn't trying to imply Datsun trucks were abused more than others or anything like that. Simply that nobody restored them until recently and there is no replacement part marketplace other than the few parts nissan still carries.

03-13-2010, 10:10 AM	#1
PortHeadlight Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cape Elizabeth, Maine Posts: 196	Wall Street and trucks Link to Wall Street Journal Magazine - watch the slide slide show at top. Wondering how they will manage to screw up THIS good thing. http://magazine.wsj.com/hunter/how-m...ng-class-hero/

03-13-2010, 10:24 AM	#2
OhOneWS6 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 764	Re: Wall Street and trucks Good Article. Not sure how it would screw THIS up. There is some pretty cool old trucks in the slide show. I'm digging the Dodge quad cab & Van truck. __________________ 72 Cheyenne Super 1/2 LWB White/Dark Yellow 07 Avalanche 2LT 74 Sleek Craft Rebel Jet Boat W/Pontiac 400

03-13-2010, 11:20 AM	#3
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Wall Street and trucks pretty cool factory pics....... __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

03-13-2010, 11:36 AM	#4
Sport/Truck Sierra Grande Club Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Mexico USA Posts: 2,433	Re: Wall Street and trucks Now you did it, I want to trade my truck for a 77 Datsun king cab! I'll admit though, I've always liked the Jeep Honchos, but you rarely see them. And if you do they are almost always rusted real bad. s/t __________________ 1971 GMC Sierra Grande, 1/2 ton short wide, original 4 bolt 010 020 block & heads. (matching #'s). 383 stroker, SMI q jet 750 cfm, Lunati Voodoo 60102 cam, Scorpion roller rockers, Spin Tech pro street mufflers with X pipe.

03-13-2010, 06:09 PM	#5
nbrfd007 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Blaine, Arkansas Posts: 751	Re: Wall Street and trucks Wow! I should of not got rid of my 76 Datsun truck, but I wanted something that had brakes, a wiring system that would stop melting down and not a continual rust machine. Bought the truck new, POS! The 70 and 71 Datsuns where better trucks, better looks too.

03-13-2010, 06:24 PM	#6
thepenguin99 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Millington TN Posts: 435	Re: Wall Street and trucks Interesting read and a neat slideshow. Gotta admit, I would just assume find an early 70s datsun 620 truck in nice shape as a chevy. They are really neat trucks and very hard to find in good shape because nobody cared about them at all until very recently.

03-13-2010, 08:08 PM	#7
big mike71 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: independence mo Posts: 2,111	Re: Wall Street and trucks I want a 59 El Camino pretty bad. __________________ I'm not as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.



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