#Mini-pickups
Curbside Classics: The First Mini-Pickups: Datsun's 1964 320 1200; 1967 520 1300; 1969 521 1600
The Toyota pickup has become such a dominant vehicle in its class worldwide, its easy to assume that it was always that way. Not so. It was Nissan’s little Datsun trucks that essentially invented the modern mini-pickup genre, and was top puppy in the US for well over a decade before handing over the throne. In fact, trucks were the only vehicle that Datsun imported for quite a few years, and made its reputation with them. They’re a significant piece of automotive history, and many are still hard at work, at least hereabouts.
Paul Niedermeyer
Dec 18, 2010
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