Datsun Pickup, 1966, Alaska

[das280zx]

In 1966 my dad and a friend took a 1960's Datsun pickup with camper, up to Alaska. I found my dad's slides and have scanned a few of them. They are very interesting. Pictures are really good quality, it's just that it is hard to get slides in proper focus when scanning them on a flatbed scanner. Can you believe my dad was only 17 or so when he went up there with his friend? Would you let your kids do that today?

 

 

 

 

[mklotz70]

that's awesome! It's a '64 L320....nearly new when they made the trip!

[dat521gatherer]

i love it. thats awesome! scan and share any more that you have.

[datto510]

Thats cool stuff Dave. I see tight pants run in your family.

[Glides]

Wow man, that is so cool it goes beyond words. Simply Badass. Funny thing is, that may just be someones truck on this forum now. How nifty would that be?

Edited June 16, 2009 by Glides

[das280zx]

Hmm. I wonder if we could track it with the license number. Probably could!

[LAYEDOUTB2K]

you said you were from the lower yakima valley right? did it make it back down there? that is where my '64 L320 came from when i bought it. i cant tell from the pics what the license plate reads but i have the original plates to my truck. it even looks like there was holes in the bed to mount a camper to it. ask your dad if there was any distinguishing marks on it

[The love of JDM]

Thats cool, I <3 History

[LAYEDOUTB2K]

Hmm. I wonder if we could track it with the license number. Probably could!

 

any luck on getting another picture that shows the license plate better? im very curious.

[CharlieBucket]

this could def. be the "ramblin rose" op-is your dad a greatful dead fan? the camper would have worked well for travilin around and seeing dead shows. those fans didn't just go to the local show, they went to every show!

[datrod]

That's too cool. I did a cross country trip with a couple of buddies in the summer of 1972. We had a blast. Just crusin to nowhere. camped on the side of the road. Smokin weed all day. Boy the good ol days. :D

[das280zx]

Ha ha, far from it. My dad was more into the Kingston Trio and other folky stuff back then (still is). We had that camper up into the late 90's sitting in a shed and rotting. Finally sold it with a bunch of other stuff.

[Wharf Rat]

Great Stuff! that must have been a rough yet fun road trip :)

[das280zx]

Unfortunately I couldn't get the license plate off of any of the scans I have. Next time I go home I will have a slide copier that may do a better job on these pics (it's a device that goes on a digital slr's camera lense). The problem with copying slides on a flatbed is that you can't get them flush on the bed of the scanner. This makes all your scans slightly out of focus.

[yello620]

Very cool trip to take. My parents took a trip just like that to alaska. They drove a 56 dodge mailtruck. Rack on the top that had four extra "proven" tires for spares. They had an Oregonian mailbox on the side of the dodge until they got to that sign wall place. They put the oregonian mailbox onto that wall.

 

They made there trip in about 1969 i think. They spent the summer working in a fish cannery, then came home.

 

They actually saw their old dodge in a nearby town about 20 years after they sold it. But havent seen it since then.

 

I would like to find one like they drove and go park it in their driveway for them.:lol: Pobably better do that when they are not home though.:D