das280zx Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 that's awesome! It's a '64 L320....nearly new when they made the trip! Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 i love it. thats awesome! scan and share any more that you have. Quote Link to comment
datto510 Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Thats cool stuff Dave. I see tight pants run in your family. Quote Link to comment
Glides Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment
das280zx Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Hmm. I wonder if we could track it with the license number. Probably could! Quote Link to comment
LAYEDOUTB2K Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment
The love of JDM Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Thats cool, I <3 History Quote Link to comment
LAYEDOUTB2K Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment
CharlieBucket Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 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! Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment
das280zx Posted June 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment
Wharf Rat Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Great Stuff! that must have been a rough yet fun road trip :) Quote Link to comment
das280zx Posted June 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment
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