Steroid Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I KNOW MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE:http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=108387&nseq=14But for You newer guys on the forum, this is how 620s were shipped to Your town! Enjoy! Also see: http://community.ratsun.net/topic/43210-pretty-cool-old-picture/?hl=%2Bsan+%2Bbernardino+%2Btrain&do=findComment&comment=68608 Quote Link to comment
greybeard Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 cool!, Ya know, that first blue one on the top row..... That's my truck!:thumbsup: Quote Link to comment
slam_dat_sun Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 That is a super cool and classic picture, thanks for sharing steroid ! Quote Link to comment
NSRz32 Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Very cool pic! Hadn't seen that before Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Interesting.You don't see too many F-40s in freight service. Quote Link to comment
slam_dat_sun Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Interesting.You don't see too many F-40s in freight service. Only you would know that Z-traine :lol: Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 thats cool!!! Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 right click....save as...desktop image:D:D Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 That is one of My favorite 620 photos. I spent a lot of time in that location photographing trains. I have worked those tracks too. If any of You have ever seen the photos (taken in 1976) of My Datsun SS, that is the location I photographed it on those bricks. This photo is on this forum elsewhere but no doubt "buried". We discussed it and somebody on here enlarged the cars only with the 620s on them. My other favorite "classic view" is the overhead photo taken at a dock of about 100 or so 620s that have just arrived and been offloaded from a ship. Maybe someone can post that view here. If You haven't yet seen it, it is a very cool photo. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 You mean this one Mike ?????????? This was in Seattle i believe..probably 1 of the koolest 620 pix ever. Quote Link to comment
dat620 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 thats what my storage yard is going to look like, soon very soon, :D Quote Link to comment
420n620 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 when they shipped the datsuns to the USA, did they not come with beds and when did and who did install them.. hummm Quote Link to comment
Braden Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 You mean this one Mike ?????????? This was in Seattle i believe..probably 1 of the koolest 620 pix ever. ha he thinks maybe a hundred or so lol!! just in the first block of 620's there are almost 400!!! Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 did anyone notice that all those trucks have rear bumpers on them Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 did anyone notice that all those trucks have rear bumpers on them must be pre-76 also, dont look like theres any king cabs Quote Link to comment
ariascarlos1990 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 This just made my day! Thanks steroid and PCD. Imagine them letting you on that boat and saying ok pick out the one you want. Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 when they shipped the datsuns to the USA, did they not come with beds and when did and who did install them.. hummm Datsun 620's were put together in Yokohama japan completly except for the bed and the bed was installed here in the u.s. check your door jam the first date is when it was finished in japan.... and the second date is when they slapped on the bed here in america. :) Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 You mean this one Mike ?????????? This was in Seattle i believe..probably 1 of the koolest 620 pix ever. look how much rarer the blue color is Quote Link to comment
Figbuck Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 That is how I took delivery of my 620... the ship captain ask me what color I wanted, gave me keys and had me sign the log book. Now I will have to relate the epic tale of how I came to own my truck on the Chronicles thread. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment
ariascarlos1990 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 look how much rarer the blue color is Hey mine was blue when I first bought it. :D and look how rare the red and tan ones are not...... but, this is just one ship... That is how I took delivery of my 620... the ship captain ask me what color I wanted, gave me keys and had me sign the log book. Now I will have to relate the epic tale of how I came to own my truck on the Chronicles thread. :rolleyes: shut up.... is it true??:D Quote Link to comment
dat620 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 figbuck, yes u will have to update, and good reading it all is, thx tom Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 when they shipped the datsuns to the USA, did they not come with beds and when did and who did install them..The beds were shipped separately from the rest, and installed here on US soil. Nissan saved lots of money by establishing this partial assembly instead importing fully assembled trucks. The assembly was done by DAS in Long Beach, Seattle, and Vancouver. I have a friend who is senior citizen. He told me one time they hopped a train and rode it across the Cascades while sitting in the cab of a new Datsun 620! I can just barely imagine what that must have been like.... Quote Link to comment
pharouh Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Hey, I think I see my truck!!! It's the yellow one :lol::lol: Great pic! Quote Link to comment
77 rustrat Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 yeah i thought blue was the most popular color seeing as how there are so many of them but it looks like blue was the rarest one of the bunch.... anyways i was wondering if two tone datsuns were popular i had a twotone green and white 79 620 kc and when i decoded it it said that was the original color but ive never seen one since... could it have been a rare one? Quote Link to comment
pharouh Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Here's a variation on the first one. you've probably seen this from the brochure. Quote Link to comment
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