1959 220 pickup truck on the bay

[dat521gatherer]

$3000 minimum bid.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1959-DATSUN-1000-PICKUP-1-0F-10-SHIPPED-USA-/110584634688?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item19bf5b9d40

[Guest DatsuNoob]

pretty neat piece of history there, although sadly, there doesnt look to be much left of her

[420n620]

it being 1 0F 10 is going to make it really hard to find parts for, hope who ever buys it is a good craftsmen.

[Rhapakatui]

More evidence for my Western migrating Datsuns theory. Seems they all end up on the west coast eventually, unless stopped by a collector along the way.

[HRH]

Freakin' sweet! Too a good body man, that's not a bad start. It definitely would be a collector's item. If I had buku bucks I'd restore just for the hell of it. I'd still say a completely restored one of those would be pretty hard to get money spent back out of it, even at Barrett Jacksons. Even so, I sure hope someone does.

[Pumpkn210]

More evidence for my Western migrating Datsuns theory. Seems they all end up on the west coast eventually, unless stopped by a collector along the way.

They were only imported on the west coast :unsure:

[Rhapakatui]

Ahhh... so they didn't travel east very far? Or they boomeranged? My first one came from Texas. Said so on the bumper. Conroe if I recall correctly. Current bumper says Mississippi. :D

[Pumpkn210]

They made Nissans in america, in Texas in the early 80s?

[Rhapakatui]

Nope, but they put the dealerships names on the bumpers. In the 70s that is. Aparantly they used the same aftermarket rear bumpers in Mississippi as they did in Texas. My new truck came with one identical to the old one I had except for the city stenciled into it.

[Pumpkn210]

Read This Noob :rolleyes:

[Rhapakatui]

I swear I've read that same thing nearly word for word somewhere else. I know Wikipedia is similar. I thought it was olddatsuns.com but I checked and couldn't find it.... anyways I was just bein an ass. I know where they came from. Maybe they don't have those bumpers in your neck of the woods. Point is, all the cool dattos are out west. Even the very first ones. I'm jealous and you won't hear Texans say that often... especially about California.

[Pumpkn210]

All the coolest EVERYTHING is on the West Side!

;)

[ggzilla]

Datsun regional headquarters were LA and New Jersey. So it wasn't a west-coast only thing.

[Pumpkn210]

SHIT! I stand corrected, the information I was given was inaccurate! :blink:

[ggzilla]

Well in 1959 Nissan Motor Co. in USA was not yet incorporated...

[FoxyRoadster]

I'd say the price is a little to high, didnt that wagon that was badass sell for like 500 dollars?

[purple]

This is the one I could of had for $400 years ago. But then I was jobless, broke and living at my sisters. So I had to pass. That same guy had an Borgward Isabella I really liked too. This must be a newer owner. It is a rust bucket with the wrong motor and missing a lot of original stuff.