I'll never understand why hooks disappeared from the outsides of pickup truck beds. Love my 1989 Datsun 720. It's my daily driver and has never let me down in over 30 years.
Loved my 720. Mine was a 1981. I resurrected it from the dead as well. When I bought it had a terrible miss so I but high test gas and some STP carb cleaner and just floored it up some mountains were I’m from and after about 2 full tanks and 4 cans of carb cleaner and a spark plug change it was as good as new. You could see through the bed but it was a reliable good on gas truck! They switched to the hard bodies after these I believe! They were a solid truck as well but not as reliable as this model was.
I like where you said "it wanted to live" I have a 1984 720 and I have said that about it. That I could feel its refusal to die. I made a pact with this truck when I felt that desire to live.. "Betty, I says to the truck, as long as I'm alive I won't let you die either."
I owned the same truck back in the day. A great truck....except for it's rusting quick in Chicago (winter road salt) .. wish they made something like this today... simple & reliable.
Just found one in awesome shape with no rust but around the battery. Was just looking for a little truck good on gas not realizing I found a collector’s truck ❤
I just bought myself an 1983 Datsun Nissan King Cab. I paid.. may want to sit down for this.. $3000.. I know but now it did come with a camper shell a pull behind trailer also, plus it was hauled to my place from across the state. Well now it's time to give her an old over haul on the body bcuz I see a lot of rubber dry rotted. After that it should be good. Thanks for sharing your video.❤
I bought an 84 nissan 720 for, you may want to sit down for this, $300. Been driving it for over a year now. I love this truck. Had a guy offer me $1500 for it but I wouldn't sell it with a gun to my head.
I got my first 720 for free. Two new tires and brake pads and I drove it two years untill I put two more new tire on it. Then year 3 it tried to kill me when the carb stuck in wide f**king open. New Weber and it was back on the road. I also put new wires and spark plugs on it. Year for I got a caviler and it sat in the drive way and mice went to town in the cab and it was so bad to drive because mouse sh! T was flying everywhere. So I bought a 4x4 720 and used my old one for parts until I scraped the old one. Sold the 4x4 a year after. Now I want a another one. Best truck ever if you keep the rust, and mice at bay. My first one had the outline in the bed of it originally having a 5th wheel at one time. These trucks are actually build heavy duty for a mini truck. Lots of lugs, big brakes and they take a beating and ask for seconds.
Good for you for saving a legend and making a really good video. I love your truck and I'm jealous I couldn't of got it for 100 bucks! Keep that old Nissan going with love and she will take care of you. I drive a 2003 Nissan frontier and that truck has built more houses and done more work then must big mall crawler diesels! Godspeed man
Reminds me of my Dad's Dodge Dakota...'87 which is pretty much a keys and a heater 4x4....cloth bench seat and rubber floor mats....and it's the same color as well!
Mines an 83 too but it looks like the later 720 version and this one combined, it’s blue as well but has Nissan and Datsun emblems, z24 engine, Nissan embossed on the tailgate with a Datsun sticker on the left corner of tailgate, the later gauge cluster, power steering. An oh it’s the deluxe
These trucks are up in value because people still want a no frills, simple, basic well built truck. They don't make them anymore but the demand is still there.
hey I just bought an 81 720 and the people who had it before had some janky electric fuel pump set up which Im in the process of putting back to the original mechanical one, my question was is their anything connected to the fuel return line I cant find anything about it online was wondering if you can help maybe even send some pictures of your fuel lines
what kind of original rim is this i need this to find for my nissan pickup I've been grew on this car a 20 years since i was born and now I'm a driver and taking care of my dad's car
Hey my guy, I have this exact truck only 82 and in diesel, same light blue color. I love her to bits; where can you get a truck that gets mid 30's mpg? Question: any tips on replacing the seats? Mine are torn up, but this truck only has 170k miles. Plenty of years left. Great video, by the way.
Yeah seats from a 1996-1999 Isuzu rodeo are a direct bolt in. Crazy but true. Seats in this one were trash when I got it. These came from a low mileage 99 rodeo that had just arrived at the junk yard when I found it. Nice that you’ve got the diesel.
You said something about the southeast. You aughta come pay a visit to the junkyard I work at. We’ve got over 2500 cars, it’s awesome. We are just north of Athens.
Have one of these - Uncle insisted I take it before he passed 123k miles. King Cab with power steering - But this one is an Automatic!. Haven't seen any other with an 'auto'..
i got one of these but that bad thing is i hate working on cars so its probobly going to a junk yard but i did have a guy who was interested in buying it
Dude, that truck was about the saddest, poorest looking thing you ever saw. It was so covered in tree stuff and sunken into the ground that I didn't even recognize that it was a 720--and I'd already owned 720s before--until like a year after I moved onto that street. It had sat for 12 years. I NEVER thought that truck would move again, even when I paid for it. You know what? It needed a battery, and a tank of gas to start. I've never come across a car so deserted but so willing to live.
I'll never understand why hooks disappeared from the outsides of pickup truck beds.
Love my 1989 Datsun 720. It's my daily driver and has never let me down in over 30 years.
The 720 series ended in 1986. Your 1989 is a D21 Hard body
@@josephdonnelly2663 Oops. Mine is a 1980. Mistyped!
Loved my 720. Mine was a 1981. I resurrected it from the dead as well. When I bought it had a terrible miss so I but high test gas and some STP carb cleaner and just floored it up some mountains were I’m from and after about 2 full tanks and 4 cans of carb cleaner and a spark plug change it was as good as new. You could see through the bed but it was a reliable good on gas truck! They switched to the hard bodies after these I believe! They were a solid truck as well but not as reliable as this model was.
The truck of my dad in Mexico what he left me of inheritance he already passed away but his truck do no love her😊❤️👴🏻🕊
I have lot's of fond memories of riding in this with my dad as a kid, you did an excellent review.
Same with my grandpa. He still has it so it brings nostalgic every time i get in with him and go to his farm. This truck is amazing ❤️
I like where you said "it wanted to live" I have a 1984 720 and I have said that about it. That I could feel its refusal to die. I made a pact with this truck when I felt that desire to live.. "Betty, I says to the truck, as long as I'm alive I won't let you die either."
I have a 1982 deisel with 135k on the dash use sat for 18 years and she runs pretty well
I owned the same truck back in the day. A great truck....except for it's rusting quick in Chicago (winter road salt) .. wish they made something like this today... simple & reliable.
Wow. Little documentary... Love it....
Great little truck! Would rather have that truck then the new one with the ridiculous payments!✌️🤠🍻🏜️
Just found one in awesome shape with no rust but around the battery. Was just looking for a little truck good on gas not realizing I found a collector’s truck ❤
I have no clue how I got here...But i stayed for the whole vid. Very much enjoyed this video about your work 🐎.
thanks man, im helping a friend buy her first car and we have been looking at one of these. that helped.
i have this truck, it's amazing... it's beat to shit and runs like a top... big ups for the review
I just bought myself an 1983 Datsun Nissan King Cab. I paid.. may want to sit down for this.. $3000.. I know but now it did come with a camper shell a pull behind trailer also, plus it was hauled to my place from across the state. Well now it's time to give her an old over haul on the body bcuz I see a lot of rubber dry rotted. After that it should be good. Thanks for sharing your video.❤
I bought an 84 nissan 720 for, you may want to sit down for this, $300. Been driving it for over a year now. I love this truck. Had a guy offer me $1500 for it but I wouldn't sell it with a gun to my head.
1985 2.4L 5 speed upgrade cam and clutch and some other power upgrades 281hp 291 torque I use it for pulling and some times racing
I’ve had my 83 since 2012. I love it and want to find another while stationed here in Japan so I can bring it back.
Does the 83 model have any common problems because I'm looking into getting one?
I enjoyed your no BS review
There’s a Datsun for 800 thx for sealing the deal
It still runs too👌
I got my first 720 for free. Two new tires and brake pads and I drove it two years untill I put two more new tire on it. Then year 3 it tried to kill me when the carb stuck in wide f**king open. New Weber and it was back on the road. I also put new wires and spark plugs on it. Year for I got a caviler and it sat in the drive way and mice went to town in the cab and it was so bad to drive because mouse sh! T was flying everywhere. So I bought a 4x4 720 and used my old one for parts until I scraped the old one. Sold the 4x4 a year after. Now I want a another one. Best truck ever if you keep the rust, and mice at bay. My first one had the outline in the bed of it originally having a 5th wheel at one time. These trucks are actually build heavy duty for a mini truck. Lots of lugs, big brakes and they take a beating and ask for seconds.
Good for you for saving a legend and making a really good video. I love your truck and I'm jealous I couldn't of got it for 100 bucks! Keep that old Nissan going with love and she will take care of you. I drive a 2003 Nissan frontier and that truck has built more houses and done more work then must big mall crawler diesels! Godspeed man
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this video is making me want to revive my uncles old datson 720
I really enjoyed this. That was some pretty good writing, honestly. A good review for a good truck.
Reminds me of my Dad's Dodge Dakota...'87 which is pretty much a keys and a heater 4x4....cloth bench seat and rubber floor mats....and it's the same color as well!
i had a new 1981 DATSUN last year 4x4, wish i had it back
Mines an 83 too but it looks like the later 720 version and this one combined, it’s blue as well but has Nissan and Datsun emblems, z24 engine, Nissan embossed on the tailgate with a Datsun sticker on the left corner of tailgate, the later gauge cluster, power steering. An oh it’s the deluxe
How did you clean the dash cluster?
These trucks are up in value because people still want a no frills, simple, basic well built truck. They don't make them anymore but the demand is still there.
Got an 86’
Love it 👍🏻
hey I just bought an 81 720 and the people who had it before had some janky electric fuel pump set up which Im in the process of putting back to the original mechanical one, my question was is their anything connected to the fuel return line I cant find anything about it online was wondering if you can help maybe even send some pictures of your fuel lines
what kind of original rim is this i need this to find for my nissan pickup
I've been grew on this car a 20 years since i was born and now I'm a driver and taking care of my dad's car
Hey my guy, I have this exact truck only 82 and in diesel, same light blue color. I love her to bits; where can you get a truck that gets mid 30's mpg? Question: any tips on replacing the seats? Mine are torn up, but this truck only has 170k miles. Plenty of years left.
Great video, by the way.
Yeah seats from a 1996-1999 Isuzu rodeo are a direct bolt in. Crazy but true. Seats in this one were trash when I got it. These came from a low mileage 99 rodeo that had just arrived at the junk yard when I found it. Nice that you’ve got the diesel.
@@atomicautomobile8537 you are a gentleman and a scholar. Datsun love to you, bro!
Man , I just did the same thing, 1980 Datsun Pickup truck.
excelent Truck, great video.
You said something about the southeast. You aughta come pay a visit to the junkyard I work at. We’ve got over 2500 cars, it’s awesome. We are just north of Athens.
Have one of these - Uncle insisted I take it before he passed 123k miles. King Cab with power steering - But this one is an Automatic!. Haven't seen any other with an 'auto'..
Its a manual mate
i my self has a 83 with a 5 speed, 4x4 and power stearing
What size engine in yours
@@evghow2 its a z2200
Oops I meant displacement
@@atomicautomobile8537 the original motor i have a 2400 that im putting in it
@@atomicautomobile8537 thank you
I love my datsun 720 my dad and I fixed it and all I can say on that front is rust. I will not get any other car
My dude.... WHy make the price go up? I need that.. !
i got one of these but that bad thing is i hate working on cars so its probobly going to a junk yard but i did have a guy who was interested in buying it
Don’t junk it! Someone would love it
i like it
How is this a celebration well I own a Z24 84 720 and I eat Hondas for lunch with the Weber carburetor pistons and rods refreshing it up
Lookin for one my self ,almost exact model in vid...,,
hi can you guys to help me find parts of nissan pickup datsun i need evaporator core or evaporator assembly include casing
No I have a 83 720 with a 2.4L
I love the truck it's a great truck and thank you for restoring it
I guess they just must have great shifters because mine is amazing as well
I have the diesel modal Datsun king cab
Wanna sell it
Me to
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I HAVE ONE LIKE THIS!
And no I am not hard on it I take care of it I hope I never get rid of it
How did you get it to 281hp?!
I didn’t know you could “upgrade” anything on these olde 620/720 pickups?
Weber carburetor parts geek. Com
I need parts for it
I am driving 1984
I have the same exact truck but diesel
You do..wanna sell it
How does it run?? Those are HARD to come by
@@garlosmontoyotana3316 really well it still for 18 years actually my uncle gave it to me
Sat not still
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That is some of the shakiest film footage; can't watch; getting dizzy.
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$75? smh
Dude, that truck was about the saddest, poorest looking thing you ever saw. It was so covered in tree stuff and sunken into the ground that I didn't even recognize that it was a 720--and I'd already owned 720s before--until like a year after I moved onto that street. It had sat for 12 years. I NEVER thought that truck would move again, even when I paid for it. You know what? It needed a battery, and a tank of gas to start. I've never come across a car so deserted but so willing to live.