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| Ev Archive for October 1997 |
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| 1277 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:40:51 2001 |
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Re: Which Pickup to Pick.
- To: Multiple recipients of list EV <EV@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Which Pickup to Pick.
- From: David Roden <roden@ACORN.NET>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:47:03 EST
- In-Reply-To: <9710301700.AA12770@acorn.net>; from "Russell Groves" at Oct 30, 97 9:27 am
- Reply-To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <EV@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU>
- Sender: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <EV@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU>
> I don't know if this is true, but I've heard that Nissan started
> manufacturing vehicles with salvaged metals left behind by the U.S.
> Armed Forces in Vietnam. If so, it might explain why those trucks just
> keep running ...
I'm not so sure. In Ohio, where the road crews don't consider the job
done until the salt truck's empty, there are just about *no* old Datsun
pickups (or Datsun-anything-elses, for that matter) left. It's been
years since I saw a Japanese pickup with its taillights in the bumper.
Virtually all the imports brought to Ohio before about 1980 rusted
ferociously. In those days, Datsun and Toyota pickups started developing
brown spots around the rear wheel wells after only 3 or 4 years.
As we've mentioned before in these virtual pages ... you *never* want to
choose a vehicle with even a *hint* of rust for conversion, unless you
are prepared to spend many months and many dollars on extensive body
restoration. And even then I'd be reluctant.
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