Some rig pics and some neat stuff that came with it!
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:52 pm
So we took ownership of our (for now unnamed) rig on March 1. Last Saturday we took her down a nice road not too far from the house that is just rolling green hills with oak trees. If you've seen the "Real California MilK" commercials with the cows, it's the same setting! She looks really good from this distance, but does need some fixing (I think there used to be mirrors on the doors and it looks like someone tried to patch up the holes) and eventually I'd love to give her a factory color. There's a couple different shades of what appears to be rattle can yellow!!
In addition to the great rig I was able to buy from my friend was this great vintage parts manual! The story is my buddy's first job was at Downtown Datsun in San Jose, (now home to the San Jose Sharks Arena) as a Parts Driver, then later promoted to Parts Counterperson. He told this story over dinner the other night when he presented me with the manual! He told us that some old guy came in and told him he needed some parts for his Patrol and of course my friend had no idea what he was talking about and told the customer that!! The old guy said, "Look kid...look under the counter in front of your stool and you'll find a big blue binder with all the diagrams and parts for Nissan Patrols!"
My friend was amazed, and he said he studied the manual and afterwards always knew he wanted to eventually own one. So, he did eventually get one and kept the manual when the dealership was demolished to accommodate the new hockey arena!!
I know there is a lot of scanned and uploaded literature in here, (most of them now saved in my iBooks on my iPad) but I didn't know if anyone had access to this cool manual? Something tells me, I can't be the only one!!
In addition to the great rig I was able to buy from my friend was this great vintage parts manual! The story is my buddy's first job was at Downtown Datsun in San Jose, (now home to the San Jose Sharks Arena) as a Parts Driver, then later promoted to Parts Counterperson. He told this story over dinner the other night when he presented me with the manual! He told us that some old guy came in and told him he needed some parts for his Patrol and of course my friend had no idea what he was talking about and told the customer that!! The old guy said, "Look kid...look under the counter in front of your stool and you'll find a big blue binder with all the diagrams and parts for Nissan Patrols!"
My friend was amazed, and he said he studied the manual and afterwards always knew he wanted to eventually own one. So, he did eventually get one and kept the manual when the dealership was demolished to accommodate the new hockey arena!!
I know there is a lot of scanned and uploaded literature in here, (most of them now saved in my iBooks on my iPad) but I didn't know if anyone had access to this cool manual? Something tells me, I can't be the only one!!
