The original Luv was an Isuzu wearing a bow tie. The Ford
mini-truck was made by Mazda, and Dodge used a re-badged
Mitsubishi.
Kurt Weisner
---- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Murphy" <solex67@hotmail.com>
To: <PLETCH5@aol.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: Did anyone see the show on trucks the other night?kinda OT
> I saw it. I liked the fact that they gave the datsun truckt its due as a
> truck that changed the market in the USA in the 60s. Up until that point,
> trucks in the US were starting to look like the land yachts that were
coming
> out of Detroit at that time. Datsun forced Chevy to introduce the Luv and
> Ford to introduce the Ranger.
>
> Andrew Murphy
> SoCalROC
>
> P.S. Writing this email from a kiosk in the Four Queens Hotel in Vegas.
I'm
> up 100.00 at blackjack...
>
>
> From: PLETCH5@aol.com
> Reply-To: PLETCH5@aol.com
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Did anyone see the show on trucks the other night?kinda OT
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 20:17:59 EDT
>
> I was watching a show on pick up truck and the history of them and they
had
> a
> 10 min. piece on Datsun pick up trucks and how they changed truck in
> America.
> Pretty interesting considering how most of the show was about Chevy,Ford
and
> Dodge.
> '
>
>
> Ken
> DATSTER
> Pleasanton,Ca
>
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