I’d love to see you’ll make that car a project. Do over the body and interior and install an ac and make Ricky a happy guy. In my country those cars were a hit in the 70’s. He loves that car.
You should colab with some graffiti artist to custom paint the car with some personal (rotory) touches MARKO (RU-vidr) who did some cars before for strangers might be down!!!!
Full overhaul interior, fix the gauges, carplay unit, suede, new backseat, nice speakers, nice carpet and weather mats. Panel up the trunk and make under the hood look nice, don’t touch the exterior. Too much charm and history. But deck out all your touch points! if you ever do paint it and do bodywork I think the only right option is restore to the original green and make it look MINTY
In South Africa we had the Datsun 1400 pick-up, which became the Nissan 1400 and then later just the Nissan Champ. I think Ricky would have had a fun time with that.