“Sweet Pea” - The story of a beloved Datsun truck 

They sure were. I love the 520 and 620 series Datsun trucks the very best. They were the best looking, best running little trucks you could have ever had around out there. Wish they were still being made today.

I use to live in Murfreesboro Tennessee.

More like, the Nissan manufacturing plant is in Smyrna, Tennessee. I use to live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Smyrna was 10 miles up the road from Murfreesboro going towards Laverne and towards Nashville, Tennessee.

I have a 71 521 and need an AC on it as it is in the California desert, can you please let me know what AC you installed in your 521?

Quite true. In todays modern world with gas prices going through the roof, these little trucks would sell like hot cakes.

@@danbasta3677 I have an 02 Nissan Frontier which is a vehicle of luxury in comparison to this model. But, since I do all the work on my truck, I yearn for the days when vehicles were this simple.

@@networth8754 Wish the 521 series trucks could only be brought back into production once again. This time, 4 wheel drives on them as an option.

Except if you lived up north when they used salt and chemicals on the roads to melt snow. The salt and chemicals ate these little girls up so fast, so quickly, wasn't funny. The trick to keep this from happening is to paint the truck chassis with black rust olem paint, the floorboards and the underside of the bed, every conceivable area, you had to tear this truck down, paint it every two years in order to keep it looking good and not rusting out because of road salt and chemicals to melt snow in the wintertime.

Was your 72 a 520 or a newer designed 620 series truck? The Japanese are quite famous for changing their designs of their cars and trucks in the middle of the year to the newer designs that will be coming out for the next model year.

Very true.

That was the downfall of them though. And it was sad to.

They probably were 14 inch wheels and tires.

It is an L16, in some markets they only came with either a 1300 or a 1500 pushrod engine known as the J13 and J15.