Man imagine buying this new owning it for 30 years and simply just driving to the junkyard.. In a way thats kinda cool but at the same time i couldnt do that im sick i get attached to objects like cars..
PistonBully honestly you prob should work at a junkyard and start saving vehicles like this if you have passion and enthusiasm like that.i hear ya too.id love to work at a junkyard and get to see and save old vehicles.
Yeah...Nissan has fallen quite a ways. The merger with Renault sure as hell did not help. I learned to drive in a mid-80s Nissan Sentra wagon, 5spd. It Was a fun simple, reliable easy to drive vehicle.
Ours had 375000 miles when we gave it to my brother. It's at 450000 now, is held together by duct tape and zip ties, and STILL RUNS! Best little truck ever!
XanderBoi My first truck was one of those with the 4 cylinder engine. I saved it from a junkyard for 500 with 290,000 miles on it. Blew the head gasket with 400k on it. I loved it. The old owner put a brand new clutch & carburetor on it & then junked the thing. Too bad they don’t still make these.
I had one, an 87 extended cab, z-24 and 5 speed it was my most favorite truck ever and you could actually load it down with a lot of weight and it didn't even notice
Same here had a 95 hardbody with the v6 and had 370k miles when I got it. Drove it for years and people I bought it from said the speedometer hadn't worked for 10 years lol
What a cool little truck Jay...half million miles..OMG. When Nissan build to last before everything goes down the road. That truck has a excellent patina... i will spray a clear coat previous cleaning and is a great weekend project....of course half million miles for that engine, it really needs a major overhaul. But is running as it is....amazing. Greetings from Florida.
All things considered that truck is immaculate!. Paints faded, but no rust, and perfect frame? Give it a tune up or a light motor tear down and refresh, and then put another half a million miles. Those little hardbody Nissan's were great little workhorse pickups😊
Had a local lady bring one to the shop with 500k on it. It was an automatic that had never had a bolt turned on it aside from plugs and wires. She let another shop change her trans fluid for the first time, and it had lost all gears
Those trucks are great. Unless you live way north & the salt ate them away. Bodies go before those engines do. My first truck was an 87 Hardbody or 88 I don’t remember exact year. 5 speed manual that I saved out of a junkyard. I got it for 500 bucks. Put new brakes on, a wiring harness & a starter & it was good to go. Drove it for 5 years until 2014 when the motor blew the headgasket but that didn’t happen until 400,000 miles. I hope that truck finds a good home.
I had an 87 hardbody extended cab, z-24 and 5 speed loved that truck, wish they still made those small tough trucks. It had a ton of power and a short throw clutch/shift pattern and it would haul ass. Not very good in snow though but a lot of good memories!
Man I wish I was a few states closer. I’d buy that little Z24 powered hard body and fixer up. I had an 89 Mazda b2200 that had 430k miles on er but I sold the engine and donated the body to a friend who proceeded to use it to practice his welding on. That’s a badass little Nissan tho.
These were such good trucks. Simple as hell and would last forever. I dont know much about the automatic ones I'd imagine the trans would take a dump before the truck itself did lol.
I'd say the man got his money's worth and his assessment of it "its just flat wore out" is pretty damn spot on. This is a good old days Nissan, back before they got bought out by Renault around 2002 or so. Neighbor growing up had a 1989/90 4 door Pathfinder, V6/5 Speed, burgandy in/out(first year for the four door he said) It had over 500,000 miles on it around 2003 or so, exterior was decent looking, interior looked brand new, ran like a new truck, original engine/transfer case/trans. No idea what he was doing driving so damn much before he met his current wife around 1995 or so.
Man, that thing is spotless underneath. Frame-rot killed most of them here in Sweden, we like our roads well salted. I have it's sibling, the WD21 Terrano/Pathfinder with the V6 and a auto. 278k km and still runs great.
Not bad for that old nissan. Sounds like a little slack in the chain or needs valve lash adjustment. Looks like flannel man made his cameo appearance. Have a good one
Wow definitely a survivor being from down south luckily u all don't get the salt like we do in the northern states and I'm originally from Santee South Carolina. Glad to see u found a buyer for the 76 Datsun hated to see that truck get scrapped eventually it can be saved!
I can respect the Man that owned that truck bought new and drove it that long I hope any workers at Nissan or bosses watch this video to show how reliable Nissan use to be!!! I just hope this man didn't buy a new frontier that's a guessing game whether it's gonna be any good or not also I see what Jay did there gonna try to make a sale on both with the guy buying that Datsun
Agree on the sales ploy, not that he needs to lol plenty of other folk falling over each other for a rust-free truck like that & what a story, one owner 525k...
Someone will buy it!! Put it on Craigslist!! I just did my ‘97 Hardbodies original timing chain at 186k. Didn’t need to, but thought safe better than sorry!
Dont hear any issues like rod KNOCK , probably desperate for a tune up, and carb overhauled, might run sweet after that. Redo the seat, pop a door card back on and could be good to go.
That truck has earned respect. It should be cleaned up and put on the show room floor of a Nissan Dealer . Half a million miles and still running! You cant ask for more than that of any truck.
Haha flannel man creeping up on jay 😂 lol and I'm wearing mine today to . Hell yeah go flannels I wear mine alot too but I don't button it tho . Anyways yeah I buy that truck and go junkyard and get all good parts for it and get it fixed up again and running and driven right and that be a awesome truck . Can't believe the miles
Hey, how you doing? My name is Jeff. I was actually very interested in that Chevy 2500. I want to find something like that or F350 or Chevy 3500 any of those you get any of those type of vehicles in? Hit me up. I'll be more than willing to buy the whole vehicle.
On a Honda that’s just getting broken in .. I had a s10 with 500 thousand miles bought it from a transmission shop here in town and the guy said trust me this will last you another five hundred and it sure did .. sold it for twice the amount I paid of course I put some wheels and made it look prettier.. it was a grease box when I got it ..
Sounds as though somebody saved her.. I have the kingcab 2wd v6 auto in a 1986 hardbody. Love it! That' s not a carb in it btw.. Throttle body fuel injection ya'll. One single injector. Those injectors cost over 400$ each when i priced them about 4yrs ago. My truck has 2 because the v6 uses 2 , the 4cyl only one. You can disconnect the wires to one injector and the v6 will run just like normal, for easy driving (until you open and rev throttle too far for one injector to provide enough fuel). Then it will sputter terribly regardless the throttle positions till you turn off ign and restart.
I am a sucker for these (especially ones with decal packages). Some new paint, engine rebuild/repair and some new/ish interior components and this thing will do another 500,000 miles easy.
A company I worked for had an “extra truck” an 82 with the 2.4. Somebody had put the cam sprocket on the wrong hole (out of 3) It idled normal not like a hot cam. Everyone hated it because it would surge and run like shit around town. I noticed it took off like flipping a switch when it hit about 3,000 estimated RPM. When I had a chance on an open 4 lane away from town I tried it. Yep. In 4th it took off ridiculously also, and the front end started to feel real light. 5th started to take off too but I backed off as I couldn’t keep it in one lane.
I wanted one of these a few years ago. Wish I had bought one. I don't think the Frontier (it's successor) is quite as dependable. But I could be wrong.
Reminds me of my first vehicle ever, a 1984 Isuzu P'Up. It had no options at all, including a distinct lack of air conditioning... excellent for South Georgia. Actually, if "radio delete plate" can be called an option, it DID have THAT.
Essentially, the southern half of the United States doesn’t see the amount of ice, snow, and rain that you British see on a yearly basis, so our roads aren’t caked in salt and sand, which causes rampant rusting (can’t say the same with cars and trucks from the northern half of the country though) also as someone mentioned, vehicle inspections (in states that require inspections; some states don’t inspect vehicles whatsoever) aren’t as strict as the British MOT inspection or the even stricter German TüV inspection.
I own my Ford Laser for 30 Years, just finished restoring it, just too attached to it to get rid of it, too many good memories, also cars were still built well back then. 👍😎👌
it needs work but its still going, good to hear the datsun's going to be saved hopefully re-made and restored and not turned into a rat rod or broken up for parts
Sheesh, that baby is brand new in my mind. Totally worth doing some work and swapping that engine for a diesel. Sweet old machine, and the 4x4 single cabs of these were tanks. I mean all of them were, but I had more fun in the single cabs. lol
Japanese cars are good, Nissan is used to the fullest, it looks good that they did not do maintenance on this pickup! The engine sounds good !! it started fast
Man imagine buying this new owning it for 30 years and simply just driving to the junkyard.. In a way thats kinda cool but at the same time i couldnt do that im sick i get attached to objects like cars..
Honestly, i couldn't work at a junkyard like that, i'd just want to take that thing, fix the couple of problems it has and daily it.
I get attached to vehicles I own for 30 minutes lol
Same here. I've got a 2000 Ford Ranger with 370K miles on it, minor body and paint issues. Runs great. Bought it new. Super attached to it as well!
Same here I had my Chevy Tahoe for eight years and tryna hold on to it.. my baby when purchased had 140 now she had 297**
PistonBully honestly you prob should work at a junkyard and start saving vehicles like this if you have passion and enthusiasm like that.i hear ya too.id love to work at a junkyard and get to see and save old vehicles.
500,000 miles and still running! They sure don't make them like they used to!
Yeah...Nissan has fallen quite a ways. The merger with Renault sure as hell did not help.
I learned to drive in a mid-80s Nissan Sentra wagon, 5spd. It Was a fun simple, reliable easy to drive vehicle.
Cool James nah
@@adelaideautowashes Yes. But sadly no one like Toyota these days. These days it´s sadly French...
Ours had 375000 miles when we gave it to my brother. It's at 450000 now, is held together by duct tape and zip ties, and STILL RUNS! Best little truck ever!
XanderBoi My first truck was one of those with the 4 cylinder engine. I saved it from a junkyard for 500 with 290,000 miles on it. Blew the head gasket with 400k on it. I loved it. The old owner put a brand new clutch & carburetor on it & then junked the thing. Too bad they don’t still make these.
XanderBoi good profile picture
@@nopegaming2117 Thanks! UwU
This has less surface rust on the frame than Goonzquads 2020 Jeep Gladiator with 3k miles.
Those "Z-24" motors were so amazingly awesome and virtually indestructible when properly maintained.
I had one, an 87 extended cab, z-24 and 5 speed it was my most favorite truck ever and you could actually load it down with a lot of weight and it didn't even notice
@@UnkleAL1962 For a 4 cylinder they went like a bat out of hell especially the 2 wd ones like I had.
@@copcarguymn yea i own an 88 with a z24i and that thing has way more power than a 96 i drove with a ka24e
@@copcarguymn mine was 2wd, drove like a sports car!
@@UnkleAL1962 As did mine as it was a lower rider not exactly a low rider.
Hood is shaking because the poor thing knows that after 525kmi of devoted service she's going to be squished! Hopefully someone will save her
It just needs a bit of TLC and a tune-up, maybe theres some hardbodies in the yard one could source door panels off of
Shes a sleeper lol secretly a 350 under that hood shaking from all the power 😂. Lol
@@JDMsubaruGuy It probably needs a head gasket the Z24 motors were notorious for it. But easy to do.
Some of the best trucks ever made if maintained properly , had a V6 one and it had 260000 on the clock when I sold it , it's still going strong.
Getting lots of Nissan’s lately?
Same here had a 95 hardbody with the v6 and had 370k miles when I got it. Drove it for years and people I bought it from said the speedometer hadn't worked for 10 years lol
Exactly what a scrapped vehicle should look like. Everything tired and worn out. That musta been a hell of a truck
Now this is how you buy a new car and have it make financial sense, drive it until theres nothing left then drive it another 100k
MrBD more like 300k after nothing was left 😂
What a cool little truck Jay...half million miles..OMG. When Nissan build to last before everything goes down the road. That truck has a excellent patina... i will spray a clear coat previous cleaning and is a great weekend project....of course half million miles for that engine, it really needs a major overhaul. But is running as it is....amazing. Greetings from Florida.
All things considered that truck is immaculate!. Paints faded, but no rust, and perfect frame? Give it a tune up or a light motor tear down and refresh, and then put another half a million miles. Those little hardbody Nissan's were great little workhorse pickups😊
Hey Jay check this song out
"I would drive 500,000 miles and I would drive 500,000 more"
"Just to be the truck that drove 1,000,000 miles to fall apart at your door" 😂😭
Would you drive 500.000 miles to save the Nissan hardbody and drive another 500.000 to get it home?🤣
Those Nissan hardbodies are like cockroaches can't kill them. Especially the z24 and k24e. Good trucks
Wow. Just wow haha. It's a shame all of those are long gone up here in the northeast, long since eaten away by rust
Definitely runs rough. Could probably get away with a tune up, but I'd imagine the compression is most likely pretty low on an engine that worn in.
Chances are its been rebuilt/replaced at some time (at least once). But even that rebuilt or replaced engine is tired at this point im sure lol.
My neighbor has a 95 with 85k he just drove it around town and his is a 2400 with the 5 speed so it barely has been broken in
Had a local lady bring one to the shop with 500k on it. It was an automatic that had never had a bolt turned on it aside from plugs and wires. She let another shop change her trans fluid for the first time, and it had lost all gears
Keep it as a yard truck
Yes!! As long with the Junkyard F150! 😃
Dirty Dodge teamed up with the Nasty Nissan
🤣
Modern cars don't have this: A door opener which you can replace for almost no money!
Then why didn't he replace it
She's a gem 😁
Man Japanese know how to build em huh lol👍
Those trucks are great. Unless you live way north & the salt ate them away. Bodies go before those engines do. My first truck was an 87 Hardbody or 88 I don’t remember exact year. 5 speed manual that I saved out of a junkyard. I got it for 500 bucks. Put new brakes on, a wiring harness & a starter & it was good to go. Drove it for 5 years until 2014 when the motor blew the headgasket but that didn’t happen until 400,000 miles. I hope that truck finds a good home.
That’s a keep and save. Oil the underside keep it from rotting.
Dude just admit it that truck is fucking done
500K miles, heck it's just now getting broken in! Definitely worth saving, fixing, and selling.
Wore out? lol as solid as that thing is, I'd be just about ready to tune it up and rock it another half-mil...
I had an 87 hardbody extended cab, z-24 and 5 speed loved that truck, wish they still made those small tough trucks. It had a ton of power and a short throw clutch/shift pattern and it would haul ass. Not very good in snow though but a lot of good memories!
Man I wish I was a few states closer. I’d buy that little Z24 powered hard body and fixer up. I had an 89 Mazda b2200 that had 430k miles on er but I sold the engine and donated the body to a friend who proceeded to use it to practice his welding on. That’s a badass little Nissan tho.
Pretty amazing that it runs at all. Thanks for sharing!
I’ll take it over any these computers on wheels.
Same
Yep
@@adelaideautowashes ill stick with the hardbody
@@adelaideautowashes I'd rather have something with character.
Wow, I was just asking how I've never seen any of those electronic carbs anymore, and here comes this thing, with half a million with one of those!
I think your pressure washer needs a tune-up on the idle circuit.
Never break this vehicle apart
this vehicle too good for restore as classic 👍👍
These were such good trucks. Simple as hell and would last forever. I dont know much about the automatic ones I'd imagine the trans would take a dump before the truck itself did lol.
I'd say the man got his money's worth and his assessment of it "its just flat wore out" is pretty damn spot on. This is a good old days Nissan, back before they got bought out by Renault around 2002 or so. Neighbor growing up had a 1989/90 4 door Pathfinder, V6/5 Speed, burgandy in/out(first year for the four door he said) It had over 500,000 miles on it around 2003 or so, exterior was decent looking, interior looked brand new, ran like a new truck, original engine/transfer case/trans. No idea what he was doing driving so damn much before he met his current wife around 1995 or so.
Man, that thing is spotless underneath. Frame-rot killed most of them here in Sweden, we like our roads well salted. I have it's sibling, the WD21 Terrano/Pathfinder with the V6 and a auto. 278k km and still runs great.
I like the Terrano II SUVs, I wish they sold them here in America. I might import one in like 10 years.
Not bad for that old nissan. Sounds like a little slack in the chain or needs valve lash adjustment. Looks like flannel man made his cameo appearance. Have a good one
A Weber carb on the Z24, tune up, engine and trans into the 620 would be cool.
Wow definitely a survivor being from down south luckily u all don't get the salt like we do in the northern states and I'm originally from Santee South Carolina. Glad to see u found a buyer for the 76 Datsun hated to see that truck get scrapped eventually it can be saved!
What happened to the orange f250. Did you ever make a part two of pressure washing it
Probably the best Nissan vehicle to ever exist
I can respect the Man that owned that truck bought new and drove it that long I hope any workers at Nissan or bosses watch this video to show how reliable Nissan use to be!!! I just hope this man didn't buy a new frontier that's a guessing game whether it's gonna be any good or not also I see what Jay did there gonna try to make a sale on both with the guy buying that Datsun
Agree on the sales ploy, not that he needs to lol plenty of other folk falling over each other for a rust-free truck like that & what a story, one owner 525k...
I had one like that but the ext cab. Thing was so rusty had to stick your hand in the rust hole and pull the metal rod to open the door 😂
Someone will buy it!!
Put it on Craigslist!!
I just did my ‘97 Hardbodies original timing chain at 186k. Didn’t need to, but thought safe better than sorry!
The Z24 does not have the timing chain issue it uses a double timing chain your 97 uses a single one ..
Give it a tune-up and a spray paint camouflage paint job and a bench seat out of something else and put some more miles on it.
Dont hear any issues like rod KNOCK , probably desperate for a tune up, and carb overhauled, might run sweet after that. Redo the seat, pop a door card back on and could be good to go.
Wow crazy that many miles and still living awesome! Jay do you have an update on that home lite chainsaw you found? cool find! Was curious!
new plugs and wires plus a blanket for the bench seat and keep driving.
up here in michigan, new truck frames dont look that nice!
You couldnt get much better patina than that, love it!!! Would look cool with a few modifications Keep it!
Right? VW boys would pay extra for that paintwork haha
That truck has earned respect.
It should be cleaned up and put on the show room floor of a Nissan Dealer .
Half a million miles and still running!
You cant ask for more than that of any truck.
I'm not a big Nissan fan, but I am a fan of the Hardbody. Those trucks are the stuff of legends, they ran forever
You gotta keep this one. Nissan trucks are cool and unique to own
Haha flannel man creeping up on jay 😂 lol and I'm wearing mine today to . Hell yeah go flannels I wear mine alot too but I don't button it tho . Anyways yeah I buy that truck and go junkyard and get all good parts for it and get it fixed up again and running and driven right and that be a awesome truck . Can't believe the miles
What Year is this? I guessing 1987*1988 model
I have a 1986 d21 with 280k miles still going strong, this things are incredibly strong!
This Nissan Hardbody will make a great restoration project.
Hey Jay you think you will do a video on the yukon Denali you did 2 weeks ago
Know where to get the computer for a 1996 2400cc std?
Hey, how you doing? My name is Jeff. I was actually very interested in that Chevy 2500. I want to find something like that or F350 or Chevy 3500 any of those you get any of those type of vehicles in? Hit me up. I'll be more than willing to buy the whole vehicle.
What year is that truck?
On a Honda that’s just getting broken in .. I had a s10 with 500 thousand miles bought it from a transmission shop here in town and the guy said trust me this will last you another five hundred and it sure did .. sold it for twice the amount I paid of course I put some wheels and made it look prettier.. it was a grease box when I got it ..
Sounds as though somebody saved her.. I have the kingcab 2wd v6 auto in a 1986 hardbody. Love it! That' s not a carb in it btw.. Throttle body fuel injection ya'll. One single injector. Those injectors cost over 400$ each when i priced them about 4yrs ago. My truck has 2 because the v6 uses 2 , the 4cyl only one. You can disconnect the wires to one injector and the v6 will run just like normal, for easy driving (until you open and rev throttle too far for one injector to provide enough fuel). Then it will sputter terribly regardless the throttle positions till you turn off ign and restart.
Damn almost looks like it has the trim I need behind the sat belts in the rear pillers and I need that bed
Those nissan hardbodies are great, im more suprised the frame aint cracked since they seem to do that.
Here in the Pacific NW people would junk the front half and turn the back half into a trailer.
1:53 So satisfying watching u using the pressure washer on the truck. 🤣
This truck would still be going in Central America. That door latch would've been fixed and another bench seat installed already.
I am a sucker for these (especially ones with decal packages). Some new paint, engine rebuild/repair and some new/ish interior components and this thing will do another 500,000 miles easy.
that thing makes my red box farm truck look like new!
You can’t kill them things
keeper ....
A company I worked for had an “extra truck” an 82 with the 2.4. Somebody had put the cam sprocket on the wrong hole (out of 3) It idled normal not like a hot cam. Everyone hated it because it would surge and run like shit around town. I noticed it took off like flipping a switch when it hit about 3,000 estimated RPM. When I had a chance on an open 4 lane away from town I tried it. Yep. In 4th it took off ridiculously also, and the front end started to feel real light. 5th started to take off too but I backed off as I couldn’t keep it in one lane.
Save it, perfect project car for a high school kid
I wanted one of these a few years ago. Wish I had bought one. I don't think the Frontier (it's successor) is quite as dependable. But I could be wrong.
These things never gonna die
Will you bother giving this truck new life? Seems fine
Love the Z24. Solid engine.
Reminds me of my first vehicle ever, a 1984 Isuzu P'Up. It had no options at all, including a distinct lack of air conditioning... excellent for South Georgia. Actually, if "radio delete plate" can be called an option, it DID have THAT.
I feel like I always see construction workers driving these little Nissan trucks 😄 It’d make a great farm truck or truck to make dump runs with
You need to give that some love.
$500 beater truck all day long!!!
Don Perry nah free beater
Not too bad. My uncle had a truck just like that, ran it into the ground too lol!
I'm British so I can't understand how many cars and truck in America have upwards of 400,500,000 + miles on them can somebody explain please thanks
Cars rust waaaay less over there. They also have much less strict MOT tests
More highway miles and more oil changes help as well
Cheap gas, we drive everywhere. Even if it's a mile away we still drive
Large country. Most people don’t live in cities. It’s common to have 100+ mile daily commute.
Essentially, the southern half of the United States doesn’t see the amount of ice, snow, and rain that you British see on a yearly basis, so our roads aren’t caked in salt and sand, which causes rampant rusting (can’t say the same with cars and trucks from the northern half of the country though) also as someone mentioned, vehicle inspections (in states that require inspections; some states don’t inspect vehicles whatsoever) aren’t as strict as the British MOT inspection or the even stricter German TüV inspection.
I had an 84 nissian pickup that had both badging on it. Nissan on back and datsun on the fender emblem. 2 plugs per cylinder. Lol
I own my Ford Laser for 30 Years, just finished restoring it, just too attached to it to get rid of it, too many good memories, also cars were still built well back then. 👍😎👌
What are y’all doing with it
You should definitely restore that thing
Can you get it registered
I am in Canada and I wish I had those two gems. Man I am jealous
it needs work but its still going, good to hear the datsun's going to be saved hopefully re-made and restored and not turned into a rat rod or broken up for parts
At first I thought that you got the Sentra running until I seen it was a pick up
I loves those old D21/Hard Body trucks. Especially the ones before EFI was introduced. They run forever with basic maintenance.
this would be the perfect drift truck candidate
I've never seen a Taliban Taxi with over 500,000 miles before, and for it be holding up decently over its hard life is amazing!
My 91 Hardbody just hit 168K, still running strong
My friend pablo horn has 3 of those nissan hardbodys a 88 ext cab with the z24 and a 95 with a 6cyl 4x4 and a 97 model regular cab
Sheesh, that baby is brand new in my mind. Totally worth doing some work and swapping that engine for a diesel. Sweet old machine, and the 4x4 single cabs of these were tanks. I mean all of them were, but I had more fun in the single cabs. lol
How much for 1 wheel?
I'm amazed it still runs
Japanese cars are good, Nissan is used to the fullest, it looks good that they did not do maintenance on this pickup! The engine sounds good !! it started fast
Powerwashing that truck and even watching you is so satifying
We’re is your junk yard located I need some parts