TRUCK WITH A CAPITAL T.(Column)
AutoWeek, March, 2004
Byline: MIKE COVELLO As a traveling area manager for Ferrari North America, Bill Thomas sees all kinds of exotic and one-of-a-kind vehicles on a daily basis. At his French-town, New Jersey-area drive-in, guys show off their hot rods, modified rides, and built-from-scratch machines. But when it comes time to stump the locals, Thomas fires up his rare 1970 Nissan Patrol and motors on down to the car scene.
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In the early '50s Nissan built the rugged, go-anywhere work vehicle for the Japanese market. In the '60s it started exporting Patrols all over the world. Less than 3000 of these ...
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