TRUCK WITH A CAPITAL T.(Column)

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. 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 ...