hi guys,
As some of you already know I've bought a 620 ute a couple of weeks ago. I should start telling you the history behind this buy & introduce my self.
In 2008 when I immigrated to NZ from Paraguay (a country in South America, right in the middle a land lock country between Brasil & Argentina) after I met my wife back in Py in 2004.
I was on trademe one day in 2008 looking for a Datsun (my fathers first truck was a 2wd, 1982, Datsun 720 double cab brand new Py New) I found an add for a Datsun 620 LHD no wof & no rego with "some rust" asking price was $2000.
I wrote an email to the guy offering him $1000 (that was all the money i had at the time for a vehicle) and answer was short and clear. "If i wanted $1000 for the truck I would have put my price $1000." "I want $2000 for it" thanks.
At the time couldn't afford it and had others things to pay for (English classes mainly).
So I thought it might be for sale again one day.. I told my self just keep looking Luis.. Every time I would log on into trademe I would check if she was there.. but for years no luck...
Anyway we used to live in Dunedin (while my wife was studying at the Otago Uni) then we moved from Dunedin to Alex and then Oamaru and then back to Dunedin and then Wellington & now been in Christchurch for 2 years.
I was looking for a 1200 ute as not luck with my 620 LHD. someone recommended me the "nzdatsun web site."
since then I have posted a few questions here and people been helpful so that was good!!!
I even asked about this 620 LHD! no one knew anything about it.
Through a friend of mine I got Luke's number to see if he was keen to sell his 1200 ute. He told me I was 5 months too late!
One night I was just going through the car for sale thread and when I was on the page 19 I think it was i saw an add "Datsun ute 1979 for sale" clicked on that and.. there she was.. the same one that I've been looking for years.!! couldn't sleep that night thinking about it. It was an add from April 2012, I thought he has probably already sold it anyway called him next morning and he told me "yep truck is parked in my house" Went to have a look, drove it and the rest is history. After two weeks of negotiations i bought it!
I will start a remember rides & project thread and post some pics there!
This truck means alot to me! remind me home & my father and my brothers (my family really) we done so many trips to Argentina and family farm on our Datsun 720 done over 300.000kms with it before selling it! so will take care of this one and hopefully enjoy it for many years to come!
Cheers
Luis