Apart from
Datsun-derived models, Nissan Motor Co. called their commercial vehicles Nissan
in and outside of Japan, also when in the later 1960s and early 1970s Nissan passenger
cars became ‘Datsun’ in the export, but mostly in developed markets all light
commercial vehicles became Datsuns as well. This applies to the Junior-derived Caball with integral (cabover) body, the E20 (later called Urvan as a Datsun), the (ex-Prince) Homer and the off-road
vehicle Patrol.
The Nissan
Junior (and third generation 140 series ‘Nissan Miler’ sibling) seemingly never
received the Datsun marque, though in South Africa the second generation 40
series has been advertised as ‘Datsun 1900 (Nissan Junior)’ in the
mid-1960s. The Nissan (Prince) Miler and
Clipper apparently never were sold as Datsuns.
The third
generation 1970/71 140 series Junior stood on the platform of the 1965/66
Prince (later Nissan) Miler, and was sold as Nissan Miler in some Latin
American markets. In Japan, it succeeded
on the Miler at the Prince dealer outlets as Nissan Junior, and was also sold
at the Nissan Motor outlets as usual. By
April 1978, the Junior was marketed there as Mr. Junior and had black wheels,
losing its hubcaps. In autumn 1979, due
to new exhaust regulations, the internal designation in Japan became J-141
until its deletion there in 1982. For
the export it was built in Japan until the 1990s.
This pickup
had a fairly high payload of up to 2 ton, upgraded in Iran to 2.8 ton, where it
was CKD-assembled from 1974 until 2000, and apparently still in production now,
but at the end of its career.
6 December, 2018