Ever see one of these trucks?

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OK, so I was traveling this weekend. Pulled off the interstate in northern FL and stopped at Wendy's. I see this RV parked there with a 720 being towed behind. So I go into the Wendy's and ask around until I find the guy with the RV.

He says that they only made 1000 like the one he has. It looks like it just has a truck cap on the bed, but on closer inspection, the cap and bed are completely connected to the cab. He says that Nissan had some prototypes done in FL and that this led to the developement of the Pathfinder.

Anyway, sorry about the dark photos, but it was dark outside!
It's call a TrailHustler and is a 4X4.

Just thought you'd like to see!

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Is it Nissan factory or was it built by a coach builder type company?

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I have seen them in pics before... never one in person, however.

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Rev_D21 wrote:Is it Nissan factory or was it built by a coach builder type company?
I never thought to ask, but I'd bet a private company did it. I'm not aware of any Nissan plants in FL.

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Yep find my thread. I had one for a short time, had no room so I gave it to a friend who is an a** and sent it to the crusher.*

The story goes.... A company in arizona did the conversions. standard cab 4x4 with a permanant cap, it was semi caged with two hoops at the front and back of the cap. They had sunroof and A/C. Trail hustlers or Bushmasters, I've heard both. But for pictures look for the grey 720 starting like page 2 or 3 on my build.



*I found out he did this just recently. I thought it was at a house on the eastern shore but no he's an idiot. I told him he is responsible of the death of a rare truck and that he is a douche for not calling me to come get it before crushing it.


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