Interesting Hardbody Pics (Lots of Pics)

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Rev_D21
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From my personal collection from over 3 years, here's some rarer Hardbody models and option pics from around the globe. I thought this would make a cool topic for HB enthusiasts like myself. If anyone has other pics they'd like to share, by all means. I love seeing some of the more rare options and configurations these trucks were available in. Strange models like the campers or the Reg Cab 2wd SE-V6 are also included. If anyone has specs or stories about any of the pics shared here please help me fill in the blanks.

I'll start:

Diesel and look at those tail lamps! I almost bought a set a couple years back.
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'King Cab' Graphics- Dealer installed option?
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'4x4' Graphic- Only on early models. Isn't this truck beautiful!!!
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Mexican Domestic Market. Painted front bumper and relocated front badge.
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Reefer box Cab and Chassis in Mexico.
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Mexican Crew Cab with Paint to match front bumper. 2wd.
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Second gen dash with OEM white face gauges, digital odometer and 2 spoke steering wheel. Also note the door panels. *Note radio-delete plate and lack of dimmer dial.
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2wd long bed Mexican market with paint to match front bumper.
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Factory clock where a tach should be. Anyone ever see this state-side?
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Ships Ahoy! Anyone ever see these dealer installed options?
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Other countries got an entirely different face on their HBs. We share the cab and the frame, the rest is unique.
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'1600' badge.
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Cab and Chassis camper conversion.
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Really rare! SEV6 Long bed 2wd. You don't see too many of these!
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SE-4? and SEV6 Reg Cab 2wd. V6 Reg Cab 2wd are rare let alone SE models.
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Real or Fake?
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Just a tough looking D21 from Mexico
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Cab and Chassis Dually
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Paint to match bumper and grille!
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Widebody kit, anyone have any info on this?
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'V6 3000' badges, Hardbody graphic, '2400' and '1600' badges on these tailgates.
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Crew Cab Long Bed 4wd with a different kind of 'V' style grille. I have a part number for that grille but haven't had a chance to see if it is something we can get state-side.
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Navara Logo
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Space age factory roll bar.
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Hardbody graphic, must be something Nissan did because I have seen this graphic on more than one truck.
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One last Mexican market D21 with painted up face.
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StephenG
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Thanks for sharing, really neat stuff here. I really, really want that long bed king cab :) On a side note, I've worked for a guy with a 96 SEV6 2wd regular cab, and its absolutely mint. Has only 62k on the clock and sits in a garage. I've been begging him to sell it to me ever since I saw it.

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Rev_D21
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1991 D21 Reg 2WD Auto
1995 D21 Reg 2WD 5Spd
1996 D21 Reg 4WD 5Spd
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I don't blame you. I imagine how nice that thing is. It seems he knows what he has and is taking good care of it. 1996 you say? Next time you see it you wouldn't mind grabbing some pics of it would you?

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RT22
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Like the body kit on red one, who makes that?

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Rev_D21
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1991 D21 Reg 2WD Auto
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1996 D21 Reg 4WD 5Spd
2012 Versa 1.6S 5-Speed
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Not sure, hoping the rest of the HB experts chime in.

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If I can find a local, well-cared-for SEV6 Reg Cab 2wd, I'll buy it for one of our kids. LOVE that truck.

The Crew Cab Long Bed 4wd is B.A. as well...

Notice the other markets kept the 720 bed design.

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Rev_D21
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More pics:

Another reg cab SEV6 to gawk over, too bad this one is crunched in the front.
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Original Desert Runner: Here's how Nissan reinforced the bed sides so they didn't fall off due to stress.
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Another awesome long bed crewcab 4wd. I wish these had made it state-side.
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i had a 1986 SE V6 2wd HB before getting 97 HB. it had the 3.0L V6 with all the options.
gave it to my bro (in california) and it got stolen, found it 3 months later, then he sold it a month later...
bastard did not tell me first otherwise i'd want it back :mad:

i have pics somewhere...

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Rev_D21
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Car: 1986.5 D21 LB HD 2WD V6 5Speed
1991 D21 Reg 2WD Auto
1995 D21 Reg 2WD 5Spd
1996 D21 Reg 4WD 5Spd
2012 Versa 1.6S 5-Speed
Location: Somwhere in Western NY
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Get some pics up. I have seen less than 5 of those in my lifetime.

mrecoolgar
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Thanks for sharing.
Here are some I found.
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Rev_D21
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1991 D21 Reg 2WD Auto
1995 D21 Reg 2WD 5Spd
1996 D21 Reg 4WD 5Spd
2012 Versa 1.6S 5-Speed
Location: Somwhere in Western NY
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Too bad that last pic isn't a Hardbody. Looks to be an Isuzu.

silveradobeast
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deam!! that thing is crazy!

schenk829
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i was in the middle of palatka florida and there was a nissan truck camper just like that sitting along the road with some other cars.. good thing i didnt have cash because i would have bought it!!

Der_Vier
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Was in Haiti this past july. Didn't get a chance to snap any photos of them, but for taxis they use reg cab 2wd hardbodys and reg cab 2wd toyota pickups with homemade bench seats in the bed in a troop carrier configuration with the top of a truck camper overhead for a kind of roof.
Lots of abandon ones too:
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