Eager readers will know that any PacificCoastAuto video heralds the arrival of a really peculiar car from Japan that’s quickly to be imported into the US. Nonetheless, the newest video that includes a 1991 Nissan Atlas Fireplace Truck is additional particular.
We’d be remiss to not point out that all the cool firetruck stuff you’d anticipate has been eliminated. That apart, this car was initially a pump truck, that means it is going to have had a diesel water pump used to pressurize the water from fireplace hydrants – not all hydrants are continually beneath strain as they’re within the states.
Preserving with its authentic performance, the fireplace truck includes a skeleton cover within the again with house to suit as much as six folks – we’d wager that the majority would eliminate the unique material cover because it’s fairly slender. Sadly, the perimeters of the mattress not flip down, however this might be a fast repair for anybody trying to purchase.
Below the pores and skin, this beast is definitely fairly superior for its age. Most noticeably it includes a selectable four-wheel-drive system, that means the motive force can change between rear-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive; it additionally includes a low-ratio gearbox for when the going will get exceptionally tough.
Nonetheless, the clear focus of this car is its 2.7-liter TD27 engine which famously didn’t use a timing belt – the peculiar energy unit used a gear to attach the cam and crankshaft. Semantics apart, the car comes with very low mileage – simply over 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles) – because of the truth that it possible spent most of its life sitting in a firehouse.
No matter how peculiar this car is, it presents an nearly limitless variety of prospects for potential patrons. We see it as a superb springboard for a petite overlander, however be at liberty to tell us the way you’d modify it within the feedback beneath.
