The Junior Caball was a 1 1/2 ton, cab over engine style truck that was based on the B40 and B42 series Nissan Junior pick-up, which themselves were based on the Austin A50 sedans that Nissan were building under licence in the 1950s. Rear hinged 'suicide' doors. Sliding back window. Has a small grille, about the size of a number plate,  just above the bumper bar. The grille between the headlights is to feed air into the cabin, a square badge on this grille says 'Nissan'. Rectangular indicators just above the bumper bar. Badges say 'Caball', '1500'.

NISSAN  JUNIOR  CABALL C140
(1961 Model)

Powered by the 1488cc 4cyl. OHV 77hp G series engine. Has rear hinged 'suicide' doors and a sliding back window. Has a small grille, about the size of a number plate,  just above the bumper bar. The grille between the headlights is to feed air into the cabin, a square badge on this grille says 'Nissan'. Rectangular indicators just above the bumper bar. Badges say 'Caball', '1500'. Also available as VC140 Caball Van and KC140 Caball Bus.

Caball Model Variations

?141 Double Cab

DC141 Dump Truck

VC141 Van

Two bus versions were also built, these can be found in the early Datsun Buses section.

NISSAN  CABALL C141
(1962 Model)

Same body as the C140, but now powered by the 1883cc 4cyl. OHV 92hp H series engine from the Cedric sedan. The Junior Caba;; name has been dropped and is now known simply as the Caball.

NISSAN  CABALL C141
(1963 Model)

Still powered by the 1883cc 4cyl. OHV 92hp H series engine, but now featuring a re-designed front. Front panel bulges outwards to give more space in the cabin. Has a larger grille with 7 very thin horizontal bars just above the bumper bar. Round indicators are mounted just under the headlights, head light and indicator are housed in a trim panel. Badges say 'Caball', '1900'.

NISSAN  CABALL C142
(1966 Model)
 

Identical body to the C141, but now powered by the new 1982cc 4cyl. 99hp H20 series engine. Badges now say Caball 2000.

NISSAN  CABALL C240
(1967 Model)

New vastly more modern design with much bigger cabin and forward hinged doors. Grille has 4 rows of rectangular slots. 4 headlights. Large 'N' badge on the front. Still powered by the 1982cc 4cyl. 99hp H20 series engine from the C142.

NISSAN  CABALL C240
(1967 Model)

All pretty much the same as the 1967 model, except that the grille has 3 large rectangular slots. 1982cc 4cyl. 99hp H20 series engine.

NISSAN  C80
(1966 Model)

                  
Large cab forward 3.5 ton truck. Large 'N' badge on the front, badge on the doors sats '3.5 ton'. Grille has 9 horizontal slots.  2974cc 6cyl. OHV 130hp H30 series engine, which is basically a H20 with an extra 2 cylinders.

DATSUN HOMER T641
(1968 Model)

The Homer started out as the T64 Prince Homer, after the Nissan/Prince merger it became the Datsun Homer, and was sold in Japan as the Nissan Homer. The original Prince Homer was fitted with the G-1 series 1484cc Prince engine from the Skyline 1500. The Datsun Homer was powered by a single carb version of the Datsun Fairlady 1600's 1595cc 4 cyl. OHV R series engine that produced 81hp. Very early T641 Homers use the old style Prince steering and suspension components, most have a lighter Nissan designed running gear. Datsun Homers have the 'cat's whiskers' grille, Prince Homers have 8 large oval slots for a grille.

Prince trucks can be found on the Prince page.

NISSAN  TRUCK
(1958 Model)
 

A 5 ton truck with a 3670cc 105hp 6cyl. engine.

NISSAN  UG680
(1966 Model)

Powered by the 3956cc 145hp OHV 6cyl. P40 engine.

NISSAN  G680
(1964 Model)

Fitted with the 3956cc 145hp OHV 6cyl. P40 engine.

NISSAN  CARRIER 4WD TRUCK
(1966 Model)

Fitted with the 3956cc 145hp OHV 6cyl. P40 engine.

NISSAN  C80G
(1963 Model)

NISSAN  C12
(1962 Model)

NISSAN  6TCK81T
(1966 Model)

Datsun CUTIE's Truck Trivia UD Nissan Diesel is the name of the company that builds the larger Nissan trucks. UD is actually an abreviation for UNITED DIESEL. It is called United Diesel because the company came about as the result of a colaboration (or union) between Minsei Diesel Industries Ltd. and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. in 1960. Minsei Diesel started out in 1938 as Nippon Diesel Engineering Co. Ltd. and had the licence to build Krupp-Junkers German designed diesel engines, which they fitted to a 7 ton truck of their own design. In 1942 they changed their name to Kangefaguchi Diesel Industries Ltd., and after the war in 1946 they became Minsei Sangyo Ltd., and finally Minsei Diesel Industries Ltd. in 1950. In 1955 Minsei started supplying 100hp 3cyl. diesel engines to Nissan for their range of large trucks. In 1960 the two companies agreed to colaborate to form United Diesel.