The "UD" trademark, which originally stood for "Uniflow Diesel", taking its name from Nissan Diesel's successful Uniflow Scavenging Diesel engine, became known over the years to mean "Ultimate Dependability." The first UD trucks marketed in the U.S. were the Class 7, CP Series (CPB12 and CPC12). UD promotes having the best in light-duty and medium-duty trucks. Nissan Diesel America (NDA) was founded by Nissan Diesel Motor Company in February 1984. The first shipment of UD trucks arrived in the U.S. in June 1985 at the port of Jacksonville, Florida.

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When I was a boy, some of my best friends were my toy trucks; not small trucks like the hot wheels type nor trucks as large as Tonka trucks but metal trucks about a foot long with solid rubber or plastic wheels. I had two dump trucks and a towing truck all around the same size. We had no televisons and computers were beyond our imagination at the time. The main indoor "entertainment" was the radio. When I took my trucks out, I would join up with two other chums who also had toy vehicles and we would play "trucks" in a nearby field. We got the greatest fun using our imagination, creating roads, sand piles, rock piles, and even rivers if it had rained the day before. I think that someone was looking down at three little boys and helping in creating values that would help later in their lives. Probably many "old" truck drivers started out the same way.
Don Jones

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