Trucks
I've never actually seen one of these in person
Found this little guy at the scrap yard yesterday getting on the scales as I was getting ready to leave. Only ever seen beds made into trailers, or random tailgates in scrap piles. Never seen one actually whole, and in this good a shape no less. Now I can say I've seen one on the road
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Ive owned a few. Great trucks. Will haul WAY more than it should.
Im not gonna ask you how you know that, i'll just experiment with a diesel '84 ranger
The moon discs look great too
These used to be everywhere, and no one gave them a second thought. Now they're unicorns. If only someone would make a small (actually small) utilitarian pickup with cargo tie down hooks on the outside of the bed and no options fancier than air conditioning, for really cheap money, like these were, they'd sell like hotcakes. Enthusiasts have been shouting that fact from the rafters for decades but no one listens.
If EV isn't a deal breaker and they can actually deliver on their promises, Slate would be the first entry in this niche on a while.
If only someone would make a small (actually small) utilitarian pickup with cargo tie down hooks on the outside of the bed and no options fancier than air conditioning, for really cheap money, like these were, they'd sell like hotcakes.
This is satire, yes? It certainly reads like it.
i rolled one into a slough in sonoma, trying to do an hour-long donut. they seemed like go karts.
They are some tough little trucks.
My old neighbor used to have one, steering wheel on the "passenger side" of the truck (I live in the US, so it's pretty odd to see). Really cool little truck.
My first vehicle was a 79. Great little truck. Traded it for a 69 bug.
My first was an '80. Baby blue with matching camper shell
My dad used to own one when I was kid, same color too, I'd love to have it back he sold it for $500 no motor or trans
Worked on one back in 2017 when I was interning at a hot rod shop, it was slammed and on air ride, we made a custom cowl hood for it and did some bodywork.
Damn, I'm old. Never owned one but drove my friends quite often.
México in the 90s was absolutely flooded with this, you saw them every where. All kinds, 4x4, even some nice examples of the mini truck scene of the 80s made it to México.
must be a 620
Datsun? Today known as Nissan.
Chevy love or HILUX?
It literally says Datsun on the grille...
Just take a trip to Mexico. They are all over the place.
I see them all the time in California
I've been airborne in one of those, multiple times. A buddy of mine had one in my much, much younger days. He loved to hit about 75 on this road that had a bunch of whoops on it, invariably getting some, if not all the wheels off the ground. Ah, the good old days...
My old man traded a 67 camaro for a Datsun back in the day because he needed a pickup and it was like $3 cheaper a month for insurance lol. I swear to god I’ve heard the story 65,000 times in my life. If he had a dollar for every time he told that story, he could probably buy that camaro back