And one more to provide the scale:
Clearly a Chevy Colorado or a Tacoma are not mini trucks at all.
Sooooo....would one of those Red Bull MINI Coopers be a mini truck.......and would one be welcome in the pickup truck class at the next Challenge? Hmmmm?
In reply to DeadSkunk:
Pickup Truck Class allows El Camino (a factory conversion of a wagon to a pickup) as well as would allow a sedan that was self converted to a pickup.
Bring a WRX converted to a ute or a Red Bull Mini Cooper. All welcome.
Also welcome is a G-body coupe that clearly looks like a Ford F-150.
Just make sure that a casual observer would recognize it as a pick up truck.
there was always the Hyundai Pony Pickup.. available in Canada
mad_machine wrote: there was always the Hyundai Pony Pickup.. available in Canada
Uh I like that. A lot.
A 1uz toyota mini truck have always been a want.
Same with a vg30dett hardbody Nissan. Doubt it fits though.
IMO practically every vehicle looks better as a ute:
This thread has morphed into the weird and kind of sad ute thread.
sesto elemento wrote: This thread has morphed into the weird and kind of sad ute thread.
Probably my fault. Once I post, a thread goes all to hell.
mad_machine wrote: there was always the Hyundai Pony Pickup.. available in Canada
Never available in Canada.
Let's get back on track
Junkyard_Dog wrote:sesto elemento wrote: This thread has morphed into the weird and kind of sad ute thread.Probably my fault. Once I post, a thread goes all to hell.
Don't feel too bad, once I post the thread usualy dies altogether.
This is a nice mini truck thread, and imma let you finish...
..but I gotta get the Mirage out of my system.
Zomby Woof wrote:mad_machine wrote: there was always the Hyundai Pony Pickup.. available in CanadaNever available in Canada.
according to the web and people I was involved with when I was into the Hyundai Scene, there were quite a few "coupe utility" Ponies in Canada.
Interesting to note, they were RWD and used the 4g series of mitsu engines, the 4G62, 63, and 66. I hope that means the 4G63t fits?
The roadkill guys just put out a minitruck episode...
Did someone say more REPU's?
pimpm3 wrote: Let's get back on track
I like that...a lot. Although the tires seem like they could be wider.
Finding pictures of cool Isuzus is tough.
Datsuns are much better.
Wheras Toyotas seem to either be ultra slammed
or off road
I like off road.
This thread makes me extremely happy!
Guy in the Courier group on Facebook pulled a Datsun out of a field the other day, here's the pair of his trucks now.. Color me jealous.
Here's my Courier tucked in between a few full size trucks last summer
I MISS my 1980 Courier!
I was the airbagged body dropped shaved door handles minitruck guy in prior decades, but I also always preferred the clean builds over body kits and airbrush craziness.
As I've aged I still love old trucks, but have thoughts about building one geared more towards performance. The simple lines on a lot of the 80's trucks look surprisingly good today.
I don't know if it's possible to call it a "resurgence" for something that has passed on in terms of production in that no new small trucks have been built/sold here for a long time, and no... the new colorado does not count. Park it next to an '87 S-10 and call the new truck a "minitruck" with a straight face.
sesto elemento wrote: My buddy bought this.
Can your buddy take some pictures of the front axle and suspension?
In reply to mad_machine:
Trust me. Nobody in Canada was into the Hyundai stuff more than I was (factory sponsored) in that era, and they were never available here, and I never saw a single one. The Pony used Hyundai's version of the 4G31 (1.4 8V) and 4G32 (1.6 8V). When Mitsu built them, they (Lancer/Plymouth Arrow) came with the 1.6, 2.0 and 2.6/5 spd. called the Fire Arrow. Sweet rides.
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