I wish Toyota would sell those little pickups again. Cheap, well built and could be bought with just the bare basics. I can’t afford and don’t want all the bells and whistles. Datsun and Nisan had those little trucks, too. Lots on the road back in the day. hussein had more than gas mileage in the works with his cash for clunkers.
Yes in the 80s those 4cyl pickups were everywhere.
My boss back then (who was about 6-3 and 270 pounds) had a Ford Ranger and LOVED it, but he looked like he was 5 sizes too big to fit in it, LOL.
I suppose in the non-rust belt states plenty are still chugging along.
My dad had a little Chevy S-10 that he bought brand new in ‘87. It finally died in 2003 at over 300,000 miles. He definitely got his money’s worth out of it.
My dad had a Mazda with a rotary engine and used to take our flag football team out for pizza after our games, 8-10 kids piled in the back and nobody cared.
Ford had the Courier and Chevy had the Luv.
I was in a Mini Truck Club, I had 2 Dodge D-50’s, 1 I made into a hardtop convertible and the other I added a Hydraulic tilt bed and a V-6, both were lowered.