If I ever get the chance to drive and own a vehicle.... It's gotta be something like this.... I don't care how much it costs to maintain it, drive it till it literally can move.
I owned this exact same truck (1982 auto tranny, short box) from 1985 - 1991. It was my first vehicle. The Courier also had a long box. Great truck! Loved it. Miss it. Cost me $4600 CAD. Built by Mazda, called the B2000.
I just discovered this vehicle on fb marketplace in decent condition with no grill and I was convinced they mislabeled a Chevy luv at first, I think I fell in love.
Wow. What a amazing time capsule!!! My parents had a white one when I was bout 6 years old We lived souoof lake Charles and we had came to visit grandpa one weekend ( 4hrs away) abs the rear ended locked up on us as we was bout to head home. Dad swapped it on the shoulder of the rd in a coupler hours abs we was on our way. It was a standard just like that Lil fella😊
At 0:45 the E-brake. My 2003 Tacoma has the same set up and I had my 26yr old nephew in my truck last week. When I engaged the E-brake he asked me "What is that?" Never seen one before ha ha
The Ford Courrier trucks were ALL Mazda trucks badged Ford on them. Ford is in partnership with Mazda as chevy is with Isuzu and Toyota, and Chrysler Corporation is in partnership with Mitsubishi.
Wow...took me back to high school.....I had 1979 in silver...but I see only one item missing...the corrugated silver tube (cardboard) from exhaust manifold up to the hole at bottom of the leg of the air cleaner assembly!! It was a pre-heat and easily lost......
Wish these little trucks were still being made today. We all need them instead of these gas guzzling four door station wagon trucks that are out there now. Gas is headed towards five dollars a gallon, enough reason to bring back the more fuel efficient four cylinder engines once again and smaller cars and trucks, I should say.
I love these little trucks and similar ones. The first generation courer weren't very good on gas ( lower gearing....), these were better. I forget the name of the philosophical term, but my concept is that for example if a trucking company makes aerodynamic modifications to their fleet it doesn't necessarily mean less fuel consumption. Just more miles driven per gallon. I agree the mpg figures today suck. I mean, even a polaris slingshot gets terrible milage for what it is. The only real solution is for people to live closer to their jobs if possible, and/or remote work. If that could be incentivized somehow it would be a good thing.
What are you talking about those small pick up trucks are still made around the planet is just the Us with theur weird EPA regulations that made them ilegal to sell in the USA.
We had a Ford Courier. Had that truck in the late 70s, when I was a little kid. It was orange in color. I didn't know what truck it was, so I called it orange truck. Just a few years ago, Mom told me the model of it. Anyways, my late Mom was driving it one day and the engine blew up. It died on us. We went to a Ford Maverick. That car was piss poor of keeping it warm inside in the winter. We then went to a Escort. That car was shit on wheels. In due all respect to Fords, we've been driving Nissans since '87.
Had one of these to use for a while, what a piece of kaka, no power, barely did 70mph, horrible fuel mileage, actually worse than my full size F150 with the 300 6. Completely useless. May have been a reliable truck but not worth owning.
