Nobody mentioning Mazdas. I have no experience but I've heard they are very reliable.
For certain years, aren't they basically the same as a Ranger with different clothes?
Nobody mentioning Mazdas. I have no experience but I've heard they are very reliable.
For certain years, aren't they basically the same as a Ranger with different clothes?
Nobody mentioning Mazdas. I have no experience but I've heard they are very reliable.
man no one has said IMO the cool mini trucks a old datsun or rabbit pickup for mini trucks i would want one of those . but thats just cause i likem
Very hard to find a clean Toyota pick up at any price. Most you see selling are beat to ****.
I've bought a couple 10+ year old Ford Rangers from Ken Porter auctions that came from SDGE. they were pretty good little trucks with around 100,000 miles on them. Little dirty but cleaned up reasonably nice. They were right around your budget of $3,000 just have to be careful bidding as after tax, smog, license, and buyers premium you can be looking at 25 to 30 percent additional cost on top of your bid/hammer price.
I like these utility and city trucks as most have been well maintained during their lifetime.
Google ken porter auctions they have a auction every couple weeks down near Long Beach
My buddies mighty max was a good truck and could tow to beat the band! We called it mighty mouse
My neighbor had a mighty max, it was junk! I mean nowhere in the truck was a manufacture icon or name, as if they disowned it. Front end was scary, wheels were too small for the wheel well, 4 speed manual was a slush box and the thing would not rev past 2500 rpm for some reason. I think the distributor (carbed motor) was locked out or mechanicaly frozen. That truck turned me off of looking for a while. If tte VW falls through, I got a 82 Mazda B2000/Ford Courier like in the wings. Still a simple carbed 4 banger, should be reliable enough and EZ to limp home with a carb, if only itll pass smog. Good garage is selling it with lot of new parts, ie. front end, water pump, T-chain, tires. Ill let you guys know. Should be good for a few laughs whatever I decide to get. The courier looking truck is a dark silver with 15" shiny black stamped steel rims, chrome lug nuts and whitewall tires. looks like a rat-rod
Late model Mazda trucks are rebadged Fords. First time an American truck was rebadged as an import.
Dodge (Dakota) and Mitsu followed suit as did Chevy and Izusu
Mitsubishi has a dakota variant????
The Raider iirc
Yup you cant go worng with a 80s dime . I did like helping putting that thing togather lol Heres a pic of the s 10 and my dakota togather to help the OP on what one he wants if ether lol :cheers:The rangers are ok if you get the manual trans. You can't go wrong with an early Dakota or s10. We put a 4.3 in my 87 an got 21hwy with a carb that was far too big. Of course the Toyota will be king of the crop for reliability and economy
I feel for you guys that have to pass smog. That and the high taxes, high real estate...
Don't know how you do it.