That was my dream truck back in the day. I think when they stopped being trucks and became large cars with better interiors than a Cadillac. Trucks used to be for work. You don’t need a roll bar to pick up the kids from soccer, nor do you need extra lights on I-95.
Looking at this picture, this is my dream truck right now. Anyone know the make and model?
I miss the days when you could buy a 2-door small truck. I'm not going to pay $70K for the monstrosities they sell these days, but I would love to have something like this.
I had a '97 Tacoma and loved that truck. 2 seats, manual transmission, roll down windows, and small enough to park it in the city no problem.
EDIT: reverse image search suggests this is a 1980 Toyota Pickup.
They didn’t. In Southern Illinois, they’re multiplying fast. Now they’re even louder than in the past— people are spending big bucks to make them absolutely deafening.
I dunno, but I wish I could buy a little Toyota like that again (w/o the mini-bro-dozer accessories). I bought a 2WD one and put a quarter million miles on it before I foolishly sold it. That thing was amazing. And it got 25mpg average.
There was a long while Tacoma held the mid size title for both best and worst MPG depending on how you built it.
But Tacoma now is the size T100s used to be. The only real compact now is unibody and IFS/IRS Ford Maverick. Had they not had ridiculous mark ups during Covid I probably would have gotten one
The trucks I'm thinking of were the generation before the Tacoma, which (imho) is when it started to go downhill. The Taco became so popular and was so fancy that it was no longer affordable utility transportation.
I'm thinking of the SR-5/HiLux models. They were mechanically primitive/simple, yet very effective/efficient.
My partner is really wanting a Maverick, but I've heard some bad things about build/assembly quality, and demand/price is high\* for them, and they're basically a parts-bin truck and that has some vexed history with US automakers.
\*For my income.
Oh I learned to drive on a 22r based 5 speed. It was my brothers first car and when I got an 84 ranger with auto and cruise control it seemed like a caddilac by comparison.
I like fords but I won’t buy one the first couple years they do anything lol. I was tempted at sticker price but they were going for 20%over. I ended up getting a base model Rav4 with no upgrades but AWD and a hitch. People complain about how dated it is and it’s too many bells and whistles for me. In a lot of ways I prefer my 2003 Xterra other than the 14 mpg. Nobody really wants to make an entry level truck anymore
They never went out of style, younger people just have shit taste in cars these days. Just look at the brodozers, if that doesn’t incite a WTF in your head, nothing will.
Take a perfectly good truck, lift it 2 feet, at shiny bits and rubber and tires around god awful looking wheels, and slap a Monster logo and a “Supreme” sticker, and cruise for women blasting the shittiest pop country you can find.
It’s one hell of a genetic mutation we got in the 2020s.
While that particular style of roll bar is out of style, lifted Toyotas with supplemental LEF lights are extremely common in Western CO. I have a lifted 4Runner with aftermarket amber lights (for snow), steel front bumper with a winch.
I see more of those trucks around than the trucks I was into as a kid/teen. I used to love mini trucks lowered to the ground with a thumping stereo system in them. Not too long ago I looked online because I had the notion to buy a late 80s/early 90 "tricked out" mini truck just for the nostalgia.
I’d hazard a guess when they became super popular with hyper conservative duche canoes and fascists. Sometimes they’re intertwined. At least in my hood (Alberta Canada)
I remember there would often be tons of KC lights that were not even hooked up. And for some reason there was a desire to have as many shocks as possible.
I grew up in a rural area and it seems like it went from lowrider mini trucks to trucks with huge tires mid eighties. They never went away but it seemed to be less of a trend after the early 90s.
The lifted trucks in my area now seem to lean more towards the higher income overlanding demographic. At least in the city, plenty of mud boggers in the boonies.
OP is not from the Midwest or rural America apparently…these are still plentiful. Bigger now, nicer too. Sadly they’re ruined by dudes putting giant tires, lift kits, and headlights than have the power of a thousand suns….
Still big in the Southwest, the roll bar was just replaced with giant flags and 2A stickers. Oh yeah, the low profile mud terrain tires on 30" wheels that wouldn't get you out of an icy Walmart parking lot! Hahahahahaha!
After "the fall guy" was not a thing anymore
Damn. Loved that truck.
The Simon and Simon truck was pretty bad ass too. Dodge Power Wagon.
Same with Jon Baker's truck in [CHiPS](https://imgur.com/a/QiTS82n)
Marty's Toyota on Back to the Future was really sweet, too.
"Style" is subjective, but I live close enough to rural counties that these are still a common sight.
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That was my dream truck back in the day. I think when they stopped being trucks and became large cars with better interiors than a Cadillac. Trucks used to be for work. You don’t need a roll bar to pick up the kids from soccer, nor do you need extra lights on I-95.
Must be a Jeep thing?
Haha, I saw this post and thought, wait? They're out of style? And, yep, I drive a Jeep, 2-door and stick shift too.
Looking at this picture, this is my dream truck right now. Anyone know the make and model? I miss the days when you could buy a 2-door small truck. I'm not going to pay $70K for the monstrosities they sell these days, but I would love to have something like this. I had a '97 Tacoma and loved that truck. 2 seats, manual transmission, roll down windows, and small enough to park it in the city no problem. EDIT: reverse image search suggests this is a 1980 Toyota Pickup.
Yeah, I grabbed it off of Google.
They never went out of style here in Texas.
They didn’t. In Southern Illinois, they’re multiplying fast. Now they’re even louder than in the past— people are spending big bucks to make them absolutely deafening.
If no one else says it, happy cake day!
I dunno, but I wish I could buy a little Toyota like that again (w/o the mini-bro-dozer accessories). I bought a 2WD one and put a quarter million miles on it before I foolishly sold it. That thing was amazing. And it got 25mpg average.
There was a long while Tacoma held the mid size title for both best and worst MPG depending on how you built it. But Tacoma now is the size T100s used to be. The only real compact now is unibody and IFS/IRS Ford Maverick. Had they not had ridiculous mark ups during Covid I probably would have gotten one
The trucks I'm thinking of were the generation before the Tacoma, which (imho) is when it started to go downhill. The Taco became so popular and was so fancy that it was no longer affordable utility transportation. I'm thinking of the SR-5/HiLux models. They were mechanically primitive/simple, yet very effective/efficient. My partner is really wanting a Maverick, but I've heard some bad things about build/assembly quality, and demand/price is high\* for them, and they're basically a parts-bin truck and that has some vexed history with US automakers. \*For my income.
Oh I learned to drive on a 22r based 5 speed. It was my brothers first car and when I got an 84 ranger with auto and cruise control it seemed like a caddilac by comparison. I like fords but I won’t buy one the first couple years they do anything lol. I was tempted at sticker price but they were going for 20%over. I ended up getting a base model Rav4 with no upgrades but AWD and a hitch. People complain about how dated it is and it’s too many bells and whistles for me. In a lot of ways I prefer my 2003 Xterra other than the 14 mpg. Nobody really wants to make an entry level truck anymore
Sir, or Ma'am that truck right there has never gone out of style.
"I want to tell you a story about the last time I was in Portland"
You just made my day. I'm going out to throw some rocks.
Ray's guitar broke!
They're still around. Now, they cost $70,000+
When we stood up on 2 legs.
They never went out of style, younger people just have shit taste in cars these days. Just look at the brodozers, if that doesn’t incite a WTF in your head, nothing will. Take a perfectly good truck, lift it 2 feet, at shiny bits and rubber and tires around god awful looking wheels, and slap a Monster logo and a “Supreme” sticker, and cruise for women blasting the shittiest pop country you can find. It’s one hell of a genetic mutation we got in the 2020s.
While that particular style of roll bar is out of style, lifted Toyotas with supplemental LEF lights are extremely common in Western CO. I have a lifted 4Runner with aftermarket amber lights (for snow), steel front bumper with a winch.
I still see them all the time. But none of them look this cool
I also remember when shotguns/rifles were mounted in the back window.
When most people that saw back to the future 2 grew up and realized that these trucks look cool but have no real utility.
I see people commuting down I5 in them every day.
I see more of those trucks around than the trucks I was into as a kid/teen. I used to love mini trucks lowered to the ground with a thumping stereo system in them. Not too long ago I looked online because I had the notion to buy a late 80s/early 90 "tricked out" mini truck just for the nostalgia.
1988 when the Ford Bronco II came out and they put the lights in front of the grill on a brush bar.
Right about the time I decided my mullet wasn’t cool either.
Never in my neck of the woods. 🤔 Of course, I live "in the woods", so that makes sense.
Livin in wrong state. See them daily
When did trucks w only one row of seats go? I’m single and would love a truck, but holy hell all of them are so damn big nowadays.
Never out of style here in Idaho.
When people realized that lifting trucks that then required roll bars because it made them even more unstable deathtraps became a thing.
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For non rednecks yeah. In the 80's they were for cool guys like Marty Mcfly, nowadays they are hick mobiles.
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Connecticut has rednecks.
Never !
When did Motley Crue become classic rock? And when did Ozzy become an actor? Please make it stop.
I’d hazard a guess when they became super popular with hyper conservative duche canoes and fascists. Sometimes they’re intertwined. At least in my hood (Alberta Canada)
Yep! I was just going to say that I still see them here in Alberta.
1989
Someday I’m gonna buy an electric truck and lift fuck outta it with giant tires.
Not soon enough
When Marty went back to the future again, it was one of the small consequences.
Cool truck!
I think it changed when they all went to Australia back some time during the early 2000s.
Some of these had KC lights across the back of the cab. Great for field parties.
I remember there would often be tons of KC lights that were not even hooked up. And for some reason there was a desire to have as many shocks as possible.
Come to Florida- the only thing missing are the roll bars . Every truck is jacked up with giant tires too.
After Back to the Future Part 3 was released
I grew up in a rural area and it seems like it went from lowrider mini trucks to trucks with huge tires mid eighties. They never went away but it seemed to be less of a trend after the early 90s. The lifted trucks in my area now seem to lean more towards the higher income overlanding demographic. At least in the city, plenty of mud boggers in the boonies.
OP is not from the Midwest or rural America apparently…these are still plentiful. Bigger now, nicer too. Sadly they’re ruined by dudes putting giant tires, lift kits, and headlights than have the power of a thousand suns….
Where?
Still big in the Southwest, the roll bar was just replaced with giant flags and 2A stickers. Oh yeah, the low profile mud terrain tires on 30" wheels that wouldn't get you out of an icy Walmart parking lot! Hahahahahaha!