Japanese Mini '72 C10 (cool video)

[stich626]

looks more like a chevy luv than a 67-72..
only the hood looks like a mini 70

[BHyatt]

I like the Valve Cover Rear View Mirror in the truck. I think that would look nice in my truck.

[Jacfourteen]

It's like a go kart version of a 67-72, except if I built it it would bigger engine. I imagine its fwd, but it would be fun if it were rwd I bet you could get sideways real easy at that weight! I was surprised it only gets 32 MPG at that size, I got better than that with a cavilier z24 with a 170 HP 2.4 and much heavier weight.

[C-10 simplex]

So a girl came up with this?


Send her a picture of a 73-80ish chassis-cab with stake body.

[69 Okie Truck]

Let's see.....the Japanese take something and make it smaller? Uh....I've seen that trick for about the last 40 years.

Still though, it's an homage of sorts that an ocean away, in a vastly different culture, a bunch of car customizers are looking at what are still often seen as farm trucks in this land and recreating it. Bash it or buy it. Love it or hate it....you gotta admit they know classic lines when they see them.

Too bad GM doesn't have the foresight to create a tiny retro cool vehicle with an eye towards their future with a nod to their storied past. Even if they did though, the lawyers and government agencies would jack the price up on something like that where they would not be economically viable.

I thought the interior was pretty cool on the C-1/10th though....

(Insert joke about a Japnese engineer having a hand in the development of SWB C-10's here)

[Valhalla]

F'ing hilarious.

[67ChevyRedneck]

He called the mini red/white 71/72 look a like an S10

[69 Okie Truck]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

He called the mini red/white 71/72 look a like an S10

Don't take it too hard. Lookin' at the guy I assumed it was a Freudian slip. I'll bet he's sat in and said the term "S-10" many more times in his life than he's sat in and said "C-10".

[treveiger]

They need to make it look like these trucks more, the only part that looks like it is the front clip. Id take the wimpy little motor out, put it in my nephews gocart and put a suzuki Hayabusa motor in the truck then put a roll cage in it for safety(safety first right)and then would be happy with making it my daily driver.

[CORSAIR]

Let's not forget Pearl Harbor!!!! I say Lets go back to driving what we manufacture in the Good Old USA!!! Taking a jap car and making look like a classic american truck like the 72 makes me want to vomit.

[lilpoindexter]

Originally Posted by capev86

you mean a DUMB car where your knees are the crumple zone? check out the PEEL P50 if you want an economical car you can park anywhere!

and yes, car makers are all homogenized now. i hated the dodge caliber the moment i heard they ditched the dodge 2.4 (a throwback to the dodge 2.2/2.5 in my k car) in favor of that stupid "world engine" 2.4 piece of $H!T (you can quote me on that)

i don't drive new cars (cost, taxes, etc). my daily driver is a hand me down 97 merc sable wagon that my parents bought a year old. it was built in this country and still runs beautifully despite 209,000 miles on the clock. but i'm looking to get my two 80's cars fixed so i will have something to drive when the merc's second wind is spent! i can't ride motorcycles in the winter and the burb stays home except on the occasional clear day or in an emergency.

The old 2.4 was made in Mexico...The "world" engine in the caliber is made in Michigan.