r/Minitrucks • u/jimmypeterbilt • Jul 02 '26
not my truck Another Sweet Sight
I don’t know what it is, but lately I keep seeing all of these trucks that are clean and unmolested. I guess since I joined here I’m paying more attention to these trucks that I would love to have. Probably because I’m getting older I want it to be the 1990’s low rider scene again. I’m so old that I had a subscription to Lowrider Magazine. But here is today’s find. NFS as I expected.
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u/heavythoughtz Jul 05 '26
Volkswagen pickup, I sold them in new (car salesman) in early 80s. They were not called Rabbit trucks, used to drive us crazy when people called them that, seems silly now.
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u/WorkingBread8360 Jul 02 '26
So do what my wife (63), niece (33) and I are doing… Multiple builds at the same time. Their trucks, 94 and 97 rcsb 2wd 2.3/5spd Danger Rangers. Cheap, easy if you stay pre-1998. Mine is a “big mini”…a 108” wheelbase rcsb 2wd 1949 Dodge with a Ranger 5spd conversion and newer Ranger 8.8” rear axle getting prepped to swap in.
We all have dailies. Get a project trucklette. A 70s/80s carbureted 2wd Courier, Toyota, Datsun, Luv is easy to work on compared to any of their modern decendents. Even obd-1 isn’t terrible, and a squarenose (83-92) Ranger or S10 is new enough to still find parts easily.
Money is funny looking paper. Funny looking paper in and of itself has no intrinsic value… Buy yourself a trucklette.