Small trucks

Driven by a variety of factors, both Ford and Chevrolet introduced Japanese-built captive import small pickups in 1972. Ford had the Mazda-built Courier, while Chevy rolled out the Isuzu-sourced LUV (short for Light Utility Vehicle). Both trucks (and later the Mitsubishi-based Dodge D-50) found a comfortable niche with American buyers up through the mid-1980's. Given their low prices...

With an asking price of a little over four times what my parents paid for their house on two acres back in 1961, this 1980 Chevy LUV is one amazing museum-quality mini truck. This jewel box is listed on eBay in Wylie, Texas with a buy it now price of $24,800 or you can make an...

Father and Son Our 1987 S10 was a two year project. Working together was the best result. The truck has a Blueprint engines 350, Holley Sniper fuel injection and a 2.5” dual exhaust. Turbo 350 with a 2500 stall. Rear end is a 8.5” 3:42 posi from a Blazer. Bumpers are also from a

Good luck hanging this one on your fridge.

I’d love to buy a new pickup truck, but today’s pickup trucks are all too big, even the smallest ones are just too large. We have so many compact suvs these days and compact suvs even get smaller and…

This captive-import is a 1987 Dodge Ram 50 pickup and it looks like a good little work truck, if a person doesn't need a huge, beefy truck, that is. It's listed on eBay with an unmet opening bid of $750. It's located in Centerville, Utah, just north of Salt Lake City. This is a one-owner...

You don't need a giant 4x4 to go off roading, hit the trails, or start exploring. I've proved that with my Suzuki Sidekick, The Teal Terror. I recently ran across this little gem, a 1979 Suzuki LJ81, which is essentially the model before the Suzuki Samurai. These little guys are a rarity, especially in such amazing condition. The tiny rig is owned by Joe and Dana Marshall who run Mule Expedition Outfitters in Washington State. They refer to it as their micro overlander, an extremely fitting…

We crawled around the entire lineup of 2023 Chevy Colorado pickups in Southern California, experiencing all but the ZR2 from behind the wheel.

There seems to be an ebb and flow of the small truck. Largely introduced in the energy-crisis era, thriving for a decade-plus, then fading into obscurity, before recently being revived, as manufacturers are re-introducing past models. There is no current "small" truck from Dodge, but this 1986 Dodge Power Ram 50 can be found here...