Yeah, I know it isn't a Ford, but it was a truck...or two.

 

Looks like a GM product to me. Drive forward a while , back it up, and it will save the world. Ahhhh....Fox, Arkansas, the center of cutting-edge engineering.


Pete

 

Pete, ya know, people like him are those who'd have put us on the Moon by now with large space stations at least at Lagrange 1, 4, and 5 if they were only given say EPA's budget...

 

I have been staring at this image for hours and it's starting to really bug me...

I can't figure out what was used to create that - it looks vaguely familiar but I can't place my finger on it...

Part of me wants to say it's European based on the round quad headlights, trim, and dash but another part of me wants to say it's Japanese - It's similar to Toyota's of that vintage but the trim around the headlights doesn't seem right... Not having any emblem or lettering on the grill doesn't help, and whatever was on the fender is either not there or can't be seen clearly enough to make out what it is...

The slant on the door windows is also throwing me off...

Anybody know what this thing was made from?

 

Those were two mini pickup trucks, you can see one of the rear cab walls in the second picture. I'm thinking maybe Datsun?

 

It was two Chevy Luv trucks. I left out the pic of the "other" front grille. You could see the bow tie on it.
Actually never noticed the difference in the two front ends until I went to add the pic to this post.
I was out riding my bike and came across this in Snowball, AR. (all you see in Fox are log trucks).
I told my wife I'd like to buy it to drive "back and forth" to work.

 

So I was right, it was Datsun trucks, only with the GM bowtie on the grille

 

Actually, they were isuzu trucks with the bowtie pasted on them.

 

OK, that makes better sense now... I was looking at Luvs, Datsuns, Hondas, Toyotas, and various Euro cars and mini-trucks but nothing looked quite right - those quad headlights kept throwing me off - It appears someone got creative with those, as well lol...

 

Nope, first gen Chevy Luvs originally had four headlights. I think they changed that in 73 or 74, then did a full overhaul in 76.

 

Datsun, Isuzu, same thing - little hard-to-kill things. Thanks for the correction tho

 

I dunno. I have a Nissan (formerly known as Datsun) truck that has been totally trouble free for almost a quarter million miles (currently has 240,000). Meanwhile, a buddy had an Isuzu truck that cracked 3 heads (without any overheating) by the time it hit 170,000. He put it out to pasture when the 3rd one cracked.

 

Toyota Hilux, 2nd generation.. '72-'78

 

Toyota Hilux 2nd gen:


First gen Chevy Luv AKA Isuzu KB:


I can't find where the cutoff was specifically for those dual headlights, but I know it was 73 or 74.
Quick spotting guide: Toyota is the only Japanese pickup manufacturer to use 5lug hubs in that era, but only on their 2wd trucks.

 

Wow! Looks like something I'd love to daily around haha