[Mariner]

For many years I drove a Chevy Luv (Izusu) with a 1.8L and 4 speed. It was slow and only carried about 400lbs well. I put 10s of thousands of miles on it without a single problem.

Radio and heater was all it had.

Loved that truck.

[Tell It Right]

What I liked about my cheap 4-cyl Ranger is it was cheap enough for me to practically abuse without worrying about scratching it up. Mine too was bare-bones.

But I did install an aftermarket CD player and speakers to jam to miles and miles of Christian rock like Petra and Mylon and such. LOL

[wally_bert]

I learned to drive in a LUV.

It was fun even as a 2WD.

There is a guy in my hometown who drove the same beat up white LUV since he bought it in the late 70s or early 80s until maybe a couple of years ago.

He had gone through a few engines I think.

I’d love to see the LUV come back. A basic bare bones 2 or 4WD truck that the average guy could tweak and customize at least some without needing an electronics degree.

[wally_bert]

Here is a LUV I saw at long ago Dragstrip.

https://youtu.be/flfCD1TkuP8?si=tYHLVe9PoCcSksgE&t=84

The dragstrip is still going but it’s about a two hour drive to nowhere for me.

I don’t care much for sports but drag racing I will tolerate for a little while.

[phormer phrog phlyer]

Agree, I had a 81 Toyota SR 5 pickup, great little pickup, they do not make them like that now.