2023 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon

MFL wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
Although in all seriousness, a little OBS S-10 or S-15 with the 4.3 and a 5speed would be sweet. Would be a good commuter for the boy.

I traded my Chevy Cheyenne sport for this gem, in the early 80s. Gas shortage took my 454 away, replaced by this 4-banger 4-speed commuter/workhorse. Notice the snowmobile in the bed, on way to trailhead, with new GF. I am 6' but truck makes me look BIGGER!

At my apartment building, loaded for a 400 mile trip. Big load, no problem. With the pedal flat to floor, could reach 70 mph! Backed off a bit though, not wantin to kill all those horses.

Jerry

Enticer or Exciter? Can’t tell from the pic.
Had a red 76 or 77 Exciter back in the day. That sled was so much lighter than most of the tanks on the market. First sled I had that made “powder riding” a possibility. Although I was in middle school and high school in the mid/late 80s so out west road-trips didn’t exist for me yet. It was an Illinois ditch banger!

Yes the old compact Jap trucks were waaaay better than the earliest S10s and Rangers.
We had a little Nissan at work that got driven everywhere and frankly spent a few years out kicking its coverage, pretending to be a bigger truck quite often.
Know what I learned about working on those? Not much other than brake components rusted up quicker than the big American trucks. Couldn’t tell you much else because that little truck always ran well with virtually no repairs except for brake problems that were at least partly road salt related.