New Ford Courier pickup

carringb wrote:

My Focus make 252 horsepower and 270 ft-lbs of torque, and that's available at only 2500 RPM.

I personally can not imagine a vehicle with that HP/Torque number not be able to tow a trailer well, with in reason mind you. That is more HP Than some BB 454/460/440 V8's had in the late 70s, early 80s! A better trans from a gearing standpoint too!

So a new courier or equal from ANY manufacture, should have plenty of motor to move more than a bag or two of groceries! Assuming the chassis is strong enough etc to handle the trailer behind it!

Marty

blt2ski wrote:

Bedlam wrote:

blt2ski wrote:
Midget trucks like the courier/ranger, s10/colarado have gone form small trucks, to midsize in size. Their is room for this style of small truck in market. I like my 76 Toyota with a whopping 125 HP 20R motor. Pulled 2000-3000 lbs. Not much more....it was a good truck for its size etc.

Marty

Your engine only had about 96hp...

Had to look that up! Yep, a whopping 96HP. Oh well, mom's 62 VW Bug was something lik 30 or 40 HP. Dad used it to tow a 14' boat with a small outboard. Went they clutches a lot.....Then he bought a 66 GMC 1500 with a 250 I6, 3 in the tree tranny.....worked a bit better with that boat, and the 17' Chris Craft.

My Focus make 252 horsepower and 270 ft-lbs of torque, and that's available at only 2500 RPM.

colliehauler wrote:
Didn't ford have issues with the transmission not lasting very long in the Focus? If so a PU might exacerbate the issue.

The new Focus platform eliminates the 6-speed Dual-Clutch transmission. Current large products on that platform (Escape, Transit Connect, and even the Focus 1.0 Turbo) use the 6F15 traditional torque-converter automatic transmission but the 2019 models get the new 8 speed.

Bedlam wrote:

blt2ski wrote:
Midget trucks like the courier/ranger, s10/colarado have gone form small trucks, to midsize in size. Their is room for this style of small truck in market. I like my 76 Toyota with a whopping 125 HP 20R motor. Pulled 2000-3000 lbs. Not much more....it was a good truck for its size etc.

Marty

Your engine only had about 96hp...

Had to look that up! Yep, a whopping 96HP. Oh well, mom's 62 VW Bug was something lik 30 or 40 HP. Dad used it to tow a 14' boat with a small outboard. Went they clutches a lot.....Then he bought a 66 GMC 1500 with a 250 I6, 3 in the tree tranny.....worked a bit better with that boat, and the 17' Chris Craft.

Didn't ford have issues with the transmission not lasting very long in the Focus? If so a PU might exacerbate the issue.

RobertRyan wrote:

colliehauler wrote:
I would love to have that 52 Chevrolet coupe utility. Never seen one before.

Whole range of US cars rhat were changed into
" Utes" in the 1940 to early 5o's period. No you would not have seen any as they did not exist in the US

Looks like a early version of the El Camino that came out in 59, different body style.

colliehauler wrote:
I would love to have that 52 Chevrolet coupe utility. Never seen one before.

Whole range of US cars rhat were changed into
" Utes" in the 1940 to early 5o's period. No you would not have seen any as they did not exist in the US

I would love to have that 52 Chevrolet coupe utility. Never seen one before.

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Early 1960's Ford Ute, with small 6 cylinder engine. Granddaddy of the Ford Ute and Ranchero was built in 1934. Coupe Utilities were mainstay of Ford " trucks" in Australia. Early Pickups were not that popular
Much larger 2016 version with a turbocharged 420hp, 470lbs ft at 1800rpm of torque straight six.
The Falcon Ute also came as a " truck" version. This is the Sports version. Had thought it's like the 351 Cleveland locally made, 5 litre Coyote
Tuners managed to get 1000hp for street versions, car/ truck was as big as the Chevrolet SS

Great Grandaddy of the Ranchero was the 1934 Australian Coupe Utilty, as you can see is not a Pickup

If you want to get technical(wich was not my intention) then the original mass produces car that had a pickup bed slapped to it was the 1923 Model T car with a factory pickup bed conversion. In the US, these morphed into bigger pick up trucks due to the infrastructure and regulations being designed around larger vehicles. Elsewhere, these turned into smaller coupe utilities due to the more narrow roadways and regulations like the engine displacement tax which kept smaller vehicles with smaller engines more profitable to drive.

We had the Pickup bed in the early Ford, but the Ranchero does not. Coupe Utilities rather than Pickups .Have been very popular in Australia and some non Ford and non US vehicles had them. Larger Vehicles were not Pickups but went to Trucks, only recently with the demise of the Ford and Hilden sedans have Pickups become popular. Still they were making Coupe Utilities or " Utes" unit the end of production
A 1952 Chevrolet Coupe Utility

Austin A40 Coupe Utility

2017/2018 Ford Falcon Ute

Grit dog wrote:
Nice trip down memory lane......0 to do with a new compact pickup.

Lol, happens a lot on here....