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GMC Jimmy & GMC M35 military truck & Mercedes Benz L serie/Kurzhauber truck!

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  That ol’ GMC army truck’s prolly one’a the two biggest dang highway haulers Ah ever jawed about on this here blog, right up there with that Mitsubishi Fuso Canter critter and all them cousin rigs. Truth be told, the GMC’s likely the roughest sumbitch ta drive outta the bunch, seein’ as it’s runnin’ on machinery older’n a church biscuit, stuff reachin’ clear back ta World War II. Now the GMC Jimmy, that there was the first’un, built right up till the war kicked into high gear. An’ lemme tell ya somethin’ straight: y’all sure as shootin’ ought not turn one’a them into no street cruiser. That rig’s pure history, partner deserves ta be kept just the way the Good Lord intended. But she’s worth bringin’ up anyhow, bein’ the granddaddy and first edition of the line. Just like the M35, them trucks showed up in a whole mess’a American movies and even hauled tail through real combat back in World War II. (GMC M35) Ah used ta reckon the GMC M35 quit rollin’ off the line sometime back in th...
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Various Mahindra Motorhead cars!

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  Ah done wrote ’bout the Mahindra Voyager van in an earlier post, though back then Ah was talkin’ ’bout her as the Mitsubishi L300 . Over in India, they started buildin’ the first generation way back in the ’70s an’ ’80s, then just kept that ol’ boxy legend rollin’ under the Mahindra Voyager name clean up till 2002. Privately import yerself a Mahindra Voyager an’ you too can drive around like some completely unhinged box-van maniac — white-knucklin’ through traffic with a dang pine-tree wünderbaum swingin’ from the windshield an’ enough diesel smoke ta blot out the sun. The Mahindra Maximo truck an’ the Mahindra Supro both got built with that unmistakable ol’ 1980s work-truck flavor — the Maximo keepin’ that squared-off retro look clean up till 2015, while the Supro rolled on from 2016 till today with more’a a standard ’90s setup but still carryin’ just enough leftover ’80s soul ta make gearheads grin. Privately import yerself a Mahindra Maximo or Supro, an’ y’all can tear th...
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Saipa Nissan Patrol, Saipa Jeep Wrangler!

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  Ah done wrote blog posts ’bout these rigs before, though back then Ah was jawin’ mostly ’bout the Nissan Patrol Y60 . Down in Iran they just kept that ol’ beast alive clean through 2001, and by 2003 they was still crankin’ out versions called the Nissan Patrol K160 — which, fer that matter, was the predecessor ta the one Ah talked ’bout earlier. Head on down ta Iran an’ snag yerself a Saipa Sahra — basically their own rough-an’-ready spin on the ol’ Jeep Wrangler spirit — or maybe a Pars Khodro Phazan . Then drive that sucker home like a completely unhinged Iranian desert racer an’ you got yerself one helluva badass street-ridin’ 4x4. The Pars Khodro Phazan? Shoot, that thing looks born fer huntin’, mountain roads, busted suspension, mud pits, an’ flyin’ sideways through dirt like some outlaw shepherd king. But the Saipa Sahra ? Nah, partner — that one’s fer beaches, loud music, cheap sunglasses, hot asphalt, an’ tryin’ ta impress every gal within eyesight while the engine ...
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Iran Khodro Paykan/Hillman Hunter!

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  The Iran Khodro Paykan was built with that pure classic 1960s look — based on the old Hillman Hunter from the Chrysler orbit, which got sold all across Britain, New Zealand, an’ Australia before endin’ up reborn over in Iran under license by the Iran Khodro folks. An’ them boys kept buildin’ that sucker forever. Sedan versions rolled from 1966 all the way till 2004, while the pickup version — the Paykan Bardo — survived clean through 2007. Truth is, they barely changed the dang thing neither. In 1980 they gave it one tiny lil’ facelift so subtle most folks probably couldn’t spot it unless ya parked the two side-by-side with a magnifyin’ glass. After that it mostly went by the name “Paykan Deluxe,” though underneath it still looked like some ghost from the late ’60s refusin’ ta die. *“Drive the Iran Khodro Paykan like a completely feral Iranian cab driver with the high beams burnin’ straight into everybody’s soul at two in the mornin’. Just maybe try not ta fall asleep beh...
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“Kia Ceres, Kia Bongo, and Kia Besta — from way back in the ’80s all the way up to today, y’all.”

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  “Check out the Kia Besta here, rockin’ those classic retro pics from around the ’80s, just like the photo I got of the Mazda Bongo in an earlier post. This thing’s badass and was built with that ’80s vibe by Kia all the way up till around 2000. The Kia Ceres is the truck version and kept roughly the same ’80s look all the way till 2000 too. Like the Kia Bongo, it’s still being made today, though with a lot more modern touches — but you can still see that ’80s style on the bed. You can drive a Kia Ceres Bongo like a wild trucker, and the Kia Besta van? Well, you’re gonna turn some heads and maybe even pull a few ladies!”
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Datsun 720 (Mexico), Nissan d21, Nissan King Cab & Nissan Sani

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The Nissan King Cab got sold up in Norway with that unmistakable classic 1980s look clean from 1986 till 1998, an’ lemme tell y’all somethin’ — folks out in the countryside absolutely ate them things up . Farmers, fishermen, mechanics, fellas haulin’ snowmobiles, dogs, rusty tools, half-dead lawnmowers — everybody seemed ta have one parked outside the house with mud clear up ta the door handles. Now down in South Africa they cooked up a real nasty version called the Nissan Sani — tougher lookin’, meaner stance, built like it wanted ta start a bar fight. An’ over in Mexico? Shoot, they just kept crankin’ them rigs out clean through 2008 like the 1990s never even happened. Heck, y’all could even still buy the ol’ Datsun 720 with that glorious late-’70s styling all the way till ’92. Now that’s what Ah call stickin’ with somethin’ that works instead’a redesignin’ every dang thing every five minutes.
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