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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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