@Demon-Xanth Yipes!

Agreed on that!

@pip-bip Ashes to ashes, rust to dust.

@pip-bip so much auto history is contained in the pages of crappy brochures that exist only in someone's father's filing cabinet

@fhrblig
The Great Wall Wingle 3 (and the 5?), which we saw in Oz as the V240 and the Steed uses a licenced body of the Isuzu pickup (generation after the Honda version posted) along with some interior parts licenced from Toyota.

Only the sorta-4x4 Forester sold for under the $10k bar—$7300, a price that nopes me out pretty hard considering its mileage and quite possibly teenaged usage. Somebody shelled out $18,000 for that admittedly nice Toyota pickup with color-keyed cap, and the Trooper drew $12k.

The Landie didn't make reserve at eighteen-five, nor did the '76 CJ-5 at 6.3.

@Svend This is the correct reaction. Hard to believe these weren't big sellers, right?

@pip-bip
I had an impulse for a Piazza once...

@pip-bip It's pretty rare to see a commercial vehicle this old that isn't highly specialized. Positively ancient step vans are frequently put into use as food trucks but a normal box truck? There was a scrap collector around where I live that used to use the world most derelict 50s Ford dump truck but that was a special case.

@phenotyp Wow, that's awesome. Pretty clear connection in the designs.

@pip-bip
As I recall...a Toyota HiAce. Which we promptly knocked the sump out of.

@Roadkilled said in Arvo oppo:

The Pontiac Sunfire was a J-platform car. It shouldn't be confused with the Asüna Sunfire sold in Canada.

I recall that the Asuna Sunfire was rebranded as a Pontiac for one year (1994)... but maybe I'm wrong.

@fintail said in World's Greatest Getaway Car: USDM Isuzu Bellel diesel:

@Powered_By_Howard A dark colored one of these popped up on Seattle CL several years ago, I think in Puyallup. Never heard about it again.

VERY possibly it was repatriated to Japan or possibly another Asian country.

@SilentbutnotreallyDeadly no, they are all sold units

@SmallScaleSydney
I am one of the likers but it's been a long time since I've seen a functional one as the factory extruded.

@pip-bip AsI recall these were rear wheel drive (solid axle?) and Lotus helped tune the suspension. I kind of wanted one back when they were lightly used cars. Nice Pic.

@WBizarre yeah

@Powered_By_Howard Love it. I have that one and the Tomica Limited as well. There is an actual Bellet driving around in my area. I will try to get a photo when I can

@pip-bip
It was sold as the Isuzu Impulse in North America, probably because Americans would have ended up calling it the Isuzu Pizza.

@StreetsofPerth Yes it is

@wbizarre GIB the Isuzu

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Finished this build. It presented some challenges in the refit of the roof/glass/bumpers, but I don't think it turned out too bad.

I will not be adding a license plate because my simulated cast pewter "1991" year plate looks good enough to me and distinguishes it from the '92 promo with different nose/tail and dash that I plan to get and build up as well.

@vondon302 you can't have all the fun!

@pip-bip so that's a respray away from being a not bad little '90s ute/pickup...

@krustywantout said in late night theme day post as i'm seeing a few 4x4 posts.:

@pip-bip It looks angry.

Little Blokes Disease. It's much smaller than a RAM or a Silverado...

@highlander gorgeous. Love seeing old Japanese-but-not-Toyota 4x4s out on the trails.

(The Toyotas are cool too, and not-Japanese are also cool too, but this category is rarer)

@mark-tucker Too much glass, like they expect people to want to see out of it or something

@ranwhenparked I think we got them new in VERY small numbers, but most were out west and Ontario-way. Almost none here sold new in Nova Scotia.

@pip-bip it's a Chevibishi!

@pip-bip I mean, it looks balanced at least. After all, there's a motorcycle in the front and in the back. Equal distribution, right?

That being said, this is how I feel whenever I pack my wagon full of junk. A good feeling indeed.

@pip-bip said in late night oppo:

Isuzu Bellet

@way2blu no idea 🤷‍♂️

Ooooh that's a pretty car!