A Ford Courier pickup, 1st generation. Perhaps a 1974 or 1975.
That tailgate looks like a piece of luggage/steamer trunk with the big exposed hinges and those latches.
Was there a reason for that? They certainly had ‘modern’ tailgates in the 70s (with hidden hinges and internal ‘normal’ catches).
ETA, apparently it’s just a panel, so…cost savings?
I don’t know the reason, but Datsun/Nissan did it, too, back then. So maybe the Japanese manufacturers were just slower to adopt the modern tailgate design? (The Courier being a badge engineered Mazda)
I used to see this truck around from time to time; it’s got a similar tailgate design.
The old military trucks were like that. Maybe it’s just simpler to manufacture?
A GMC Canyon pickup with a proud GUANAJUATO across the tailgate. I need to brush up on the states of Mexico. I had to look it up. Guanajuato is one of the 32 states. It is centrally located in the country, just to the north of the capital, Mexico City.
There’s a huge ex-pat community of norte americanos in San Miguel de Allende. The closest big airport is Guanajuato International, so I’ve seen “Guanajuato” stickers on their cars/backpacks/luggage.
eta: San Miguel is in the state of Guanajuato.
I saw one of the new Hummer electric SUVs today. They’re absurdly wide, just like the originals.
I’m gonna call this a '49 F-3
[This picture from wiki]
Just like the one I learned to drive on.
Someone near me has one of those too. It’s orange and in pretty good shape, although I’ve never seen it running. I’m pretty sure I’ve posted it here before.
Update: I found my picture of it. It’s red, not orange. A 1948.
And that one’s a dually (and doesn’t have a windshield wipers).
Or a radio antenna. From your diner pic and the wiki example, I wonder if they only shipped with one wiper.
Those original side mirror stalks are cute but look really vulnerable and delicate.
Incidentally, I also just noticed the truck in the wiki pic has padlock hanging off the bottom, presumably locking the spare tire.
1978 Indy Pace Car Corvette. Wow, this car is 45 years old. Al Unser won it that year. It was his third Indy win out of four.
Is it the real one (was there only one that year?) or is it just painted like the real one(s)?
One Indy-used car and some 6500 factory-built replicas. Source:
That’s what I thought. So probably not the real one.
'Nadlock, more like.
Yeah I didn’t think it was the real one.
A green metallic wrap job on this beautiful Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo.
as someone living in a country without wrap - culture a couple of basic Q:
what would I see if I open the rear trunk (or any door or pop the hood, really)? I assume the original color of the car on the door jamb, right?..
how long does a wrap last? … months, years?
how much is it $$$ (ballpark)
legality of it? (converting a car that is registered as white into black) …
thx!!