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bighappy
 Post subject: fords old mini truck
PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 4:28 pm 
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What was Fords old mini truck called? I saw one on the road yesterday and now Ive been beating my head in trying to think of the name.
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Ben's roght and if I remember right they were built by Mazda.
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yes they were called Couriers and they were built by Mazda. Theres a guy that lives in the valley here that has one whith a dualy rear end. It looks realy cool

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Luv's were built by Izuzu
Couriers by Mazda
Dodge D-50's were by Mitsubishi

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and heres a rare one for ya........anyone remember the Plymouth Arrow?

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same thing as a dodge d-50 isnt it? That would be like if they had a GMC LUV 8O

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I want an old ford econoline pickup. My grandad had one when I was a kid. I thought it was cool to sit on the front wheel. I always thought a blown big block would look cool in the bed.

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I had a buddy of mine who had a Ford Courier with a 302 and his brother had a Mazda B2000 which is basically the same truck but the B2000 had a 289 in it. It was kinda funny I thought but the were fast little trucks. well just my two pennies!
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there's a guy around here that has a courier on a 4x4 blazer or toyota frame. could be a yota frame cause it fits the truck really nicely, but the diff has a chrome cover on it which makes me think it's got a 10 bolt under the front(toyotas have a 3rd member and not diff cover)
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Many moons ago this kid I knew had a courier with a 351W, looked like crap but that thing would scoot!

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there is a bit of info at http://www.therangerstation.com from what they say the courier was a piece of crap. Definately not as many of them as there were LUV's
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i don't think mazda's ever been that great of a manufacturer...kind of like a japanese chrysler :lol:

my friend and his girlfriend's mazdas(she had a pickup, he had a turbo mx6) both broke their steering racks and caused them to crash. i'm lucky to be alive, earlier on the night my friend's steering ate it, we were doing 90 down a country road...1 hour later the steering went out at 25mph and we hit a tree
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wow that kind of stuff is unacceptable. I havent had any experience whith mazdas, but i do know a buddy of mines gfs proteje has a mitsubishi motor in it :? kinda goofy eh.

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my 75 courier says it was built by Tokio Royki .i think mazda built them
when they changed body style. and i think ford owns mazda nowdays
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I think only 33.3% of Mazda is owned by Ford.

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couriers were all built by mazda, until ford went to the ranger in '82 or 83. mazda had their own pickup line until the early 90s when the b series became rebadged rangers. kinda funny how things swapped around...chevy used to sell isuzus, now isuzu sells chevys...ford used to sell mazda, now mazda uses ford pickups

personally, i hate the idea of rack and pinion steering in a truck. unfortunately it seems that's the way things are going nowadays, since it's supposedly easier to crash test than recirculating ball type steering.
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Either way, they all have basicly the same frame, my buddy just repaired his mazda, with a yota frame, I was looking at my luv frame when I ahd ti stripped down, almost identical to my nissan frame. I know a guy had a luv body, on a yota frame. Crazy stuff.

theres still a ford courier sittin in my buddies woods, left side fo the frame is ruste din two and its shaped like an L not, but the thing still runs. Another buddy has a diesel luv, thats the same way.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:55 pm 
Here's my 1973 Ford Courier, I bought it off ebay in December. Drove it home from Idaho. I drive it everday to work (about 50 miles round trip) I got some new wheels and mirrors, This is an older picture. Truck looks alot better now. The Chevy Luv is kept in the garage.
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WOW!! That courier looks like it is in AWESOME condition!! Good score! 8)

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