Toyota began selling pickup trucks in North America in 1964, when Stout 1900 appeared on our street. Stout was never really popular here, despite the nice name, but a more civilized Toyota small pickup truck proven to be a lasting sales success on our side in the Pacific: Hilux. Today gem dump is an example of the first year pattern of Third generation Hiluxretired to Colorado after more than four decades of hard work.
Toyota began selling the Hilux in the United States under the domestic market name in the late 1960s, but phased out that name here in 1973. Later, the Hilux in North America was known as the Toyota Truck. So the correct model name for this truck is Truck.
In keeping with that naming tradition, later Toyota called MasterAce Surf Toyota Van in North America. Nissan and Mitsubishi also named their mid-engine Vanette and Delica trucks the same way on our shores (Nissan vans And Mitsubishi Van). Sadly, the Corolla was not renamed the Toyota Car for the US market. In any case, most Hilux owners in the US refer to their Trucks as Hilux these days.
The second generation Hilux sold very well here, and its reign lasted from 1972 to 1978. Because so many were sold and they put together so well, I still found some second generation Hilux in my travels. The larger third-generation Hilux was sold here for the 1979 to 1988 models, and it proved indestructible that you will still find them everywhere in the rust-free regions of our continent. The last new Hiluxs sold in the United States were 1995 models, after which Tacoma pushed them aside for good.
This truck has a SOHC of 2.2 liters 20Rs four-cylinder engine, rated at 90 horsepower and 122 pound-feet. Celicas American market of this era have the same engine.
The 20R and its 2.4-liter successor, the 22R, remain legendary for their reliability. This is genuine product Lord class engine.
I bet this Truck has done an impressive number of miles in its lifetime, but Toyota used a five-digit odometer here and so we can’t tell if it has 59,008 miles or so. 659,008.
The underage emissions sticker tells us it’s a “49 states” vehicle, not originally sold in California.
1979 Truck buyers can get an automatic transmission, but I’ve seen very little of it.
This one has an optional five-speed manual transmission, which is considered distinctive enough for Toyota to advertise it on the tailgate.
There is some rust, but not too serious by 1970s Japanese standards.
This Fujitsu TEN The factory AM/FM radio would be considered a vanity luxury in most late 1970s work trucks.
Can you believe it air conditioner in a pickup truck of this era? That is very unusual.
Why is it here? Most potential buyers today would consider a pickup of this size too small and too weak, and then there’s the fact that very few American drivers can operate a manual transmission. Maybe something expensive broke in the powertrain and that’s all she wrote.
At least it will go to crusher with a $20,000,000 Daffy Duck note on the dash.
Ride like a car and act like a horse.
A tough new truck knows how to make it easy.
What makes football players number 1 is what makes Toyota trucks number 1. So say Forrest Gregg.
