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re: Isuzu Compact Trucks

Posted on 1/22/21 at 2:26 pm to
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired
Member since Feb 2019
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Posted on 1/22/21 at 2:26 pm to
Looks like it! Only wish it was king cab.
Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
7517 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 2:30 pm to
You can trust him.

Posted by shadowlsu
BR
Member since May 2011
320 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

I miss the old compact trucks like this, the S10 / Sonoma, etc.


I always wanted a Nissan Hardbody



Put me a chrome roll bar with some KC's up top and I'd be in heaven back in the day.

Posted by greenbean
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Member since Feb 2019
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Posted on 1/22/21 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

aren't they the same as the chevy s-10 from that era? I remember going to tour the GM plant in Shreveport and every 10 or so trucks was an isuzu.


This was built in Japan from what i can tell on a VIN lookup.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65714 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 3:16 pm to
quote:

This was built in Japan from what i can tell on a VIN lookup.
If the VIN starts with the letter “J”, the vehicle was manufactured in Japan.

That’s universal, not just Isuzu, Joe.
Posted by piratedude
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2009
2505 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 3:31 pm to
got one for my son for his 16th birthday. it was bulletproof, but not "hey ya'll, watch this" proof. it was a great truck with the best AC i've ever seen.
Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa
Member since Aug 2012
13568 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 3:40 pm to
My father in law had one from about that time. It had about 350,000 miles when he bought it for $1500 and he drove it for another 10 years and another 150,000 miles.

Fuel pump quit and he just bought another truck to drive. He is retired and used it mostly to go to the grocery store and the hunting club.

It would probably fire right up with a new pump and battery.
Posted by Hangit
The Green Swamp
Member since Aug 2014
39146 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 3:59 pm to
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aren't they the same as the chevy s-10 from that era?
I had an S-10 and a buddy bought an Isuzu that was similar. We both had the 4.3. He decided he hated it when he found it only got 20 on the hwy. He bought it used for $5k, put it for sale a week later for $6100, and accepted an offer of $5500.
Posted by Polycarp
Texas
Member since Feb 2009
5566 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:06 pm to
Good luck getting parts for them... Isuzu pulled out of North America in 2006
Posted by bj0969
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2009
185 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:14 pm to
I bought one brand new in 1990. $5099.00 with cloth seat, vinyl floors, 5 speed and air conditioning. Drove the piss out of that truck!
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12519 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:27 pm to
Dude my grandpa had a baby blue Pup with a diesel and a manual. That thing couldn’t get out of its own way. I think I could out run it through first gear.
Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
7539 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:30 pm to
quote:

I always wanted a Nissan Hardbody


i had one.
'87 extended cab. 4 banger , 5 speed.

damn thing was beat to absolute hell o n the outside when I got it.
inside was immaculate though.

god i lived that little truck.
Posted by offshoretrash
Farmerville, La
Member since Aug 2008
10177 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:38 pm to
quote:

Anyone familiar with early 90s model Isuzu small trucks


The first truck I bought with my own money was a 92 Isuzu. They are hard to find now, haven't seen one in years. They were very dependable and got great gas mileage.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65714 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:54 pm to
quote:

Good luck getting parts for them... Isuzu pulled out of North America in 2006
RockAuto.com brah.

The internet is “world wide”.

They have parts through 2020 model Izusus:

RockAuto Link
Posted by goofball
Member since Mar 2015
16867 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 4:57 pm to
quote:

I miss the old compact trucks like this, the S10 / Sonoma, etc.



You would change your tune if you saw their crash tests of the old compact trucks (S-10, Isuzu, Toyota, Ranger, Mitsubishi, etc.).
This post was edited on 1/22/21 at 4:58 pm
Posted by vjp819
South Sec. 414 / Alex Box Sec. 210
Member since Nov 2003
10882 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 5:14 pm to
they were a solid little truck in the early 2000's. My dad had one.
Posted by TigerCoon
Member since Nov 2005
18866 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 5:18 pm to
quote:

brush & floss
wear sunscreen
eat a fiber rich diet


I'd like to add buy low & sell high, and don't eat yellow snow.
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
8086 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 5:21 pm to
I did have an Isuzu mini truck that was a standard cab.
Nothing fancy, just AC. I did not have to put a dime into it and sold it with 150k miles.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65714 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 5:22 pm to
Offset Crash Test of a ‘59 Chevrolet vs a ‘09 Malibu-

Guess which driver would likely have died?



Posted by BCLA
Bossier City
Member since Mar 2005
8075 posts
Posted on 1/22/21 at 5:28 pm to
My first truck was a 94 Spacecab. Loved it and ran it into the ground over 200k (it had over 100k when I bought it for 1500 cash). My friend's brother fixed it back up and I sold it to him and he drove it well into the 300k's.


So ya if it runs snatch it up.
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