PennSilverTaco's non-Toyota Japanese (and Korean) vehicle Rant/Rave MegaThread!

And this was a US-spec truck; I forget exactly why the owner switched it to RHD...

 

1988 Mitsubishi Mighty Max


June 13th, 2021:

Bristol, Pennsylvania

 

That wasn't the same truck. That was another truck that had the kit. The one im talking about there is no vid or pics of unfortunately.

 

no. vortec motor. built with aluminum intake and carb.

 

Was it a V6 or a V8?

 

v6 4.3.. ill get some pics for you. super cool truck.

 

This is a nice thread. I don’t regret parting with my 93 Isuzu. There’s no looking back. But I do miss it. It was my first car and I had it until a few years ago. It was bad ass truck and fun to drive. I thought about keeping it and slamming it, but I sold it to an older guy here in town.

 

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I do believe that this is actually a Geo Tracker, but it's basically a Suzuki Sidekick; The current owner did not do all of the custom work to it, and it actually sat for years. I forget what year he said it was...


June 13th, 2021:

Bristol, Pennsylvania

 

This thing was built in the late 90s; Any guess as to how I knew...?

 

Very interesting.
I can’t say it’s something I’d own.
But I have t9 give the owner credit. He definitely put a lot of work into.
If he likes, I happy for him.

 

I owned one. Mine was a hard top. It was Ocre (or puke yellow haha) I ended up rattle canning it in two tone. Gray on top and bottom and blue in the middle. It came out pretty nice. The original engine was a 359cc 2 stroke 2 cylinder with an oil injection system. It did not go fast but man did it 4wheel over anything you put in front of it. Wish I still had it but there was a flaw in the engine design that cause the distributors to seize up due to lack of lubricant. Didn’t have time or money to swap in a different engine. It was fun while it lasted though. Pic is not mine…just for reference.

 

1993 Suzuki Sidekick


June 13th, 2021:

Bristol, Pennsylvania

 

I saw a few of those at car shows last year; See above quoted posts!

 

It is nice to see a stock one in decent shape; I love all Japanese minitrucks just because they Japanese minitrucks. My favorite is obviously Toyota, with the 1986-1997 Nissan pickups coming in at a close second, and the 1986-1993 Mazda B-series trucks coming in third; The roughly 1989-1994 Isuzu pickups are neat little trucks, but based on research on them, I can see why you don't regret it...

I don't know anything about the reliability-wise, but compared to Nissan and Toyota trucks of the same period, Isuzu trucks seems to be behind the times; I believe that base model trucks had carbureted 4-cylinders well into the early 1990s, at a time when Toyota and Nissan had long since switched to fuel injection. Everyone I know who owns one loves it, but whenever I go to various shows, other import brands vastly outnumber the Isuzus; There are two Amigos in this thread as well...