The Ten Most Useless Pickups Ever

[roo_ster]

Subaru Baja; making the Brat the pinnacle of Subaru's truck-building achievements.

When I was a kid I thought the Brat was awesome.  I did not realize the seats in the bed were there to avoid the then 25% imported pickup tax.  And were supposedly deliberately easy to remove.

[KD5NRH]

When I was a kid I thought the Brat was awesome.  I did not realize the seats in the bed were there to avoid the then 25% imported pickup tax.  And were supposedly deliberately easy to remove.

I'd love to find one in reasonably restorable shape with the seats.

[Ben]

When I was a kid I thought the Brat was awesome.  I did not realize the seats in the bed were there to avoid the then 25% imported pickup tax.  And were supposedly deliberately easy to remove.

There's apparently almost a cult regarding the Brats, at least in CA. A lot of guys, especially the surfer dudes, restore them or otherwise trick them out, and then do stuff like month long Baja excursions with them.

[Tallpine]

#1: anyone who does that to a beautiful old Chevy pickup should go to the Special Hell along with child molesters and people who talk in the theater 

This is APS, where the only acceptable trucks have vinyl bench seats (with only lap belts!), a carbureted straight six engine, hand crank windows, rubber floormats, unboosted steering and brakes, and a column manual shifter. Also no A/C!

Well, for banging around in the forest and cutting firewood, that is really just the right thing. 
I saw my old friend in Colorado a couple days ago, and found out that when he retired from the resort that he got to take the 1965 K-20 with the 292 straight six.  Somebody gave him one of those old slip-in dump beds from the 1980s and he put it on the white pickup and uses it to go get firewood   
(that's the one vehicle in the world that I am actually tempted to steal  )

[fifth_column]

When this thread was initially posted I thought it was "The Ten Most Useless Pickups (i.e. Lines) Ever"

I was sorely disappointed . . . .

[wmenorr67]

My parents considered a Brat when they first came out.  No seat belts in the back seats stopped them from doing so.

[geronimotwo]

i'd have added every fullsize truck built since 2003.  they've made the beds too high to be useful.......

[RoadKingLarry]

Herectic!

This is APS, where the only acceptable trucks have vinyl bench seats (with only lap belts!), a carbureted straight six engine, hand crank windows, rubber floormats, unboosted steering and brakes, and a column manual shifter. Also no A/C!

Anything more is "not a truck"

BULL FEATHERS!!
A granny low 4 speed on the floor beets a 3 speed column shift, and floor mats are for girls.
Don't make me post a pick of my real man's truck again.

[brimic]

When I was a kid I thought the Brat was awesome.  I did not realize the seats in the bed were there to avoid the then 25% imported pickup tax.  And were supposedly deliberately easy to remove.

I thought the chevy Luv was awesome as a kid as a cheap beat around mini pickup.

[Angel Eyes]

*cough* gastankinthecab *cough*

Brad

You and Boomhauer are describing my dad's '65 GMC to a T, except it was a V6, with an oil-bath air cleaner.  I learned to drive in that truck.

(Learned a few other things as well ...)

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Gotta love a bench seat for that kinda education


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[RoadKingLarry]

I thought the chevy Luv was awesome as a kid as a cheap beat around mini pickup.

Dad had one in the mid '80s that he shoehorned a Chevy 350 into.   I drove it a couple times while home on leave, kind of fun.

[wmenorr67]

Saw on FB yesterday where there is a '53 Willies/Willys for sale in the KC area for $3500.

[Tallpine]

BULL FEATHERS!!
A granny low 4 speed on the floor beets a 3 speed column shift, and floor mats are for girls.
Don't make me post a pick of my real man's truck again.

I didn't catch the part about the 3 speed    Those are close to useless.

I used to have a 1965 Chevy short stepside with 230 six and four speed.  It was just 2wd but it would go just about anywhere. 

After I got sick and went back to college, I got stupid and decided that we couldn't afford and didn't need two vehicles living in town, and so I sold it