If FoA were to reintroduce the 1965 f100 you could make it basic and tough too.
The 70 series Cruiser as with the 80's hi lux ( on which the HILux rep is built) are reliable and able to take abuse because the are underpowered basic units. Live axles front leaf springs. Steel dashboards.
Bring them up to modern standards of performace comfort and saftey and the fall into the same difficulties all other manufacturers do. Offering a car in 2012 without
ABS put this in the same class as an ACCO. Which is almost criminal. Do they have airbags? Why is this not an issue with the motoring press?
I know people who own and love them and what they do is amazing but there time has come. Good riddance.
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