So, there's a 60's Mazda compact out there that comes in a truck

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
10/22/2013 at 09:44 • Filed to: None

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...and was designed by Guigaro while he was still at Bertone. And has an aluminum four-banger. And double wishbone front suspension. Why is it we do not post the Mazda Familia all day every day?

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As a note, those headlight rings are pretty cool.


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Kinja'd!!! Raphael Orlove > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/22/2013 at 09:49

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these things are rad! very Corvair-esque up front, and in a good way


Kinja'd!!! Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken > Raphael Orlove
10/22/2013 at 12:35

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I saw those all over Thailand, I guess they really sold them there back in the day. I see some at car meets in Japan, some sitting under awnings with other cars that need some attention. I know the location of many unrestored Japanese cars around here, they probably wonder why an old Gaijin is slowly driving down streets peering at storage areas near the homes! I might be arrested as a pervert, "I was trying to find old cars" I will say. Bob Dylan in his old age took a walk into a neighborhood near some place he was going to play. He walked up a lawn to a home for sale and was looking in the windows. Someone called the police about a homeless man looking in houses haha. He didn't have his wallet, he said he was Bob Dylan and took them back to his venue. I liked that story when he told it, he added a lot of character to it.


Kinja'd!!! Jonee > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/22/2013 at 13:32

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I know. I've been in love with them ever since I first saw one of these:

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If it had been sold in America, it'd be everyone's favorite car. Fortunately, they're still kind of a secret.

My other favorite secret killer car is the Daihatsu Compagno which also came in pickup and "van" configurations.

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