For $3999, This Hilux Is All Original Conditions! - Jalopnik
The Indian company Mahindra & Mahindra recently dropped plans to sell their mini pickup in the U. S. That's a crushing blow to those eagerly awaiting the little hauler, but perhaps they could find solace in today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe... Wow, it was happy hour all day yesterday with two-for one haterade from the well, a drink not nearly as bitter as the 89% Crack Pipe loss racked up by the Frankensteinian Brooklands V8 which mated MGB with all sorts of sketchy partners to... The Japanese, many years ago, had much greater success here, and one of the vehicles that were on the vanguard of their economic invasion was the Toyota Hilux pickup truck. Now you might assume that with a name like Hilux - possibly short for High Luxury - that today's 1972 1. 8-litre standard bed Toyota is draped in all the finery that someone of means might require. Actually Hilux is a form of greeting for a dude named Lux. It also looks like a cartoon character what with its heavy-browed four-lamp nose and ear-like freestanding turn signals. While reputationally robust, you rarely see these early Toyota trucks around any more. Source: jalopnik.com
