Hooniverse Truck Thursday – 1990 Mazda B2600 Snow Plow
Show Me Your War Face.
What does the plowing rounds in your town? I’ve already shown the little red Suzuki machine that handled the snow drifts a while ago, and here’s a bigger, greener, meaner companion to it.
It’s a 1990 Mazda B-series pickup, originally red, that’s received a two-tone black-on-green matte paintjob. It reminds me of a soldier in full equipment, ready for everything and his face smudged with camo paint.
I’m also reminded of Marty McFly’s Hilux, bought from Statler Toyota, that’s taken the Casualties of War route. There are a ton of aux lights, reinforcement steel bars, exhaust rerouting, everything.
This B-series is powered by the 121hp 2.6-litre G6 four, as noted by the B2600 badging. It’s interesting that it’s not the turbodiesel, since the majority of trucks here are oil-burners – but maybe the original owner has done his math about the viability, as one needs to outrun the yearly fuel tax by driving enough with cheaper fuel.
Under the truck are capable-looking, studded Hankook DynaPro tires on attractive-looking wheels. Traces of the original red paint can be seen just under the seams of the wheelarch flares and trim piece corners.
There’s even a winch mounted on the bed bar. But is it just me, or is the bed slightly tilted, indicating the frame is bent?
Does this Rambo-to-be Mazda look well-equipped to you, or would you only bring it to a snowball fight?
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This thing is actually…. seriously cool looking. Certainly a work truck and not a poser with some lights on it.
What a cruel thing to do to a nice little truck. I find it hard to believe that it can survive long, if it's doing any serious plowing. Even though it looks overdressed with accessories, it also looks likes its been put to some serious work. Around here, full size pickups get worn out after a few seasons of plowing duty.
I thought the same thing. It's gonna be thrashed as hell after another winter or two. In the northern climes, never buy a truck that has been used this way.
I would totally drive this in central Texas. Snow tires and all.
…With the snow plow, right through Austin on I-35, with STUDDED snow tires, and on the left lane too.
You Yurpeans and your cute little trucks. So adorable.
This truck reminds me of a dystopian future where all the car corporations have closed down and civilisation has been forced to make do with the millions and millions of exsisting cars that are perfectly OK and are rated for their practicalities and not their image.
It's a dystopia that won't meet the approval of many Auto-workers or their respective families, but one I could probably learn to accept. As car enthusiasts we have to exsist on a strange and awkward plane where we strongly encourage the furtherance of our auto-manufacturing industries, yet are loathe to see usable machines being wasted like the consumer durables they've become.
Must be Scotch time.
You say all this as if it was a bad thing. I hoist my flagon of malted grain beverage in your very general direction.
You mean like Cuba?
Close enough. Viva Cuba Libre! Only with God fearing, all American, 100% capitalistic single-malt Scotch. Oh, look, it's time for brefass, again.
CHEERS!
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