<VV> Beds and tailgates

[Sethracer at aol.com]

Just for reference, It was likely a Ford Courier with a Mazda tailgate. Or  
a Mazda pickup with a Ford tailgate. Mazda made both in Japan on the same  
assembly line and many parts were interchangeable. The beds were made in the 
USA  and added after the trucks were imported. There were some strange 
tariffs, at  the time, which only applied to complete trucks. The companies 
could import  them without beds, at a low tariff, and "complete" them  here.  
Toyota and Datsun did the same thing. It is quite possible that  all import 
pickup beds were made in the same factory! Maybe they all do  interchange! 
Long Beach, CA was probably the small pickup  production/assembly capital of 
the world - for a while! I think they are  probably building them in Yemen by 
now. Gun rack is optional.
 
I have heard the same two-in-one car story with the Ford Fairmont front and 
 a Mercury Zephyr rear. I personally saw a Chevy Monza Town Coupe (Ugly car
!) in  a Chevy dealer showroom with a 4.3 V8 emblem on one fender and a 5.7  
V8 on the other. The 5.7L was the only CA smog-legal V8 at the time, but 
Chevy  offered a 4.3L V8 in all of the other states. It must have been a tough 
Monday  on the production line at Lordstown.  I wonder if the car pulled to 
the  right.
 
- Seth
 
 
In a message dated 1/15/2015 7:05:41 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:

Just  think aobut the guy with the Datsun pickup with a Ford tailgate..His  
stories are even better!!! VBG!!

Chuck S
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> I once sold a 77 ford Granada  new at the showroom that had come in with 
> Granada on ne frnt fender  and mercury on the other. customer would not 
let 
> us change it. also a  Datsun tailgate on a ford courrior pickup
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