Rusted Automotive

After a few months of hitting one obstacle after another, my brother's 1990 GMC K2500 is finally running and driving. During that time, my dad and my brother began looking at vintage Dodge pickups for sale so my brother could build up a Dodge pickup truck as a nice-weather driver. Vintage Mopar trucks are a rare sight today, and make a nice affordable alternative to the more-common classic GM and Ford trucks. A prime example is this 1949 Dodge B1-B-108 pickup truck, which has earned the apt nickname "Yellow Rose". Find it here on eBay in Northridge, California, with a Buy-It-Now price of $12,499.99. Hailed as the first postwar trucks available from Dodge, the B-series pickup truck was introduced in 1948 to replace Dodge's prewar pickup trucks still being sold at the time. This Dodge B-series is a half-ton B1-B model, and is one of 299,900 built from 1948 to September 1, 1949. Painted white, yellow and gray,...

For a while, I was admittedly not a fan of mini-pickup trucks; I thought, "If you're going to buy a min-truck, why not just buy a full-size pickup?" Then, about nine months ago, I saw an episode of Roadkill where co-host Mike Finnegan scooped up a 1968 Datsun 520 mini-truck . After watching that truck and another episode of Roadkill with the Mazdarati (a 1974 Mazda Rotary pickup with an Oldsmobile 455 in its pickup bed), I became a converted fan of mini-trucks. A newer example of a mini-truck is this 1991 Mazda B2600i extended cab, a rare truck in any condition today; this particular truck is in fairly decent condition. Find it here on eBay in Blackwood, New Jersey, with no bids. Initially introduced in 1961, the B-Series pickup truck was redesigned in 1985; sold as the Proceed in its home market, Mazda marketed it as the B-series. This B-Series is a 1991 B-2600i extended cab model, which is hardly seen on the...