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THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY THE TRUE MINI-TRUCK WE ONCE KNEW AND LOVED DIDN’T SURVIVE TO SEE OUR CURRENT STATE OF AVAILABLE PICKUP OPTIONS. Long gone are the days of production compact trucks from Mazda, Nissan, Toyota, and GM, just to name a few. Replacing these cult favorite minis are today’s Chevy Colorado and 3rd-gen Tacoma, which are really just midsize pickups ... which is fine. We’ve all gotten used to the extra cab and bed space these slightly larger pickups have to offer. However—let’s just be honest. While today’s “smaller” truck offerings do deliver increased legroom and cargo space compared to their predecessors, they just don’t have that same appeal that made the classic models so popular—not to mention being more accessible and affordable. While we will most likely…

I BELIEVE THE LOVE, PASSION AND HEART THAT HE POURED INTO THIS SONOMA SHOULD BE HONORED, AND I INTEND TO DO THAT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. ONE OF THE MANY ADVANTAGES OF BEING AN AUTOMOTIVE PHOTOGRAPHER IS TRAVELING THE WORLD AND SEEING THE MOST EXQUISITE AND IMPRESSIVELY BUILT VEHICLES. I originally came from a lowrider background and spent my childhood around hydraulics and Kandy paint and eventually ventured out to the truck world where I finally found my niche. For the past 10 years, I’ve covered shows throughout the country, and one day in Morristown, Tennessee, my life changed. I saw a Chevy Colorado with crazy paint and began looking for the owner to do a photoshoot. Over the course of the two-day show, it became harder to locate…

ONE OF THE BIGGEST TALKS OF 2021 WAS WILL MINI-TRUCK SHOWDOWN HAPPEN? I am here to confirm that, oh yes, it happened alright! After countless meetings with Palace Station Casino and working out all of the logistics, the event went on and was a success. For the last two years, Cory Kerley and his club, Shattered Images, have hosted a more intimate car show in Bakersfield, California. Due to the pandemic and other various obstacles, they decided to move the event from California to Las Vegas. They were open to an opportunity to have a greater variety of vehicles and, of course, Vegas is always a rad place to meet your friends and cruise your ride down the LV Strip. For some of us, all we have is SEMA. The…

TOYOTA 4RUNNER CELEBRATES HISTORIC RUN WITH 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION FORTY candles. The big “four-0.” The Toyota 4Runner will reach the 40-year mark with the 2023 model year … and, to celebrate, Toyota is offering a distinctive 4WD-only 2023 4Runner 40th Anniversary Special Edition. Appropriately, Toyota will make 4,040 of these special editions available for the US market. Over the past four decades, 4Runner has amassed more than 4 million cumulative sales while carving out its place as the ready-for-anything SUV that’s equally at home on pavement or trail. The 2023 Toyota 4Runner 40th Anniversary Special Edition is based on the SR5 Premium grade and will be available in three colors: White, Midnight Black Metallic, and Barcelona Red Metallic. It will stand out from the lineup thanks to bronze-colored 17-inch…

AFTER CUTTING HIS TEETH ON A CHEVY LUV AS A YOUNGSTER IN SUNNY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, JOEY WHITBY WAS FOREVER HOOKED ON MINI-TRUCKS AND THE ACCOMPANYING LIFESTYLE THAT OFTEN GOES WITH THEM. As long as it was low, it was right up Joey’s alley and worthy of his attention! Over the years, he would take inspiration from different iconic trucks in the scene, both in magazines and in person at truck shows. It was at one particular show (Art of Noize, way back in 2000) that Joey first laid eyes on a Tacoma (known as “Relaxed Taco”) that would become a longtime obsession for him. He would eventually start a double cab Tacoma project of his own, but with Covid hitting the world hard in 2020, work on the truck stalled…

LIKE A STALKER, CHARLIE FOLLOWED STRAIGHT OUT OF HELL EVERYWHERE IT WENT. DETERMINED TO ADD THE RADICAL MINI TO HIS COLLECTION. NO INTRODUCTION NEEDED WITH THIS INSANE MINI. It hit the scene in a HUGE way back in 2010 with its unique graphics and a style that rocked the mini-truck world. The truck took a bit of a hiatus for several years, eventually ending up in very capable hands—those of my buddy Charlie. Finding out that he now owned the truck and was truly enjoying it, there is no better feeling. He’s bringing hell back to the show scene in a big way and putting in the time to renovate it back to its former glory. Some like them low, fast, and loud. This killer mini is the entire package.…

WHEN WALKING AROUND A SHOW FIELD OR LOOKING UP CUSTOM VEHICLES ONLINE, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE SAME TYPES OF CUSTOMIZED VEHICLES. It’s just how the custom scene works. Companies design tons of parts for several models, making it easier for consumers to build those said vehicles. Therefore, parts availability and ease of modification tend to make certain custom vehicles more dominant than others. Standing out in a sea of modified vehicles takes something special—and that’s what Michael Hill from Edgewater, Florida, has with his 1991 Ford Explorer you see here. Michael bought this truck back in 1998 when he was in school as something to get him around town. It had 33-inch tires and he was known to have buried it in mud on a regular basis. The…

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THIS PAST APRIL, ONE OF THE TOP FIVE MOST ANTICIPATED SHOWS OF THE YEAR CELEBRATED ITS 28TH ANNIVERSARY—THE SOUTHEAST MINI-TRUCKIN NATIONALS IN MAGGIE VALLEY, NORTH CAROLINA. As soon as we arrived in Maggie Valley, we knew we were getting close to the show grounds. Trucks were cruising up and down the strip while cops and firefighters sat outside their stations watching everyone have a good time and making sure they were safe. Cruising the strip is what everyone looks forward to every year! More than 750 vehicles and attendees from all over the US arrived for the weekend show and packed the fairgrounds. I spent hours shooting photos and catching up with friends I hadn’t seen in a while. The show grounds had everything—old school minis to full size trucks…

IT’S POSSIBLE TO TURN BACK TIME; JUST ASK ANY TRUE TRUCK ENTHUSIAST WHO SPENT HOURS DRAWING PICTURES OF TRUCKS WHEN THEY WERE A KID. For most of us back then, the chance to own and drive a super-cool custom truck wasn’t in the cards. We had to sit back and watch trucks get built in garages and published in magazines while we lived paycheck-to-paycheck. But things change—and now, as once-young truck fans with a little expendable income, we can turn back time and build that custom mini-truck we always dreamed of, one that will transport you instantly back to a time when technology was the last thing on everyone’s minds. BEING A FULL-TIME RANCH MANAGER BY DAY FOR THE BEEF AND CATTLE INDUSTRY IN A DEMANDING JOB, SO SCOTT EKED…

I WANTED TO CREATE A MODERN DAY MINI-TRUCK WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE OLD DAYS. THE THINKERS AND DOERS AT FORD KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY INTRODUCED THEIR NEW MAVERICK COMPACT PICKUP. First off, this truck is affordable—which is a huge bonus when compared to the high cost of trucks in both the new and used segments right now. For all intents and purposes, we will consider the Maverick to be the lone mini-truck in the new vehicle marketplace. It is smartly targeted toward a new, youthful audience in a refreshing way, and rightly so. While the true mini-trucks of the past proved to be a valuable tool of the working class, they also presented adventure-seeking young folks a decently priced vehicle that could keep up with…