How did it all begin?

How did you guys end up mini truckers? How long have you been into it? Whats your mini truckin/mazda history?

well I got Tired of building tuners and wanted something new...got my mini a little over a year ago and started in on it the very next day... I bought a 1989 2200 for 400 bucks and stock height has been history since then cause it lost it the next day It was a virgin.... 100%

I couldn't really afford that much for a vehicle, and I didn't want to get a car. So a cheap truck it was. Mazda's came to mind

Been into cars as long as I can remember. I used to be into the tuner scene,and it just got retarded...well..mostly the people did.

My step dad used to have a '92 B2200 that he bought new,and I always loved that truck. In '98 he gave it to my grandpa and since I got my licence I've always begged him to sell it to me and he never would.

When I was working at JCI,I worked with a few guys that were like hardcore into trucks,street rods and stuff,and I used to hang out with them. All 3 of them drive very done up GMC Sierras. One of them used to drive a Mazda years ago that he painted flat black,put some smootie hubcaps on it,painted the dash with speckle paint and put a diamond plate toolbox in the bed,lol

While I worked there,I was driving a pretty modified Ford Contour,and I was saving up to buy a brand new,or almost new truck. I found a beautiful 2002 Sonoma SLS crew cab for $19k with low miles and just missed out on it by 2 days. After looking at vehicles,I found out I couldn't afford insurance on anything newer than 1998. A friend of mine had a Mazda for sale,and since I always wanted one,I figured I'd go check it out,even though it was everything that I wasn't looking for at the time....

I wanted an ext cab or crew cab truck,4x4,automatic,loaded,and be 2000 or newer and less than 150k KM. And what did I end up with? The complete opposite. 1989 reg cab,2wd,manual,no power options whatsoever...


...and I have never been happier. I bought the truck in March '06,so I've had it for nearly a year. I joined Bscene just after I bought it,and this place and the people,and the wealth of knowledge they have,has greatly helped my truck become what it is on it's way to be. I think I'm definetly bitten by the minitruck bug,and I don't see myself buying a car anytime soon. Only pickups and SUVs for me.

I may also add,the Mazda is my first truck,and I then bought an Isuzu Rodeo for a winter beater,but it died,lol. I'd like to get another Mazda for next winter.

I think my next project will most likely be an old school minitruck if I can find one. I'd love a pre85 Mazda,or an old Datsun or Toyota. But,I have to finish this truck first. I have my sights set full steam ahead on this truck. In less than a year,making only $10-12/hr,I have spent about $12 000 on my truck. Yikes!

i got my truck in '93 just after the '94's hit the lot just before my 17th
b-day, they had it and a teal green cab plus auto on the lot, after some haggling with the dealer, my grandmother & i bought it for $9997, which was a deal considering it had a window sticker just over $14k......it was my first vehicle, and about a 6 months after i got it, me & a couple of my buds in highschool who had s10's that were into the scene decided it needed a change of altitude, so one saturday me & them got it a little closer to the ground>cranked down the t-bars, 3" blocks in the rear and took out the overload leaf, i drove it like that for @ 3 years with a couple stereos, then i raised it back up because i was tired of replacing my tires every 6 months from the camber on the front, plus i had two run in-s with the local deer population, & not long after that the engine finally decided to give up the ghost, and i put it in my grandparents barn.....that was in '99, & i kinda figured one day that i would get a chance to fix it up like i really wanted to when i was younger, but didn't have the $$ to do so, well my grandmother passed oct 3-04 & i decided that it was now or never, & i pulled it out of the barn & started to work on it, i haven't gotten as far as i would like, but i have been working 6 or 7 days a week for the past year & a half so progress has been slow.....hopefully i can have it back together & at least running before summer is over......

wanted a project when i was 11 and my older brother gave me his 1986 b2000 ext cab lx (or what ever one came with all the options) after that my father gave me a van and i figured i dident wanna try to do anything with it except throw a system in it for fun, at 13 i bought a 1993 b2200 ext cab from midnight mike and then at 14 i bought a 1990 4x4 mazda b2600 ext cab off midnight mike and now im almost 15 and im going all out with this project when i find it

I have been around minis since 89 i got my first mini truck in 91 when I was 18 and still own that truck today (isuzu) had my first juiced truck in 95, first mazda in 96 and still have that mazda, had my first body dropped truck in 99 now i currently own 4 mazdas and an isuzu 3 are body dropped 2 juice 1 bagged, I am addicted to mini trucks, I dont really go to shows much if I do go its to support my club and never let my truck be judged, I truely do this for the love of the trucks and the friendships I have made through it

been into anything automotive my whole life was also in the tuner scene till I blew up my transmision in my zx2 my G ma found a cherry of a mazda pick up and I jumped on it its been three year sfor me and I love it I have another project in the works right now

My first mini was a slightly used 1974 Rotary engine pickup that I bought in 1975.Have had a Mazda or two (actually at one time I had nine but Ms.Hoc got po'd and I had to sell some) ever since then.right now I have a 92 teal reg cab automatic and two 2600is (one is DOA waiting on a new computer).I will always have a MaZDA TRUCK AROUND-MAY EVEN BE BURIED IN ONE.lOL.bj

Thats sweet! I wish I would have started that young,

When I turned 18, for my birthday I asked my gma for a 3000 dollar loan so I could pick up this awesome toyota for sale, bagged nice interior ran great, rhino bed liner, 15" wheels, it was sweet!. Well I eventually picked it up for 2000 it was a steal! I did some work on the interior and put some 18" wheels under it, and painted the stripe to match everything. That truck was beautiful, I got it in Ridin Around in Mini truckin, and I decided then that i needed to do a full build up of my own. I thought Mazdas looked so cool so I tried and tried to find one, and I finally got one... Bagged it last summer, now im tryin to throw a small block in it... well see where it ends up!