How dis you get into the b-series game?

What made you get into the mazda b-truck pick up game?

My story was pretty simple, a buddy of mine had a 2200 extended cab when i was 16, and he tucked the tires and put a huge stereo system in it, it was dark grey, i immediately fell i love with how simple and cool the body was shaped... From that point till today, it was the ONLY pick up truck i have ever wanted and the ONLY one that i felt was attractive... All other trucks did not impress me, but the sturdiness and box type look won my heart over....

I had a 1979 Toyota truck regular cab with bench seat, my friend had heated the manual shift lever so we could bend it so I could ride with my two kids with me, youngest in car seat. Then by 1994, my youngest was 3 and able to crawl into a toddler seat, so I started looking at small extra cab trucks so the kids could sit in the rear.

I found out that Nissan and Ranger had sideways facing rear seats, figured the kids would just kick each other. That left Toyota 1989 and newer, and Mazda Cab Plus 1986-1990 as choices; used Toyota was several thousand more than Mazda. So Aug. 1994 bought my '88 Cab Plus with 50K miles for $5000 or $5500, still my daily driver, expect to reach 200K this year. I rebuilt the engine in Oct. 2011 due to smoke concerns, it still ran fine.

I actually already own the B2200's future replacement: a 2004 Frontier King Cab manual transmission 4-cylinder, before they got huge.

Pretty awesome

Well my best friend bought a brand new 86b2000 cabplus.I rode around with him all the time,and no AC but tan on tan and just liked the truck.So finally once I was able to buy a truck (while a junior in hs) had a job driving a sch bus so went shopping.1st stop mazda dlr and bought a new 87b22 cabplus se5 minus AC but,heck I was astatic.I paid for this truck drvg a bus,and did add air in 90 and still have the truck to this day.

Thats a pretty badass story, does the ac still blow cold?

i got my first vehicle for christmas. my mom got it for me. lmao i feel like a kid saying this. it sat about 30 miles from my house and on christmas eve, she took me out there, parked right behind the truck, and grabed the key off the floor and handed it to me. it was neat. my first car. or truck. i wish i could still drive it. r.i.p. ole faithfull. your soul and exhaust will live on in my second b. haha.

I had a bagged S10, and I met my now wife, who had a lowered Mazda B2200 when I met her. I sold my truck and starting building hers. It's still in progress, but we are getting closer to a finished product.

In 86 I was a freshman in college. My 72 Buick Skylark kept leaving me stranded and my father had to keep rescuing me. He had an 84 B and bought it because it was one of the most inexpensive vehicles around. Well, they bought me 86 for the same reason... it was the most inexpensive "real" vehicle around. Little did anyone know, especially me, how I would love that little truck! It's is sad shape at the moment, but I have )

Watched Dad drive the crap out of his and bought it from him for cheap when he thought he upgraded to a Ranger.

Missed having a truck after loosing her to an accident (only a few thousand miles after a engine refresh) and found my current B in a Florida barn three years ago.

almost got a different car after i wrecked the first truck. looked on cl all over for cars and trucks and saw a few bs but none that could be road ready in the time i needed, saw a b sitting at a garage parked behind some old broken down cars, thinking the guy who drove it just stoped in or somthin cause i had seen it driving around alot b4 that day. well it sat for about another week or two and one day, i forgot my laptop for work, had to go all the way back home, well i decided hell i was already passing by why not stop in and ask about the truck. well i did and they were scrapping it that day. i said how much you want 4 it. he said 400 i said sold. ill be by with a tow truck later. only thing wrong was #2 plug kept blowing out of the hole. heli coil. easy fix. havent had any more problems with it since. good stories btw