Top 15 most respected Minis ever built........

Just pull out the Sept 98 10th anniversary MiniTruckin and check out that article to see most of my list. I respect a ton of the new era of minitrucks, but all those trucks from back in the day that some minitruckers on this site have probably never seen get my votes for this list. Without them, we wouldn't be where we are today.

VW yota
Orange Hardbody from ST AZ
Green Mazda from England?
Purple Isuzu from SBC
Last Look
Time Machine
skin alive
freemans yota
finns taco
yellow s-trend from ST
Brands Frontier
wcc 4runner
chix ryde
grant blazer

Originally posted by svrdfknties



Glad someone finally mentioned finn's taco.werd, Im suprised I am the only to mention it! My personal fav taco to date.Also another truck I would like to add, I cant remember the guys name, or what month/year his feature was ran. But it was a light blue toyota with silver flames. I think he was in but the truck was on the cover of MT, super clean! I also believe he was on Monster Garage before.

Originally posted by S10All422S



WOW! Now those are some damn good lists!!! Except i got gypped... my dime and yota don't count as one truck

We definitely need to do a top 20 again and see what we come up with in the mag

MT4LYFE 2 half complete trucks= 1 truck (that is my excuse for copying/editing someone elses pick's)

Originally posted by BUILTON24S



VW yotaOrange Hardbody from ST AZGreen Mazda from England?Purple Isuzu from SBCLast LookTime Machineskin alivefreemans yotafinns tacoyellow s-trend from STBrands Frontierwcc 4runnerchix rydegrant blazer

DUDE GOOD CALL....ON THAT GREEN MAZDA FROM ENGLAND...that truck was a big inspiration to me and still is. i cant beleive i didnt think of that truck....i think if i have some spare time tomorrow im going to dig out all my mags and scan some images.

Edited: 12/23/2005 12:03:49 AM by brad88maz

I'm going to add a few names. Tony Jones and Randy Liess, you've never heard of them, but they got me into trucks back in like 93 (at 13...).

I think to be in this list the owner of the truck has to be as respectable as the work on their ride. My top trucks/owners are1) Lenny Gruver, love the truck or hate it, he's the nicest guy in the scene...and I LOVE his truck. 2. You're nuts if you don't list Ballistic.3. Shawn's Plane Jane and 4. Mike/Eric's Lil Shop Blazer have to be on this list. Some of the nicest guys in the scene, building some of the craziest trucks in the scene.5. Jenn's Dime (Chix Ryd) is badass, and SHE did some of the work herself. The truck speaks for itself6. West Coast Custom's Mazda and 4-Runner were insane to me. I was always a sucker for Mazdas...7. Jody Halls Ranger would still be a contender at shows.8. Brian Jendro built too many rides to pick one, but the man pioneered bags in minis deserves a mention.9.Mike Alexanders's rides, but mainly the Yota (love it!). The fabrication going into these rides is insane. They will go down in history.10. Chad's Pathfinder is nuts. The thing just screams for attention.11. Grant Customs' roadster taco...the metalwork is amazing.12. Last Look was sooo ahead of it's time. It's one of the only trucks that I think should never be changed.13. Tuckin Taco - I saw it before it ever left the shop at Bewleys, and it inspired me to cut back into my perfectly fine mini because I knew I could never compete with it.14. Time Machine stopped me in my tracks even before it had an interior back at Pigeon Forge in like 01 or 02. That truck was insane.15. Chris Dyer's Nissan HB-A newer truck, and unfortunately not iconic in the scene due to it's simplicity. He deserves more press for this thing, but if you don't see it in person, you won't get it...This might be one of the cleanest minis ever built.

Originally posted by lowranger5561



what about the old school like EURO STYLE from cali that truck was on 3 covers. RAW DEAL toyota on the cover of MT spring of 89. ALL 4 SHOW the tan 4X4 from out west. lets see some of you dig out the old MT'S and find some stuff that was built before 1996

shannon half of the poeple in the scene today werent around prior to 99-00. they prolly not even know ur ranger was black and pink w/ a topper w/ a vent gate that read have you tandemed a ford lately ...i loved that line by the way lol. i think my list covered alot of the older trucks that got me into the scene, hell theres only 4 that were built after 00.

by the way shannon u have any pix on ur puter of the ranger when it was black and pink

The real shame of it is that those are all good trucks, and to name a definate 10,15,20 would be impossible. We all have our favs, but what about those killer rides that are hacked to shit and most of you never realize it. This wouldn't be SSM without the trash talking now would it, haha.

Originally posted by suckafree



werd, Im suprised I am the only to mention it! My personal fav taco to date.Also another truck I would like to add, I cant remember the guys name, or what month/year his feature was ran. But it was a light blue toyota with silver flames. I think he was in but the truck was on the cover of MT, super clean! I also believe he was on Monster Garage before.



Good call!!! The one your talking about I think is Chris Call's (

now mike if you ever finished both trucks then you would be on the list twice and u only have 2 half done trucks so it counts as a full one

Originally posted by LowMitsu



I havent heard a clunker on anyones lists.In Febuary or March of 1989,there was a yellow 84 toyota ,Shell,vert,stuffed with subs...not sure if it was Truckin' or MT.What was it called and who built it anyone remember???

That was Lee Bowers Toyota from Audio Chamber (Stereo shop) it had 16" Momo's and on the scale there was Bill Harrel's 86 Nissan 720, the blue and white one with all the subs in the back, bothe the yellow Toyota and blue/white Nissan were in the video for the "Cars that go boom"