minitrucks- retro rides or not?

after today, the dash is definately retro

I was a huge fan of the late 70s Mazda B series pickups from way back, and I like various other retro commercials, but to be honest I've never really liked the minitrucks style that much, I mean that silver one loses so much of the practicality of the pickup body by having all that stuff in the back where you should be able to put stuff, and by having those bling wheels that would get scuffed and chipped to f*ck as soon as you took it into any difficult terrain, assuming it'd be capable of it all, which to me takes away the practicality of the pickup completely. My dad had a late 70s B1800 that he fitted with the later B2000 engine, only a mildly hotted up one, and it was modified, mainly for practicality reasons, in a pretty unique style over the years. By the time I can remember it sat on a heavily re-inforced chassis he had customised himself in the scrapyards he was a mechanic/driver for, with a much higher ride height and much stronger suspension and brakes, the cab sat on heavily re-enforced mounts, which made it sit much higher, the interior still had it's bench seat, column change gear-lever, CB radio and various other things that were period 70s retro even then, and the bodywork had been heavily customised through repairs over the years, with huge heavy steel bumpers and the tail-lamps from a Leyland artic on the bumper behind mesh protectors. The overall look was not unlike what would now be ratlook in some ways, seeing as it was far from an immaculate motor, owing to it being a working pickup that hauled scrap, was used for towing all sorts of stuff on and off road, and various other jobs, and being brush-painted every so often in dark blue so there was no rust, but every panel on it had at least one battlescar on it, including the roof! ;D ;D At the time it was called the "Mad Max Look" by a lot of people who knew of it. ;D ;D Unfortunately he no longer has it, actually I'm sure it no longer exists, I seem to remember it finally being damaged one time too many and finally being beyond rebuilding, and being replaced in its duties by a Bedford TK, and my dad buying a Granada, but I'm not sure. The annoying thing is that I had lots of photos of it, but they've all gone god knows where when I last moved house.

Sorry, I know that wasn't all that relevant, I just thought I'd mention it as an example of a lesser-known, pre rat-look style of pickup modifying!