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Video: ’76 Mazda pickup is the perfect base for a Radio Flyer wagon. Who knew?

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Radio Flyer truck - Click above to watch the video after the jump

If you've ever thought about picking up a yellow Hummer and painting the word "Tonka" across the side or building a working replica of your favorite Hot Wheels fantasy car, have we got a story for you. An elderly couple in Alaska has built a jumbo Radio Flyer wagon out of an old truck, and what's more, they drive it around Anchorage on a regular basis.

The underpinnings were borrowed from a 1976 Mazda pickup which Judy Foster (not to be confused with the Silence of the Lambs star, Jodie) inherited from her father. After they took possession, her husband Fred Keller started an eleven-month project to turn it into an overgrown childhood dream. The result is reportedly fully street legal and gets nothing but smiles wherever it goes. Fred and Judy will just have to watch that eight-foot tall handle clearing any low ceilings in parking garages. Follow the jump to watch the KTUU video segment for yourself.

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Video: '76 Mazda pickup is the perfect base for a Radio Flyer wagon. Who knew? originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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October 6th, 2010

Mazda BT-50 pickup headed to Sydney Motor Show

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2011 Mazda BT-50 rendering - click above to enlarge

The Australian International Motor Show will be welcoming a new Mazda along with that mysterious Subaru. The next generation of the Mazda BT-50 pickup is scheduled to premiere on October 15 as an "active lifestyle vehicle."

We're not sure how the "modern and refined styling" will radically alter the Aussie's take on the BT-50 or trucks in general, but according to Mazda it is a "new type of vehicle" possessed of a "universally recognizable beauty" that will increase "anticipation of the driving pleasure to come." We suppose we'll find out what all that means - beyond a hyperactive marketing department - come October. In the meantime, there's a press release after the jump to wet our Aussie readers' chops. Chance of U.S. importation to replace the now-departed B-Series? Not likely, mate.

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