[retroafroman]

The buckets in the Brat were strictly to get around the "Chicken Tax": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax

A protectionist law that favored small trucks built in America. Australia has a long history of loving "utes", the car/truck hybrid: https://www.core77.com/posts/88821/The-Australian-Designer-W...

[mc32]

Interesting! I didn’t realize that was to avoid the chicken tax. Same as the rear-windowless Ford Connect.

Reading the wiki page it mentions Ronald Reagan owned one and used it on his ranch, which speaks to their versatility.