Here in the UK our early MK2 Subaru Pickups (BRATS) had a Hookback  type arrangment. There are not many left of this type over here  so recently I bought one as a "project". Its a 1984 with the straight across grill and early steering wheel. Being a farmers truck it has low mileage (36,000) but it has had a hard life and the tinworm has got to it too. Was a BRAT with this type of back sold in the US ?  "MO"

 

I can honestly say I've never seen one of those.  It actually took me a minute to figure out what the hookback was lol

What is it?

What is it?

Notice the rail on thebed. There were also extended bed brats in the euro market. 

How 'bout that! Didn't notice it. How much longer are the beds in the longbed trucks than in the NA market?

Edited June 5, 201312 yr by l75eya

How 'bout that! Didn't notice it. How much longer are the beds in the longbed trucks than in the NA market?

if i remember right there about 8ft beds

I remember an example in finland and it was yellow. maybe you can find it in the archives.

I have a saved picture of a red long bed somewhere

here's a quick link

http://www.subarubrat.com/longbed.htm

Here in finland all of the brats are called targa pickups and are long bed ones because of the old tax system. I think there isn't any other  country in europe that had the long bed version so it is very rare version indeed.

Damn, that would be so much more useful.  Hooks and a proper lip on the bed instead of the stupid chrome held in with plastic clips?  Why did they give us such a useless setup over here?

Also did you notice that there are no internal tie down rings on the internal sides of the bed. The "Finnish" longbed was made in Finland to get round a tax. Pickups had to have a bed that was a certain length and so they added about 20 inches to the length of the truck ! Strange but true.  have a look here..... "MO"

 

http://www.ooyyo.net/used-subaru-brat-for-sale/finland/c=CD5A2F7114D3854F111B806FBAD4355B8AAE1D6617F384/