Would you buy a compact pickup with rear-wheel drive, manual transmission, crank windows, two doors, tiny jump seats behind the buckets and a curb weight well below 3,000 pounds … if you could get it for about $25,000? The early-1990s version of that is what we have here, spotted a couple of years back in a Nevada car graveyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusThis is one of the last Mazda-built B-Series pickups sold in the United States. Oh, sure, the B-Series was still available here after 1993, but it was a rebadged Ford.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAnd of course some of you are thinking that a truck like this would be fine, except for the lack of A/C. See that compressor? This truck has air conditioning.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAnd if you didn't need the Cab Plus version, which had these fold-down seats that nearly everyone used for toolboxes or bags of groceries, you could get this truck for as little as $21,217 in 2026 dollars, or $23,115 with the optional A/C.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAdvertisementAdvertisementIn fact, the actual prices were a bit lower, because I am using a 1993 price guide to get those numbers (my reference library has a few holes in the early 1990s).junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusThe first Mazda Bs arrived in the United States as 1972 models, sold by Ford with Courier badging. Then the Ranger showed up as a 1982 model and that was the end of the Courier here.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusHowever, Mazda had been selling the B-Series here with its own badging since the early 1970s, and that continued after the Courier.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAfter 1993, Mazda dealers in North America began selling Ford Rangers with Mazda badges, in order to stop paying the Chicken Tax. American Mazda shoppers at that time could also get Mazda-ized Explorers. Meanwhile, the Ford Escort was still a Mazda underneath.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Mazda Rangers kept the old B-Series naming system. Since the '95 in this photo has a 4.0-liter Cologne V6, it was a B4000.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusFor 1992, the U.S.-market B-Series came in two flavors: B2200 and B2600. The B2600 had Mazda's 2.6-liter four-cylinder, which was confusing because Mazda used 2.6-liter Mitsubishi Astrons in its trucks for many years.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusToday's Junkyard Find has the 2.2-liter F2 engine. It was rated at 85 horsepower and 118 lb-ft of torque.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAdvertisementAdvertisementThe transmission is the base five-on-the-floor manual. A four-speed automatic was optional, as was four-wheel drive. It can snow quite a bit in the Reno/Tahoe area, but the owner or owners of this truck managed to get by with RWD.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusThe original AM/FM/cassette radio is still in it at the end.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusThe emissions sticker says this is a California-market truck, not a 49-state version. This part of Nevada is about 15 miles from the California line, so that makes sense.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusClose to 250,000 miles on the odometer at the end.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAdvertisementAdvertisementI didn't see any rust to speak of.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusThis was the fourth generation of Mazda B-Series truck, which debuted as a 1986 model in the United States. Mazda kept making the B-Series after 1993, of course, but it wasn't sold here.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAdvertisementAdvertisement1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAdvertisementAdvertisement1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAdvertisementAdvertisement1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAdvertisementAdvertisement1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plusAdvertisementAdvertisement1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.junkyard find 1992 mazda b2200 se 5 cab plus1992 Mazda B2200 in Nevada junkyard.[Images: Author]Become a TTAC insider. 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