That Stout was very typical of early Japanese attempts to crash the party--minimalist design with WAY too little power. The response of the day was typical, too--no interest. Who remembers that their first motorcycle was merely a scooter (a 50cc Honda), going up against much bigger twins, etc.? While the Stout IS rather homely looking, personally I thought most of the pickups of the 60's were ugly (until '68, anyway). For me, Toyota's classic pickup design was their late-70's/early 80's model (Hi-lux?)--those look great all beefed up with offroad goodies!