Its not based off an irl car, it is a completely fictional car with no irl counterpart. Its based off the idea of a 1960's Japanese car.
have you thought about doing a different front fascia, maybe something along the lines of a 1979 Hilux ?
yea that was what I believe I will do as all I have to do is rotate the current headlights and make them skinnier
since its a japanese truck, its NOT a Ute. That is just a Aussie term. I think you should make two pairs of round taillights and put the under the tailgate.
A ute and a pickup is a different thing. A pickup has a two part desing with the bed and cab separated, also it usually sits on a ladder frame chassis. A ute is a car based, so the bed and cab are one piece, and as far as i know, there werent many utes built on a ladder frame chassis and almost all utes were 2 door. Iam pretty sure this is more of a ute. Utes also were popular mostly in Australia but it is not an Aussie term.
Update: Just about finished the modeling, did a lot of work on the underside today, added the frame and leaf spring attachments
this looks really nice but you might wanna smooth out the way the front fender just ceases to exist when the bed begins
As an Australian, I feel that I must say this but here we call all cars with a tray a ute, doesn't matter if it is a large pick-up we all just say ute. Only the weirdos here say pick-up