Thorton Colby "Little Mule"

The Thorton Colby "Little Mule" is a modified version of the pickup truck Colby CX410 Butte, a vehicle manufactured by Thorton in.

Overview
The "Little Mule" is a small and inexpensive but reasonably well equipped Nomad truck. Quite fast (including across open desert), very tough, with extra reinforced armor, equipped with a CrystalDome holoprojection system, and it drives well by comparison to many other cars.

Database Entry

 * ''Nomads, as the name suggest, don't linger too long in any one place. They're constantly on the move and that means bringing that [sic] belongings with them. It comes as no wonder the truck-bed variant of the Colby has become so popular with them. Little Mule - that's what they call this Thorton Colby model. But beyond the name they also swap out the standard engines for stronger ones, add light armor to the body and install an environment projection system based on CrystalDome tech in the cabin.

Acquisition
Offered for sale by Dakota Smith for 49,000; you can pick it up at the parking lot of the Sunset Motel in the Badlands.

Message

 * "Hello, V. I have a "Little Mule" for sale - in other words a custom-tuned Thorton Colby. A techie friend of mine found it in a ditch outside of town - thought it was beyond repair. Nothing but rust, dust and a communal bathroom for rats, by the looks of it. But once he gave it a wash-down, banged it back into shape, swapped out the suspension and cranked up the engine... well, for riding around in the desert, you can't go wrong." - Dakota Smith

Trivia

 * The "Little Mule" might be a reference to the 1982 Ford Bronco XLT that appears in the 1984 film "Romancing the Stone", a black pickup truck also nicknamed "Little Mule."