Many years ago I had a summer job with a company that had purchased or leased three new Ford Couriers.
These were rebadged Mazda B1600s, unfortunately equipped with automatic transmissions. IIRC one was red, one was green, and one was that dried mustard colour that was not uncommon in the 1970s - sort of like a flat harvest gold.
They were not bad to drive, and I was delighted to be mentored by Mr Boorse, a veteran mechanic who taught me to change oil on the Couriers. He also had me remove the plugs on the sealed ball joints and tie rods, install zerks, and lube them. Very good fellow - RIP, Mr Boorse.
He had a Toyota Hilux with a manual transmission, and said that he wouldn't trade for an automatic Courier for amy money.