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Category Archive: eBay Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS

Tow Pig Greatness? This Phantom Dodge Crew Cab Shortbed Dually Just Needs A Fifth Wheel!

So the other day Chad brought up the question of what kind of tow rig you would pick if you were transported back to 1975. It’s a good question, though you could realistically expand the years...

Suggested Serving: This 1971 Datsun 521 Flies In The Face Of The Giant Pickup

Small, compact, nimble, useful, competent, efficient…this little 1971 Datsun 521 has a lot going for it before you get into it’s classic Japanese appearance or it’s modest...

Monday Shopper: A Dodge Power Wagon That Truly Deserves To Be Called “Macho” – 440-6 Power!

In the late 1970s, responding to the tastes of custom tricks performed on their vehicles, Dodge introduced an interesting marketing setup. Composed of tricked-out trucks and vans, the grouping was...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Would You Change The New Truck Game?

In less than five seconds after the photos of the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD line were released, you could hear one noise that rose from many, many voices in unison: “GAH!” We can be as...

Blank Slate: This 1976 Crown Supercoach Needs To Be RV Converted!

You can blame all of my bus fixation on living in the Pacific Northwest as a kid. When I lived in Illinois, I rode around in conventional Chevrolet C-60 buses and later, International conventionals,...

Unveiled: Ram’s New Multifunction Tailgate For Half-Tons – Swing However You’d Like To!

Not to be outdone with press releases from both Ford and GM, Ram has announced a new feature for their half-ton pickup trucks. It’s called the multifunction tailgate and it works like this: in...

Sport Truck Meets Pro Street: This 1989 Chevrolet C-1500 Is Two Eras In One

Welcome to pretty much every magazine I read as a young child. Outside of the copies of 4Wheel and Off-Road that my stepdad read and all of the Dirt Wheels that I was thumbing through during my...

Unveiled: The 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD Line – 35,500 Pounds Towing, 910 Foot-Pounds Of Torque

The timing seems just too coincidental for this announcement. In the same time that Ford announces the return of the large-cube gasoline V8, GM has unveiled the 2020 Silverado HD lineup that will...

Boss Move: Yanking The Wheels On Your Licensing Pass In Your Turbo LS Chevy LUV

“Dude, don’t worry. If you wind up in prison, you just establish dominance. Find the biggest dude in the place and whoop his ass. Nobody will mess with you then.” Oh, to be young...

Morning Symphony: J. Malcom’s “Project Cheapskate” S-10 Tearing The Rears To Shreds!

A little less than a year ago, Justin Malcom decided that he was going to do a budget build up for himself. The car in question at the time was a G-body Monte Carlo and the budget was supposed to be...

Got Ute Fever? Here’s Your Chance To Own A 2005 Holden Ute That’s Texas Legal (At Least)

Hold on, wait just one minute. The newest legal GM coupe-utility sold in the market was the 1987 Chevrolet El Camino. The newest one you could potentially import to the United States at the time this...

The Unexpected Restomod: This 1972 Ford Econoline Has Quite A Bit Of Hustle To It!

My uncle Benjamin was a bit of a car hoarder. He had a gorgeous late 1970s Ford Camper Special, the 1976 Chevrolet Camaro Type LT that started my automotive sickness, and he had a van similar to this...

Believe In Beef: This 1971 Dodge D-300 Stakebed Is A Shop Truck Score

Is there anything more purpose-driven than a good old stakebed truck? One engine, room for two, maybe three, and a big flat tray with the option to add in some walls if you so desire. I personally...

Drinking Habits: The Four-Cylinder Chevrolet Silverado Drinks More Than The V8 In Testing

When Chevrolet announced that the latest generation Silverado would appear with a 2.7L turbocharged four-cylinder engine, there was a lot of skepticism over whether or not the thought process behind...