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Category Archive: Craigslist Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS

Money No Object: A Viper-Powered Ramcharger With Grand Cherokee SRT-8 AWD? Sign Us Up!

The Dodge Ramcharger, especially it’s 1981-93 variation with the fixed roof, doesn’t get a lot of respect compared to the full-size Chevrolet Blazer and the Ford Bronco. Maybe familiarity...

Rough Start: This Shortened 1993 Plymouth Voyager Is For The Minimalist!

You can’t knock Chrysler’s minivans for what they were. When they appeared in 1984, they proved to be the right kind of vehicle at the moment and undoubtedly pulled Chrysler from the...

Power Wagon Week: Sorry, Kids, But This Power Wagon School Bus Will Get You To Class On Time!

Between the WC and M-series platforms that compose what most people collectively call a Dodge Power Wagon, there were about three hundred thousand made, many of which saw use in some of the most...

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Power Wagon Week: This 1979 Dodge Is As Mint As They Get! Big-Block And Comfy For The Era!

I have a certain vision for what a truck should and can be. There is the viewpoint that the truck is little more than a tool, in the same way a Caterpillar bulldozer or a farm tractor is viewed. I...

Wait Until This Monster Gets Dialed In: Izzy Performance’s 1,600 Horsepower, All-Wheel-Drive Turbo Silverado!

In the BangShift Mid-West fleet, there is one vehicle that generally is kept off-limits from any sort of hijinks: that would be the Chevy Silverado SS that my wife uses as her daily driver. She...

This Car-Hauling Chevrolet School Bus Is Great For All Of The Right Reasons – Compound Turbo Cummins And Good Range!

Is it bad when the first thing that comes to mind is, “If you laugh, you’re going straight to hell”? That’s where I find myself with this 1954 Chevrolet…um…short...

This 1967 Ford Pickup Is Low Mile, High Option, And As Good As They Get!

The first vehicle I knew my father owned was a bumpside Ford truck, an F-250 with black interior, the rubber floors, a V8 of some kind, a manual trans on the floor, and all the beauty of a rock. It...

Unhinged: Yes, The Ford Bronco Is Coming Back. But Don’t Get Your Hopes That Far Up Yet…

Yes, it is finally true and confirmed by Ford Motor Company: The Bronco nameplate will return, as will the Ford Ranger. We knew the Ranger was coming back, but the Bronco, which has been steeped in...

It’s Angry! This Absolutely Violent Ford F-100 Tore Summernats A Brand New One!

Summernats, the Australian free-for-all home of horsepower, just wrapped up their 30th anniversary show. Everything you would expect to experience at one of their shows was present and accounted for:...

FCA North America Investing $1 Billion Into Two Plants In The U.S. For Truck And SUV Production

One billion dollars into two manufacturing plants and confirmation of three upcoming vehicles…that’s the very short gist of the announcement made by FCA. The company has had some issues...

Somebody Needs This GMC Typhoon In Their Lives! Who Wouldn’t Like A Screaming Little SUV?

During the early 1990s, General Motors got real bi-polar for a minute. Sure, they were cranking out V6-powered W-body sedans and pickup trucks by the millions, but for every yawn-worthy general car...

Roadkill! Two New Vehicles Are Brought In – A Rough Datsun Mini-Truck And A Big-Block Road Runner!

It’s been a while since Finnegan and Freiburger brought new vehicles into the Roadkill fleet, let alone a vehicle that they are fully vested into. The Dirt-Track Challenger was opportunity: hit...

Redneck RZR? This 1996 Suzuki X-90’s Owner Makes A Great Case For A Forgotten Toy SUV!

The entry level Polaris RZR starts off just north of ten thousand dollars and can go as high as nearly thirty grand. Yamaha side-by-sides hang around twenty thousand dollars, and Can-Am isn’t...

Late-Model Restomod: A 1989 GMC Jimmy With A Vortec 4.2 Inline-Six!

As much as modern engines have improved in the last twenty years, it is kind of surprising that we aren’t seeing more of what we are about to show you: in this case, forum member Tardis454...

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