When adoration becomes obsession, add money and you get the worlds largest Dodge Powerwagon

filmed by Top Gear, and found on http://www.automotto.org/

What is rare? A 426 max wedge in a Dodge truck as a factory install

The 426 Wedge was part of the $1300 High Performance Package and could be ordered on its own from the separate and distinct $235 Custom Sports Special trim package.

The HP Package was only “officially” offered in 1964 and 1965 on D100 and D200 LWB trucks. The Custom Sports Special trim package was offered from 1964 thru 1967 and could be had on D or W 100, 200 Sweptline, Utiline or chassis cab in LWB or SWB trucks.

Dodge management only authorized 50 trucks could be built with the 426 Street Wedge High Performance Package — according to former Dodge truck engineer Bruce Thomas of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, who said that far fewer than 50 examples were actually produced. Currently the registry recognizes 31 trucks with these packages or combinations of them.

Info via: http://www.allpar.com/model/ram/ram-history.html

For a great story about them, and a family restoration: http://www.cssregistry.com/css/stevebell.html

the Velociraptor stood out at SEMA

this is the cowboy truck... accessorized in cowhide, beltbuckle door handles, and has a BBQ to go in the pickup bed, the Midnight Rider Tundra

http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota/tundra-midnight-rider-tailgater-111882.aspx

Blah blah blah... BBQ grill, beer tap, ice chest, 42-inch HDTV and Kicker sound system (dual amps, dual subwoofer etc etc)

Big foot and a couple big trucks at SEMA

The Cherry Bomb Dodge D-100 truck that was found in a Georgia barn and bought for 300 before being upgraded with a hemi etc etc

I like that they gave an old Dodge a new life, and left the body unrestored. Also, it's cool that it isn't another early 50's F100, or an Apache

A bit more info here: http://www.trucktrend.com/features/news/2009/163_news090311_1964_dodge_d100_truck_cherry_bomb_project/index.html

and http://www.racedriven.com/2009/03/project-d-100-cherry-bombs-1964-dodge.html

Project PT 57 truck

There is still a little way to go, the side pipes, the hood exhausts, the front bumper... but it's close enough to see how cool it is

From Luling, TX and they show more here: http://www.hotrodjim.com/

Above: notice the twin turbos just behind the axle... they are located there to keep the heat from being stuck under the hood. I asked if location affected their performance, and it doesn't!

more here: http://forums.customclassictrucks.com/70/7885119/anything-goes/project-pt-57-by-hot-rod-jims/index.html

rat_rod_russell said...
Thanks, I'm having fun with it but right now I'm having trouble keeping the dif in it. I just posted the updated photos with the side pipes on the shop site. http://www.hotrodjim.com/project_shop_57_truck.php