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10-24-2010, 07:06 PM
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Top 30 trucks of all time
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10-24-2010, 07:31 PM
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Looks like my '85 is #1 on this list. And by the way, I forget who asked where my truck was built because he worked for Chevy, but it was built in Flint.
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10-24-2010, 11:11 PM
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Would have added the 1925 Model T pickup, the 47-55 Chevrolet Advance Design, Jeep Scrambler and mayber Hudson or Studebaker pickups.
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10-25-2010, 02:01 AM
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Hmm... list includes Subaru Brat... does not include my '59 GMC...
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10-25-2010, 05:42 AM
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10-25-2010, 06:50 AM
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They got one right for being tough, the International.
Nothing beats a 1975 3/4 ton 4x4 392 5 speed! |
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10-25-2010, 09:27 AM
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Not too many people are aware that "the Lil' Red Express" was actually the fastest production vehicle available in North America in 1978.
Don't know how fast it was but that must have been a real exciting ride! |
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10-25-2010, 09:33 AM
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I quit reading that about 5-6 articles in and posted last nite. I see the system ate antoher one!
Anyhow, I'll agree with the Chevy and Ford being 1-2, doesn't really matter which is where as they're pretty equal as long as they're straight axle equipt. Gm beats the Ford because of that ****ty twin I bean chassis in the 2wds. Dodge should've come long before that Toyota and IH should've followed Dodge for the simple reason they quit building pickups in 76. If they'd have continued none of the above would've touched them in the ability to take a beating and keep running. Also GMC should've been lumped in the GM camp after 1967.
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10-25-2010, 10:36 AM
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Another set of opinions...........
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10-25-2010, 06:14 PM
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10-25-2010, 08:27 PM
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10-25-2010, 08:59 PM
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Neigbor had a Dodge WARLOCK Pickup with a 440 in it. It was for damned sure faster than the Vette of the time and a lot more comfortable.
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10-25-2010, 10:59 PM
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I'm having a hard time believing that Lil red wagon truck was faster than a 78 T/A.
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10-25-2010, 11:11 PM
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These trucks flew back in the day
Carburation Holley 4160 series Intake Manifold Holley Aluminum Hi-Rise Cylinder Heads W-2 Hi-Performance Air Induction Dual snorkel fresh air sys.. Camshaft Duration 252 degrees w/ Overlap 33 degrees Oil Pan 5qt. w/windage trayExhaust Dual 2 1/2" mufflers 2 A134-440 Wedge Compression Ratio 8.2:1 8.2:1 Horsepower 230 Torque 295 lb/ft @ 3200 RPM 1/4 Mile Performance 14.70 seconds @ 93 MPH Gas Mileage 13.0 MPG |
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10-25-2010, 11:15 PM
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This one will never fly.....
.....but it will haul 1 ton around quite nicely for a truck that weighs in at only 2400 pounds empty.
Just don't expect it to yank your ski boat out of the lake.  
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10-25-2010, 11:43 PM
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I also took out a L82 Vette, 4 times in a row one night, that was one pissed Vette owner.  Trucks, my favorite has always been the 71 (I think) International Travelall I grew up with. That thing was all metal and would go anywhere it wanted to go! IMHO, the newer GM trucks I've owned with the Duramax were too refined. I want a truck to be a truck, like my 86 F250 HD... |
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10-26-2010, 12:36 AM
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Both Motor Trend and Car & Driver had 1/4 mile times of 14.97 for the Lil Red Express. There were some quotes of 14.70 times but the Dodge website said those were prototype non production trucks. (Holley carbs, etc) Best I could find for the WS6/W72 Trans AM was 15.2 in the spring 78 Road Test Magazine. Other magazines had indicated higher times for the T/A.
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10-26-2010, 01:00 AM
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I don't doubt what the articles said. I just didn't find the real world results as impressive.
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10-26-2010, 10:04 AM
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http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1978-corvette2.htm
http://www.dodgeconnection.com/LilRedInfo.html The dodge site shows a prototype and actual production??? Last edited by bigunde; 10-26-2010 at 10:10 AM. |
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10-26-2010, 10:35 AM
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AKA the ringer.
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