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The truck that never was. This was the initial design of the new for 1994 Dodge Ram.

They didn't like the end product, which basically looks like a fullsize Dakota of the same era, and decided to go back to the drawing board and designed the BR Series, also known to retarded morons as a "2nd Gen", that actually released.
 
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The truck that never was. This was the initial design of the new for 1994 Dodge Ram.

They didn't like the end product, which basically looks like a fullsize Dakota of the same era, and decided to go back to the drawing board and designed the BR Series, also known to retarded morons as a "2nd Gen", that actually released.

Looks like a 90's F150 with a dodge grill and Ranger headlights IMO.
 
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The truck that never was. This was the initial design of the new for 1994 Dodge Ram.

They didn't like the end product, which basically looks like a fullsize Dakota of the same era, and decided to go back to the drawing board and designed the BR Series, also known to retarded morons as a "2nd Gen", that actually released.
:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

While I do know why the masses call them that (Cummins bros started it, as the "1st gen/2nd gen" only means anything when considering the engine under the hood, unless you are talking about when they started calling them "RAMs" in which case that would go to '80/'81)(fun fact: I've owned a couple of '80 model Dodge trucks, and some of them have both "Power Wagon" and "RAM" designations on them) and because of that I've adopted that when I'm talking to ignorant plebs, when that phrase rolls off my tongue it always leaves a bitter taste, as I've owned several from the 60s and many from the 70s and they always gave me good service.

100 Years of Dodge Trucks

^Decent enough overview of the "pre-1st gen" trucks.
 
Dodge’s Red Ram Hemi was the smallest of the Hemi engine family. Displacement ranged from 240- to 325-cid. FCA

Dodge, DeSoto, and Chrysler all had their own version of the Gen I Hemi with different bore spacings. However, it was Chrysler’s, the largest of the three, that really associated the Hemi V-8 with drag racing. Chrysler’s 392 Hemi was the powerplant in drag racing until the big-block 426 took over the reins. It became such an icon that it is the de facto displacement that comes to mind when the word “hemi” is uttered. Mopar has embraced the 426 and its legacy by releasing a 1000-horsepower, 426-cu-in Gen III crate engine called the Hellephant.

If you’ve got a favorite Hemi, let us know. It’s 4/26, but we want to hear about all Hemis. It’s not like there’s a 3/54 or 3/92 on the calendar.

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Just to :stirthepot:
 
Every Top Fuel Dragster and Top Fuel Funny Car uses a Chrysler designed Hemi, no matter what logo is on the body or sponsor. Nothing else works to make those power levels.
 
Every Top Fuel Dragster and Top Fuel Funny Car uses a Chrysler designed Hemi, no matter what logo is on the body or sponsor. Nothing else works to make those power levels.
There's not really anything Chrysler left about those engines other than vaguely the shape of the combustion chamber, engine layout and bell pattern. :laughing:
 
Dodge’s Red Ram Hemi was the smallest of the Hemi engine family. Displacement ranged from 240- to 325-cid. FCA

Dodge, DeSoto, and Chrysler all had their own version of the Gen I Hemi with different bore spacings. However, it was Chrysler’s, the largest of the three, that really associated the Hemi V-8 with drag racing. Chrysler’s 392 Hemi was the powerplant in drag racing until the big-block 426 took over the reins. It became such an icon that it is the de facto displacement that comes to mind when the word “hemi” is uttered. Mopar has embraced the 426 and its legacy by releasing a 1000-horsepower, 426-cu-in Gen III crate engine called the Hellephant.

If you’ve got a favorite Hemi, let us know. It’s 4/26, but we want to hear about all Hemis. It’s not like there’s a 3/54 or 3/92 on the calendar.

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Just to :stirthepot:
When I was growing up one of the cars my dad had was a 1956 Desoto with the 330 ci Hemi. Damn thing would pass everything on the road except a gas station. :flipoff2:

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There's not really anything Chrysler left about those engines other than vaguely the shape of the combustion chamber, engine layout and bell pattern. :laughing:
Wrong. There are a ton of specs that are the same as they were on the original 426 Race Hemi, even in the "Ford Hemi" that the blue oval morons are trying to push as their own, when the heads and intakes and everything else from a Chrysler version will bolt on. Same thing Olds tried in the '90s with their Hemi blocks with the rocket emblem cast into the side. They were just a typical Keith Black Hemi nitro engine block that street Hemi heads would bolt onto. :lmao:
 
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The truck that never was. This was the initial design of the new for 1994 Dodge Ram.

They didn't like the end product, which basically looks like a fullsize Dakota of the same era, and decided to go back to the drawing board and designed the BR Series, also known to retarded morons as a "2nd Gen", that actually released.
Looks like a F150 butt fucked a Dakota and this is the retarded offspring.
 
Spotted these two on a car carrier at the local truck stop. This utility truck is weird as shit. Mexico model or something?

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And the most mint tin top Samurai I have ever seen. Thing was cleaner than it came from the factory! :smokin:

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I assume that's some kind of Mexico licence plate?
That Sami may not be that old. They made that body a lot longer after the stopped sending them to the US. But Japanese car inspections are a little more strick than ours, they have almost zero shit boxs.
 
iirc it was crash test standards or some such shit that did them in here

"land of the free"
Yes. Mahindra is still making that body style in India. Since they are a saftey 5th kinda country it's all good.
 
That Sami may not be that old. They made that body a lot longer after the stopped sending them to the US. But Japanese car inspections are a little more strick than ours, they have almost zero shit boxs.
You can still buy them new in Oz badged as Suzuki Jimny
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And they have started taking pre-orders on a 5 door

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