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Off Topic Area => The Lounge => Topic started by: 69mach351w on August 08, 2020, 09:56:18 AM

Title: Did You Know??
Post by: 69mach351w on August 08, 2020, 09:56:18 AM
That Dodge made a 1986 Dodge Shelby Rampage compact truck? Read this article I received from Hagerty, read near the end of this article, only 218 were made:

Beginning in 1982, Chrysler Corporation fielded a Dodge Rampage pickup based on its front-wheel-drive L-body platform, which also underpinned the Dodge Omni/024/Charger and Plymouth Horizon/ TC3. The Rampage represented the first front-wheel-drive pickup offered by an American automaker.
Built using a longer wheelbase than its four-door relatives, the Rampage could haul up to 1000 pounds. Power came from Chrysler's 84-hp, 2.2-liter four-banger and was channeled through a four-speed manual; a three-speed automatic or five-speed manual were optional. The Rampage survived until 1984 only to be resurrected in 1986 when Dodge rolled out the California Shelby Rampage. The reincarnated, hotted-up trucklet boasted a 99-hp version of the 2.2-liter motor that sent power through a four-speed manual and rumbled through performance exhaust. Just 218 were made.