Yep, It's the Texas Bandit alright...
Seen it do wheelies down the track at Kennedale multiple times...
It's a really cool truck!!!
Later!
Tom "Slick" North
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of RayB
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 7:59 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: RE: DML: PT Cruiser
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I actually saw something like that a couple/few years ago at
> > Carlisle. I don't recall what the back end was, but the front
> > end was a PT cruiser. It was at the South Mountain drag strip,
> > had a rear engine setup, and was powered by a blown HEMI, as I
> > recall. <snip>
> > Maybe someone else will remember it - it had a cowboy painted
> > on the hood, and was named "gunslinger" or something along those
> > lines.
> >
> > -- -Jon-
>
> Hey Jon, that was featured in Mopar Action magazine a couple years ago.
> It
> was called the Texas Bandit and promoted as a wheelstanding Hemi powered
> PT
> Cruiser pickup. It was actually a '99 chevy s-10 with the PT front
> grafted
> on. The engine was a Big Block Chevy. Some friends and I wrote to the
> magazine admonishing them for not knowing the difference and received an
> apology from them. Apparently the owner *said* it was a Hemi, the writer
> was too young to tell the difference and the editor missed it.
>
> I believe the guy has a new version out now that uses the entire PT body
> (no
> pickup bed) and does have a Hemi.
>
> RayB
> http://www.dragtruk.com/ENTRIES/20KM1FD2KWBP.html
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