Are you talking about a rampage?
-----Original Message-----
From: W. Jack Hilton III <hemi@mindspring.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: DML: '99 model questions
>I know that at least GM tested the possibility of a FWD pick up , but I
>guess the stresses put on a truck , especially in a work and towing
>environment , are just too great and probably had an adverse affect on the
>reliability of the drive train .
>
>It may have also had something to do with the truck being stable with a
>heavy load on it .
>
>BUT -
>
>If you remember the little Dodge front wheel drive pickups they made in
>about '85 or so .
>
>There is a guy around here that took a motor out of a Shelby GLHS and
>dropped it in that thing . Looks factory original too .
>
>I can't remember the name of those things , but they were kinda like an
>El'Camino , only they were based on the Dodge Chargers ofthat time period .
>
>
>
>
>At 09:48 AM 6/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>> > If it is available in 4times4 , they will be replacing alot of
transfer
>>> > cases under warranty .
>>
>>> Not necessarily. Remember, the Syclone/Typhoons are AWD. The trannies
>>> and rearends were weak links.
>>
>> You know, this makes me wonder. Although I am a big fan of RWD for
>>tradition, simplicity of maintenance, and familiarity of driving technique
>>reasons, sometimes I think that a FWD truck would be a much better
>>architecture. Usually I'm thinking this when I'm trying to haul the boat
>>up a slick ramp ;) .
>>
>> Why no FWD trucks?
>>
>> Ron
>>
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>
>Jack Hilton
>
>Black '98 R/T Club Cab
>
>http://www.mindspring.com/~hemi/jbd1.html
>
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