VW made a Rabbit based pickup for many years and may still make one with out importing it to the US.
The CC FWD pickups were the Dodge Rampage and Plymouth Scamp. Cliff Sebring of Delta, PA is the man
refferred to with the Sheby-ized Rampage. This particular truck is a little more stout than your average
Turbo I Shelby though. Cliff started Forward Motion (now owned by Mike DeMoss I think) for CC FWD
performance parts.
KW
Robert C. Rohrbaugh wrote:
> W. Jack Hilton III wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > >
> >
> > Jack Hilton
> >
> > Black '98 R/T Club Cab
> >
> > http://www.mindspring.com/~hemi/jbd1.htmlThey were based on the charger and were called the Rampage.
> Plymouth also had a model but I forget the name. They were produced
> `82,`83,and `84 and never really sold real well. Quite a few people
> have had fun with them putting turbos in and such.
> -Matt
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