From mild to wild, practical to impractical to insane, we bring you some trucks that were customized for specific reasons. Included categories are: lifted trucks, lowered trucks, trucks modified with MattTraxx, supercharged, turbocharged, paint modifications, chroming galore, competition pulling trucks, and accessories to the max.
If you like trucks out of the ordinary, and you have ever wanted to drive something extreme this is your article. You'll also appreciate that if you count replica body-styles there are 80 years of trucks shown, including two that are hardly recognizable as to what model they started from. From 2" ride height to 6' plus we've got you covered.
Prepare to get dirty as we go off the beaten path. Bring your wallet, because these rides don't come cheap and they aren't easy to maintain.
15 Sunburst Orange '56 Chevrolet
As much 1970's as 1950's, a timeless classic custom paint scheme making something from an earlier era even better. While many of the 1970's paint motifs look dated, this truck will look as good in 2077 as it might have looked in 1977 when sunburst fades were the in-thing! If you've ever tried to do a fade with a spray-gun, you'll soon learn it isn't easy as you have to hold very still while walking a line because there is no frisket paper to hold the boundary, that's the point of a fade paint job. If your eyes are good enough, you'll notice there's a brown coffee color along the rockers to offset the chrome.
14 Econoline Pick-Up
Clean Machine, with everything, tucked neatly. The bumpers have been taken off, aftermarket wheels added, rolled seems added to the bed, along with contrasting color wheel arches inside the bed give this truck a clean look. Did you notice it has been lowered a few inches? The emblems, mirror, gas cap, and headlamp bezels add just the right amount of chrome to contrast the paint.
13 Yee-haw!
Looks or legality were never a consideration for this Dodge! This thing is built to go where lesser trucks would be swallowed up in water and mud. Those are tractor tires in case you didn't notice. Since she's built for extreme work off-road the owner simply dumped the exhaust exiting the turbo through the hood. She is an extended cab so you can store stuff inside away from the dirt. Did you notice there appears to be a motorcycle in the bed?
12 Off-Road Competition 40's Chevrolet
No apologies implied or needed for this thing. This truck is a racer! Look at the open headers and full roll cage! Just the round tubing in the suspension must have taken hundreds of hours to fabricate, not counting the roll cage. Those axles most likely started as military axles, then got highly modified after they were re-purposed. The build is all about safety as there isn't any interior glass to break should it roll over during an exhibition.
11 Blown Rat-Rod
Born to race! Blown v8 with 2x4 bbls, not for fuel economy, right? This rat-rod was made to go fast. It hasn't been painted, and it probably never will, but you did notice the wheel wells have been tubbed to allow rear tires large enough to bite under those conditions? Even the dents in the grill were left as is, to keep the patina theme going.
10 Purpose Built Pulling Truck
Styled after either an early Studebaker, Ransome E. Olds, or a Ford Model A depending on your opinion, this truck is all fiberglass body with a blown v8 with zoomies for exhaust. You can bet this thing is deafening when it's hitting 6,000 plus r.p.m., and depending on what fuel load is run through it, you may see flames at night. Wrinkle-wall pulling tires are unique, as is the boxed front end. Best guess, she runs on methanol.
9 Insta-Tracks
This truck is demonstrating quick-mount TrackandGo rubber track systems. Talk about the best of both worlds in rough weather! You can drive normal speeds where applicable, but when you need to cross the rough stuff, you just plop the truck onto these things and the tires turn the tracks. A very practical kit, easy to remove and install.
8 Unstoppable In The Snow And Ice
This Ram has been modified for severe use in snow and mud. Not only is it built to carry purposeful items, but it looks to install some on the ground as well. It also has light armoring around the windows and has markings similar to military trucks. The Matt-Traxx allow this thing to go through snow, mud, sand or ice, as well as any snowmobile, could cross. Unlike a snowmobile, this thing can cross desert sand as well.
7 Serious Snow Crossing
This truck can cross snow and ice up to a meter high, maybe more. Look at how much ground is covered, you can see this thing can even make it through some quick-sand if driven correctly. These kits are getting more popular every year for companies that do work far from any paved roads. You can see this is a parts and material mover, and the bed itself probably cost 5k by itself.
6 '59 Impalomino
Some writers consider this a severely shortened 1959 El Camino, others consider it a '59 Impala that was shortened and chopped. It really doesn't matter, because there isn't a panel on it that hasn't been modified. Done as an oxymoron high-dollar rat-rod, this baby is king of the quarter-mile and the parking lot auto show. Would you look at that cool real metal removable front clip? How about the blown small block chevy? Maybe you noticed the T-tops.
5 Raptor Concept
How about a blown 3 axle Ford with a total of 10 tires? Based on a F-150 Raptor this baby has got some get-up and go! Notice those are commercial 12 ply truck tires? The Off-Road lights are a bit-unusual for a truck fitted with an air-dam. That is because this is a scale model. It has some neat ideas about adding aero-dynamics to the front end of a truck to clean it up.
4 Lead Sled Toyota
Obviously this one won't be hauling plywood to the job site any time soon. It should be hauling many trophies in the modified low rider class. The rear bed has been modified by enclosing the tailgate and enclosing the bed t cover the raised wheel wells. Interestingly enough the owner used repurposed aluminum wheels from some other model.
3 Kitted Ford Ranger
An entire parts catalog on wheels! Raised height with a lift kit and snorkel as well as aftermarket front bumper really make this one a stunner. There is some practicality added to this machine as it has protective side-cladding added as well as a roof rack and tow pintles for going off-road. The monochromatic black on white makes it easy to clean and good looking.
2 Chrome On Two Tone
This truck is so beautiful, you'd almost hate to drive it. Would you look at the finish and detail on this thing? Some kind of early Chevy from the 40's, this truck never looked that good when it was built. The front bumper alone must have cost a fortune. Those wheels perfectly highlight the red on cream paint. Did you notice the subtle 50's era chrome headlamp shades? How about the beige suede seat?
1 Rollin' Coal On The Quarter Mile
Diesel-powered once meant slow and no fun. Aside from the soot, do you think this ride isn't any fun? Remember that is over 8500 lbs. running the quarter-mile racing. You can bet there is over 450 hp and 1000 feet of torque being made in this bad-boy. Most of the newer diesel v8 turbo light trucks are making 300 plus at the wheels before the plates are mounted. This baby has had some work done, so she's hotter.