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Carmine

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I saw this..

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Did you have words with the owner?
 
Did you have words with the owner?

No one around when I saw it, but by the time I pulled out I saw it driving on the other side of the lot. I think I saw the car in Mt. Clemens a few years ago and it's basically a daily-driver. Sort of like my Royal Monaco... not worth a ton because it's a sedan, but still fun to drive.

There are two rare Mopars in that 1st pic btw ;)
 
The first one doesn’t surprise me but the Rolls(or whatever it is) I don’t expect to see at the Depot.
 
A four door MM Ramcharger? I remember when they did the 2dr model, but wasn't aware of a similar 4dr.

CBODY67
Isn't that a two door model, with a window directly behind the driver's door?
 
In looking at the posted picture a little closer (and with my magnifying glass), what's the decal at the front lower corner of the 2nd side window? I also seem to see a faint body gap between that window's surround metal and the body sheetmetal around the lh quarter glass.

The initial pictures I saw of the Mexican Ramcharger was of a strictly 2-dr model. Just as the original Dodge Ramcharger pickuip-based models were. Did they later use extended-cab Rams rather than the single-cab Rams? Just curious.

In that earlier `1990s time, Chrysler said they would NOT import the Mexican Ramcharger to the USA. The old www.car-truck.com website had an article on it and how cheaply they made the conversion so they could do it in-house using mostly existing Chrysler metal stampings.

When the "square" Ramcharger ended USA production, it was the only 2wd rwd full-size utility vehicle in production. At that time, GM had ceased doing 2wd full-size Blazers a few years prior. A company in East Texas was doing them themselves, just as several converters had been doing extended-cab pickups before GM and others started to factory-build them.

CBODY67
 
In looking at the posted picture a little closer (and with my magnifying glass), what's the decal at the front lower corner of the 2nd side window? I also seem to see a faint body gap between that window's surround metal and the body sheetmetal around the lh quarter glass.

The initial pictures I saw of the Mexican Ramcharger was of a strictly 2-dr model. Just as the original Dodge Ramcharger pickuip-based models were. Did they later use extended-cab Rams rather than the single-cab Rams? Just curious.

In that earlier `1990s time, Chrysler said they would NOT import the Mexican Ramcharger to the USA. The old www.car-truck.com website had an article on it and how cheaply they made the conversion so they could do it in-house using mostly existing Chrysler metal stampings.

When the "square" Ramcharger ended USA production, it was the only 2wd rwd full-size utility vehicle in production. At that time, GM had ceased doing 2wd full-size Blazers a few years prior. A company in East Texas was doing them themselves, just as several converters had been doing extended-cab pickups before GM and others started to factory-build them.

CBODY67

The emblem says "SLT", trim levels were done the same way as on trucks, base models would have nothing. Mine is actually an SLT "plus", which means it has a few more goodies like steering wheel radio controls and such, but the badging is the same.

They actually use a different frame than trucks, but the difference is just wheelbase. Obviously they share lots of truck parts, but it's not a "conversion" of any sort.

Unfortunately they never made these in 4WD, (although people do it) there just wasn't enough market in Mexico. I can tell you from doing actual off-road testing in the SW that you can barely perceive the difference when it's dry.
 
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