Carmine
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I saw this..
down at the Home Depot...
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Carmine
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Huh.. didn't take my 2nd photo in the 1st post.
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Did you have words with the owner?
Newport 66
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Tell goob and floyd I said hey!!
Nice looking plymouth!!!
Nice looking plymouth!!!
Carmine
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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 ;)
Xenon
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You are referring to the black two door Durango as the other "rare" car........ (?)
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67Monaco
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Saw this one the other day at the HD...
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The first one doesn’t surprise me but the Rolls(or whatever it is) I don’t expect to see at the Depot.
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Mike66Chryslers
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Mexican-market Ramcharger
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?
Carmine
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Yes.
MarPar
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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 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
Carmine
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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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