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truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

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CHEVY FTMFW!!

 

http://www.history.com/shows/top-gear/vide...toughest-trucks

 

This is the Greatest Day in the ENTIRE HISTORY of GM Trucks! This 1983 C/K Stepside Took on ALASKA AND WON! and you know what made it Sweeter? THE FORD Was the FIRST TO DIE! Let us Celebrate with some Victory Burnouts and Rock Crawling FOR ALL!

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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CHEVY FTMFW!!

 

http://www.history.com/shows/top-gear/vide...toughest-trucks

 

This is the Greatest Day in the ENTIRE HISTORY of GM Trucks! This 1983 C/K Stepside Took on ALASKA AND WON! and you know what made it Sweeter? THE FORD Was the FIRST TO DIE! Let us Celebrate with some Victory Burnouts and Rock Crawling FOR ALL!

 

 

I disagree. This show is a week old now so LAST Sunday would be the day to use. :)

truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

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CHEVY FTMFW!!

 

http://www.history.com/shows/top-gear/vide...toughest-trucks

 

This is the Greatest Day in the ENTIRE HISTORY of GM Trucks! This 1983 C/K Stepside Took on ALASKA AND WON! and you know what made it Sweeter? THE FORD Was the FIRST TO DIE! Let us Celebrate with some Victory Burnouts and Rock Crawling FOR ALL!

 

 

I disagree. This show is a week old now so LAST Sunday would be the day to use. :)

 

 

I know, but But Still, That was the Greatest Day in GM Trucks History! It was the Day Chevrolet and GMC PROVED that they are in fact BETTER Than Ford!

jro909 Senior Enthusiast

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i'm happy the chevy won, but in all reality those trucks were modified...i was expecting the dodge to win just because of the age gap between trucks..they should of limited it to a certain number of years..in all reality if they for example limited the trucks to the 90s the dodge would of have the biggest advantage with the danas

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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i'm happy the chevy won, but in all reality those trucks were modified...i was expecting the dodge to win just because of the age gap between trucks..they should of limited it to a certain number of years..in all reality if they for example limited the trucks to the 90s the dodge would of have the biggest advantage with the danas

 

 

 

 

To bad the engine was what took a crap. The danas wouldnt help that any lol! :)

truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

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i'm happy the chevy won, but in all reality those trucks were modified...i was expecting the dodge to win just because of the age gap between trucks..they should of limited it to a certain number of years..in all reality if they for example limited the trucks to the 90s the dodge would of have the biggest advantage with the danas

 

 

 

 

To bad the engine was what took a crap. The danas wouldnt help that any lol! :)

 

 

I bet it was a combo of the Mileage, the Lift and Terra Grapplers, and I bet the Engine ingested a bit of water in the Crankcase, and it turned the oil into sludge.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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i'm happy the chevy won, but in all reality those trucks were modified...i was expecting the dodge to win just because of the age gap between trucks..they should of limited it to a certain number of years..in all reality if they for example limited the trucks to the 90s the dodge would of have the biggest advantage with the danas

 

 

 

 

To bad the engine was what took a crap. The danas wouldnt help that any lol! :)

 

Yeah I was waiting for the trans to let go.

truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

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i'm happy the chevy won, but in all reality those trucks were modified...i was expecting the dodge to win just because of the age gap between trucks..they should of limited it to a certain number of years..in all reality if they for example limited the trucks to the 90s the dodge would of have the biggest advantage with the danas

 

 

 

 

To bad the engine was what took a crap. The danas wouldnt help that any lol! :)

 

Yeah I was waiting for the trans to let go.

 

 

that was NOT gonna happen; the Transmission was the descendant of the Legendary TorqueFlite!

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The 73-87 GM trucks took MAJOR abuse... I know, I abused the &^$%!!! out of mine for 7 years. The dodge unless it was a 318, i would have expected engine problems. I am suprised the fords front end didn't fall out from underneath it, and the GM probably would have rusted out first

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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that was NOT gonna happen; the Transmission was the descendant of the Legendary TorqueFlite!

Those 4 speeds are one of the reasons so many think Chrysler has lousy transmissions.

truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

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that was NOT gonna happen; the Transmission was the descendant of the Legendary TorqueFlite!

Those 4 speeds are one of the reasons so many think Chrysler has lousy transmissions.

 

 

ONLY because people were too STUPID to put the PROPER Fluid in the transmission!

 

The 73-87 GM trucks took MAJOR abuse... I know, I abused the &^$%!!! out of mine for 7 years. The dodge unless it was a 318, i would have expected engine problems. I am suprised the fords front end didn't fall out from underneath it, and the GM probably would have rusted out first

 

Rutledge CLAIMED that it had a 5.7, when in Actuality, the Ram only came with the 318 (5.2) and the 360 (5.9). and the Furd's Driveshaft snapped on a large Rock.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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and the Furd's Driveshaft snapped on a large Rock.

It snapped because the idiot driving it smashed it into a rock. It was fun to watch but those 3 toolbags broke so many safety rules of off-roading it's not even funny.

sic lsx Senior Enthusiast

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Rutledge CLAIMED that it had a 5.7, when in Actuality, the Ram only came with the 318 (5.2) and the 360 (5.9).

 

 

When he said 5.7 i went huh? lmao lol :):M16:

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