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Forgotten Finned Truck: 1957 Dodge Sweptside Sat Half a Century, It's the Rarest Mopar Gem

A rare 1957 Dodge Sweptside pickup, one of fewer than 200 built, roars back to life thanks to patience, PB Blaster, and pure ...
The Drive

Ohio Shop Dropping a 1956 Dodge Pickup Body on a 2004 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Chassis

It used to be that dropping a giant engine in an unexpected place was the height of ingenuity. But human progress is an unstoppable force. These days, we can only marvel at the growing number of ...
autoevolution

Dodge Charger R/T Pickup Conversion Looks Surprisingly Cool, It Can Be Yours

Unlike GM and Ford, Mopar didn't jump on the coupe utility bandwagon in the late 1950s. Dodge and Plymouth eventually offered a pair of coupe utility twins in the 1980s, but both were short-lived and ...
The Florida Times-Union

Cars We Remember: 1941 Hudson and 1957 Dodge Sweptline: Were they ‘carlike’ pickup trucks?

My recent article on the Ford Ranchero I christened as the first “car-pickup” generated numerous reader responses, including emails from Gabor Korthy, Augusta, Maine, and Guy S. (Sam) Colorossi, ...