Our newest DodgeForum.com Photo of the Week comes to us from Baku Azerbaijan, where DF LCF rocks this great looking 3rd gen Dodge Durango. While his obvious modifications are restricted to the matte black Giovanna Kilis 22 inch wheels wrapped in Falken tires with raised red lettering, a chromed out brush guard and brake caliper covers – I love the look of this Durango.
When someone modifies a big SUV like the 3rd gen Durango to emphasize the sport aspect of the vehicle – as is the case with the vast majority of modded 3g Durangos – I usually like to see them go away from any chrome trim. When it comes to sports cars or sport utility vehicles, I don’t think that chrome always works but there is just something about the look of LCF’s Durango that caught my eye. The bright chrome headlights, grille, brush guard and door handles contrast beautifully against the predominantly black SUV – showing how well the Durango’s styling works for all sorts of modification tastes.
This picture of LCF’s Durango came out of the 3rd gen Roll Call Thread. You can click here for a couple other pictures of his wicked Dodge sport utility vehicle in that thread or you can click here to look at the entire thread – although I should warn you that there are 64 pages and more than 1275 posts.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
