If you are not familiar with the Dodge A100 pickup truck, you are missing out. Offered as both trucks and vans from 1964 through 1970, the A100 featured a funky cab over engine design that made it the favorite choice for classic wheelstanders like Bill Maverick Golden’s Lil Red Wagon. Over the past few years, more and more of these unique Dodge pickups have shown up at the big Mopar events to both race and show and honestly – I love them.
Based on my romance for the Dodge A100, I was elated to see a new member here on DodgeForum who has had several gorgeous A100 trucks. Terencejiminy has three examples of awesome A100 pickups that he has owned, including one that was done up in race trim – and the engine shown in this week’s Photo of the Week is the engine from that race ready A100.
While this image really doesn’t show much of terencejiminy’s Dodge A100 pickup, he has pictures of several other old school pickups that he has owned, as well as a shot of the A100 race truck which carries the dual four barrel equipped big block Mopar shown above. Click here to check out the whole album.
"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.
