figured i'd come see you full size boys about this.

http://northmiss.craigslist.org/cto/1093220445.html

is the truck really that special or whatever?

 

beautiful truck, but i've never seen anything like that. I had a GMC S-15 Jimmy that was bought new from the factory by a conversion van-type company and made changes, maybe its something like that?

 

howdy.
it looks to me like just a fancy paintjob on a run of the mill 97 ram. its true that dodge did not make a step side, but its not true that it was special built at the factory. factories specialize in efficiency and profit, nothing else. that was either done as a show truck, or maybe just somebodys custom body work.

are you thinking about buying it, or just shooting the breeze. if you're think about buying it, its probably a nice clean truck, maybe a little overpriced hopefully the transmission's been rebuilt and the plenum and trackbar replaced.

it sort of reminds me of the burt reynolds truck awhile back...

 

if it is the 89 body style two door(gotta be two door haha) i love those. my sister had a s10 blazer like that gray 4x4.

 

I call bullsh!t ... in the mid 90's, there was a custom fab shop making fiberglass stepside beds for the 2nd gen rams. What happened to them, I have no idea ... but I'm sure that they were installed by some people.

Here's another:



DHV is right ... factories, with few exceptions, don't do custom work. The paint's a give away. This one looks like a Chevy Mariah custom.

 

It was precisely a '89 2 door. it had a 'Top Gun' package: white body w/ grey rockers, custom 'Top Gun' badges, front and rear fiberglass bumper covers, side skirts, and a fake hood scoop with 'Top Gun' badges. Interior was stock. she was still pretty tho =] i looked around a while ago on the net, only found reference to one other 'Top Gun' Jimmy.

 

other than the hood scoops it sounds awesome, and i just came to shoot the breeze with the rams for awhile

 

the ones i have seen had RAMSIDE decals on them, here is a newer one and the bed on it is by AVANTI motor corp. http://www.thehemi.com/news.php?id=20031119-2 , couldnt ever find any info on them, just their cars......... here is one running around town with dodge taillights and ramside decals......notice they both have the same style paintjob

 

I'd like to see the VIN for this truck. 1 off trucks or cars for that matter (on of a kind) get marked so to prove that they are in fact factory built that way. This guys blowin' smoke up EVERYONE'S A$$. To top it all off, that, in my humble opinion, suck major ***. It looks like it came out of a crappy body shop in Tijuana, Mexico.

 

J415, I was just gonna say Mexico.
These could have been made in/for Mexico. They made a 2nd gen Ramcharger for Mexico. A stepside wouldn't be too far fetched.