Truckin' Mystery Machines - Oddities

Now this is cool: An '02 Chevy S-10 Fleetside's rear quarter-panels grafted into the Stepside bed using a '98 Cadillac De Ville trunk lid and taillights that were molded to the rear portion of the bed. The De Ville fins were molded to the bed rails.

Crossbreeding a Chevy S-10 with '98-'03 Ford Super Duty front sheetmetal is quite appealing.

Here is a '57-'58 Ford Ranchero round taillight with fin grafted to a '34 Ford rat-rod pickup tailgate.

Here's an '85 Astro van (all steel) chopped 10 inches up front, 7-1/2 inches in the rear, and narrowed 6 inches down the middle. Powered by a potent 526ci Keith Black Olds, this blown injected alcohol engine runs the 1320 in 7.87 seconds at 175.32 mph!

Odd only begins to describe this '75 Dodge Tradesman 2000 van with a '75 Cordoba (car) front grille, dual headlights, and bumper.

Need some horsepower for mixin' those strong Margaritas? How about this Ford 351ci? We're sure it delivers plenty of torque for those dual blenders.

Gary Williams guides his "Pick Your Part", '56 Chevy Cameo rear-engine, big-block pickup with front wheels up, while dragging down the entire quarter-mile without lifting.

We're looking at a pair of vintage Stromberg 97 single carburetors mounted on an Almquist intake manifold, which is bolted to an early-model McCulloch supercharger force-feeding air and fuel into this old flathead.