John Royal's "Mighty Dodge" Pickup!

Feature Vehicle: John Royal's "Mighty Dodge" Pickup!

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Short Cuts

Owner : John Royal

You thought only Montero's were wheeled? Think again!

Vehicle: 1990 Dodge Ram 50 Pickup
Location: Raleigh, NC

For a "Mini-Pickup", this thing is intimidating!

I guess we'd call this picture "Dodging" rocks?

Specifications:
John "JDawg" Royal's Dodge Ram 50 is a great example of how well-engineered those little Mitsubishi pickups are.

Standard Equipment

1990 Dodge Ram 50
5 speed manual transmission
2.4L FI I-4 engine (on 2nd head)
101 000 miles

Additional Equipment/Mod's

33x12.50x15 General Grabber MT's
15x8 American Racing 737's
Performance acessories 3" body lift with home-made lift lips
Obligatory cranked torsion bars
Shaved Bump Stops
Superlift 2" add-a-leafs
Rancho RS5000 shocks
Leonard camper shell
Superlift Manual Hubs
Blaupunkt/Kenwood stereo
2 Hella 500 Fog Pattern Lights
$26 ebay grille guard
bucket seats from Mitsubishi Eclipse
Rear chrome step bumper

Wish List

Front and rear 4.88 diffs from an "altitude edition" Montero/Raider

Conclusion

When asked where this truck has been, John told us "I mostly use it in the local mud holes, the rare snow storm, and trudging around our "back 6" acres. With the original 3.90 gears, a 4 cylinder, and 33" tires, it's no rock crawler, but it does just fine in the mud." We tend to believe him!


Those Grabber MT's really do a good job shedding NC mud	The 3" PA bodylift is seamless with John's homemade lift lips	With a couple of add-a-leafs and a bodylift, 33's are not a problem.

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