Tifositeaser #20 <SOLVED> DODGE RAMCHARGER[MEXICO]

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Tifosi

April 25, 2007, 12:04:17 AM Last Edit: January 10, 2021, 08:01:55 AM by Oguerrerob
Do you recognize this vehicle?  I apologize for the small pic, it was the only one I could find.
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Bender B.Rodrigues

pieter

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April 25, 2007, 03:15:22 AM Last Edit: January 10, 2021, 08:02:18 AM by Oguerrerob
Is there a catch? It obviously is a Dodge Ram/Durango, but my search did not kick up anything exactly like it.
I found these, anyway.

Otto Puzzell

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April 25, 2007, 04:05:14 AM
A Dodge Ram Charger?
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GRAYWOLF

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April 25, 2007, 09:17:31 AM
Looks like a Trailcharger.
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Ultra

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April 25, 2007, 12:14:36 PM
I believe iti is a Mexican RamCharger.
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Click the pic....... Name the car

GRAYWOLF

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April 25, 2007, 01:20:06 PM
There was a Trailcharger I used to pass everyday on my way to work that was black. I have searched and searched, to no avail, trying to get info on it. 
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Tifosi

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April 25, 2007, 02:12:05 PM
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on April 25, 2007, 01:20:06 PM
There was a Trailcharger I used to pass everyday on my way to work that was black. I have searched and searched, to no avail, trying to get info on it. 

It's a Mexican Dodge Ramcharger...only a few were built, and only in 2WD, if you can believe it...it had something to do with the floorpan, as I recall.  Dodge didn't think the truck would fly in the U.S. market, so they went the cheapest route possible to build the truck, and the 2-wheel version was cheaper to modify.  The intended market was building contractors and the like.  The trucks were built in the late '90's.

I'v never heard of the truck being referred to as a Trailcharger, and I couldn't find anything under that name, either...I'm getting most of my info from an article I read in Autoweek several years ago.  There is some additional info at http//www.allpar.com/world/mexico.htm

You'll have to scroll down about 2/3 of the page to get the info on the Ramcharger...

It never really made sense to me why Chrysler didn't build this truck for the Americn market in 4WD...it seems that the original Ramcharger had a rabid following, if rather small...there should have been a bigger market for it, as it was light years ahead of the old Ramcharger, just as the Ram truck was ahead of it's predecessor, as well.  But, then...Chrysler axed a full-size Adventurer SUV at the last minute, also based on the then-new Ram truck.

I wonder just how many of those late-'90's Ramchargers made it across the border...

Points for Karn and Ultra...both ID'd the truck...since it IS a Ramcharger, but not a U.S. model...


Dan
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Bender B.Rodrigues

GRAYWOLF

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April 25, 2007, 02:16:38 PM
Maybe the Trailcharger was an owner badged badged Ram Charger (I do see a lot of Ford Lobos around here). It is the only one I have seen and haven't ever found anything on it.
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Tifosi

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April 26, 2007, 12:11:10 AM
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on April 25, 2007, 02:16:38 PM
Maybe the Trailcharger was an owner badged badged Ram Charger (I do see a lot of Ford Lobos around here). It is the only one I have seen and haven't ever found anything on it.

They could be regional promotional products, like the California Javelins of the '70's...was the Trailcharger in the U.S?


Dan
"Like most of life's problems, this one can be solved with bending..."

Bender B.Rodrigues

GRAYWOLF

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April 26, 2007, 06:19:37 PM
Yep. And in English! That does not mean it didn't come across the river!
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry
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