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Trucks

This ’39 Ford Woodie truck packs a 400-hp Chevy V8

While going back through materials for our Year in Review roundup a few weeks back, I came across this classic truck that we spotted while visiting Shell’s exhibit at this year’s SEMA show and wanted to share it before year’s end. This 1939 Ford Woodie is a classic surfer’s vehicle and was restored for the The Barn Find Hunter series […]

December 28, 2016

Pickups

Toyota unveils 2017 Tacoma TRD Pro race truck

Though we were particularly taken with the adorable 1966 Stout 1900 at Toyota’s SEMA boot this year, the show stopper for most others was the automaker’s new race pickup. The 2017 Tacoma TRD Pro race truck you see above will race in the 2017 MINT 400 desert race next March in Las Vegas. It was built […]

November 23, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS > The baddest Jeeps of SEMA 2016

Though we focus the vast majority of our attention on pickups when we attend the show each year, you’d have to be a special type of cold and calculating to turn a blind eye to all of the amazing Jeep builds SEMA offers up. So, we collected all of our favorite Jeeps from this year’s […]

November 21, 2016

Pickups

PHOTOS > The coolest vintage and scrappy beater pickups from SEMA 2016

One thing you see a lot of every year at SEMA is vintage pickups given a second lease on life thanks to some heavy modifications from the thousands of talented builders that attend the show. And in the last couple of years we’ve seen a trend toward restoring the insides of some of these trucks […]

November 17, 2016

Pickups

Chevy beefs up storage-focused Silverado High Desert for SEMA with performance extras, striking bronze accents

Earlier this year, Chevrolet introduced a package for its Silverado LT, LTZ and High Country trim levels aimed at those who appreciate the SUV-like versatility of the discontinued Avalanche, but weren’t exactly fans of that truck’s…distinctive look. The Silverado High Desert offers a flexible storage system with dual side storage bins and a three-piece tonneau […]

November 16, 2016

Pickups

The Kymera is the chopped, Cummins-powered Chevy Colorado of our dreams

When it comes to aftermarket parts companies displaying a project truck at the SEMA show, that truck tends to be designed to show off a given company’s products. Prominent bumper maker Fab Fours, however, brought a truck with no bumpers at all to this year’s show. Instead of showing off the company’s wares, the beastly Kymera was all […]

November 14, 2016

Pickups

Behold the 1966 Stout 1900: Toyota’s first pickup model had a whopping 85 HP

In our coverage of Toyota’s super-fast Land Speed Cruiser SUV unveiled at last week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, we mentioned that the Japanese automaker’s booth was full of first generation models from each of their product lineups. And just a few feet away from the 2,000-horsepower Land Speed Cruiser, was a pickup with about […]

November 10, 2016

Pickups

Ice Ram Cometh: Tracked, tactical Ram from ‘Fast 8’ turns heads at SEMA

Earlier this year, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shared a photo on his Instagram page of a truck that appeared to be half-Ram, half shark. The truck was tracked, topped with a serious camper and a coated in a khaki shade and armor that give it the look of an arctic military truck. This is the Ice […]

November 9, 2016

Pickups

Toughen up your Tacoma for an off-road beating with ARB’s new range of accessories

If you’ve ever wanted to take your Toyota Tacoma off road, just about everything you’d need was unveiled in a new series of accessories by ARB at the SEMA show last week. To see the full range of accessories and read more about them, look through the captioned photos above. The accessories are mandrel bent, to insure even […]

November 9, 2016

Pickups

Ridgeline MAD Black Edition a pickup drawing from Honda’s sleek racing tradition

One of the cool things about SEMA each year is getting to see what certain builders come up with when asked by automakers to produce an alternative vision for one of their vehicles. This year, the new Honda Ridgeline made its first official appearance at SEMA and Honda asked Costa Mesa, California’s MAD Industries to build […]

November 8, 2016

Pickups

Ram’s Macho Power Wagon makes for a powerful work truck thanks to sliding bed rack

While Chevrolet’s Alaskan and Carhartt Silverado 2500 pickups might have been the most striking work truck concepts at last week’s SEMA show, Ram’s Macho Power Wagon might take the title for most practical thanks to one accessory in particular. Thanks to a four-inch custom lift kit, 37-inch Nitto Trail Grappler MT tires and 18-inch beadlock wheels, the Power […]

November 7, 2016

Trucks

Toyota unveils 2,000-hp Land Speed Cruiser in pursuit of world’s fastest SUV title

At the SEMA show last week in Las Vegas, Toyota’s booth was by far the easiest way to kill 30 minutes or so. The automaker had a theme of “Past, Present and Extreme” and for nearly each of its vehicle categories, Toyota brought the models that pioneered each respective category, the current model and an extreme modification […]

November 7, 2016