Tag: truck conversions

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PHOTOS: This Jaguar F-150 pickup conversion is a beautiful monstrosity

[imagebrowser id=164] Back in 2002, both GM and Ford experimented with the idea of offering pickup trucks from their luxury brands, Cadillac and Lincoln. This was partially a byproduct of the SUV craze that had by then firmly taken hold in the U.S. and the resulting Cadillac Escalade EXT and Lincoln Blackwood were oddities from the start. […]

January 5, 2015

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With this DeLorean/Chevy Blazer monster truck conversion, who needs to go Back to the Future?

Though the car was a complete commercial failure, over the last three decades the DeLorean has been able to achieve iconic status thanks to the Back to the Future movies where it was used as a time machine on four wheels. Rich Weissensel is one of those rare cats that genuinely loves the stainless steel car for what it […]

December 24, 2014

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PHOTOS: Nissan engineers made an electric pickup truck by hacking up a Leaf electric car

[imagebrowser id=135] A team building exercise at Nissan’s Technical Center in Stanfield, Arizona produced another spin on the company’s hybrid technology capabilities. Part Nissan LEAF and part Nissan Frontier, the mashup pickup supports operations at Nissan’s 3,050 acre proving grounds located in Stanfield. The a one-of-a-kind electric vehicle hauls supplies and people around on the tech center property. […]

October 1, 2014

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PHOTOS: This Ferrari 412 pickup conversion is the fastest work truck on any jobsite

[imagebrowser id=83] “What if this Ferrari had a truck bed?” is likely something no one had ever thought before the History Channel gave a guy named Elo his own show. That being said, you’d certainly turn a few heads at the jobsite if you showed up in the insane conversion he created. Elo, the owner […]

May 29, 2014