andythompson005 Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 It was great to see the SS in Truckin', but I must agree the article was weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2xtreme Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 The part I really got frustrated with was they kept refering to the 93 lightning as being the first sport truck on the market If they knew what they were talking about they would know had the first sport truck w/ the 454SS in 1990. The first L came out the final production year of the 454SS in 1993. So why did they keep saying "since 1993 the lightning has enjoyed a great amount of success, and literally no competition, until now." And stop me if I'm wrong but wouldn't the 91 GMC syclone run circles around the L sorry just venting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme4x4 Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Maybe they were just referring to full size trucks????? Who knows......... or maybe it was just standard lame journalism. Actually, if you want to get technical, the first actual sport truck was the Dodge Little Red Express (or whatever they called it......... I'm not real up on Dodges). I forget what year that was........ but I think it was a '79??? Oh well......... it is kinda splitting hairs. Lets face it, most comparisons are lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2xtreme Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Lets face it, most comparisons are lame. good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotbellyJoe Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 The part I really got frustrated with was they kept refering to the 93 lightning as being the first sport truck on the market If they knew what they were talking about they would know had the first sport truck w/ the 454SS in 1990. The first L came out the final production year of the 454SS in 1993. So why did they keep saying "since 1993 the lightning has enjoyed a great amount of success, and literally no competition, until now." And stop me if I'm wrong but wouldn't the 91 GMC syclone run circles around the L sorry just venting What about the Lil Red Express? that was from the 70s, they got up and haulin.... -Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcswain Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 The part I really got frustrated with was they kept refering to the 93 lightning as being the first sport truck on the market If they knew what they were talking about they would know had the first sport truck w/ the 454SS in 1990. The first L came out the final production year of the 454SS in 1993. So why did they keep saying "since 1993 the lightning has enjoyed a great amount of success, and literally no competition, until now." And stop me if I'm wrong but wouldn't the 91 GMC syclone run circles around the L sorry just venting What about the Lil Red Express? that was from the 70s, they got up and haulin.... -Joe Potbelly Joe, Your historical facts and comments are accurate As so often (not always) in the media their facts are incomplete, ill-advised, incompetent, inconceiveable, inept, inaccurate, and in this case they don't have a CLUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Don't be so shy, rm. Tell us what you really think of the media. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwarren Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 but wouldn't the 91 GMC syclone run circles around the L The GMC Syclone was the quickest 0 to 60 production vehicle on the Planet during its short production run...... If I recall corectly, 3.6 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R/T EATER Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 actually the first sport truck was the 1978 Dodge lil' red Express w/ the 'LA' SB 360 (police model). It was the fastest American production vehicle of 1978 as tested by Car & Driver and had a standing 1/4mile run of 14.7 tested by Hot Rod magazine. I believe the 14.7 run was a reamer because most ran in the mid 15's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcswain Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 Don't be so shy, rm. Tell us what you really think of the media. ;) Thats about all of the POSITIVE media descriptions I can think of at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcwarren Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 actually the first sport truck was the 1978 Dodge lil' red Express Ford may have beat Dodge by 21 years with the 1957 Ranchero that had the following High Performance engine option Also available in every Series, at extra cost, is the special high performance 270-hp Thunderbird 312 Super V-8. And, an extra-high performance special 300-hp Thunderbird 312 Supercharged V-8. see 57 Ford History I was just discovering cars when these guys hit the road and I was a huge Ford Fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R/T EATER Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 Ford may have beat Dodge by 21 years with the 1957 Ranchero that had the following High Performance engine option I guess if you include that then also you must include the 70 SS LS6 El Camino, but I mean c'mon do you really consider those trucks? more like cars with beds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotbellyJoe Posted June 2, 2003 Report Share Posted June 2, 2003 I would say that those were def. cars.... or else we have to concede that the Suby Baja is truly a pick-up, and that the Forester is not a station wagon, but an SUV that should be on the same plane as the blazers and exploders.... and thats a whole new can of worms.... -Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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