• The next breed of "classic" trucks

    The often squared-off shaped pickups from the 1980s and 1990s are now entering the "classic" truck genre. Fleet Owner recently got an up close and personal look at two such models: a 1983 Dodge Ram 1-ton pickup and a specially-modified 1992 Power Ram 250, both fired by Cummins diesel engines.
    Oct. 1, 2013

    The often squared-off shaped pickups from the 1980s and 1990s are now entering the "classic" truck genre. Fleet Owner recently got an up close and personal look at two such models: a 1983 Dodge Ram 1-ton pickup and a specially-modified 1992 Power Ram 250, both fired by Cummins diesel engines.

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    Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

     

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