I remember the first time I saw the all new Ram in '94. It was radical and I wasn't sure if I liked it or not at first. I soon decided that I loved it. It took me another 6 years to get my own, but I still have it. I'm not saying it's the best, but it was a game changer for Dodge and I still love mine.
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I like these too. I had a 2001 1500 SLT with off road package. Offroad package FTW, 4:10 gears, 285/70/17 factory tires, oil cooler from factory, steering box upgrade, heavy duty suspension, couple other doo-dads...
Mine was the SLT, so it had chrome bumpers and grill. Also had the two tone stripe on the bottom, in silver. Chrome nerf bars, aluminum toolbox. I can't find a picture of that combo on the net anywhere.
Got it some years ago with only 85k miles on it. I put 25k more on, put all new magnaflow exhaust under it. Went to sell it 3 years ago at 110k miles, tire kickers EVERYWHERE, all showing up to say the transmission will go bad. Sold it to my brother in law for $2500, posted that on the CL ad, got 3 angry phone calls about the price and how they wanted it, told them "don't worry, the transmission might go bad" and hung up. Funny, at 160k miles now(he uses it daily) the transmission hasn't gone bad. For a half ton this truck was a real brute.
I sold it to buy my mechanics 2002 Chevy 8.1/allison 2500HD truck(had 103k miles on it, 3 years ago). The off-road with 4:10 and the 360 was a tough truck, but the 8.1/allison is a
horse.
But I still grin when brother in law leaves my driveway and I listen to that 360 magnum with the stainless pipes haul off down the road.