World's Fastest Truck 

Amen brother!

Don't forget the 1989 Pontiac TTA (Turbo Trans Am 20th Anniversary) which had the Buick 3.8 Turbo.

you are correct

Yep

Mercury had to make more than 500 production models for nascar. The name just has a racing heritage.

Very correct.

Fun fact spell check yo self!😅

That is horrible inflation over 30 years.

56k seems like a steal to have the fastest car in the US

Averages out to about 3.5% / year@@herbienbrian2

It’s deception because then it was hard to part with that much money for a S-10

Agree 100%

I love everything about this comment.. Let's not mention electric like it exists. It's just a nameplate now

Anyone remember the Ford Splash stepside? Cowabunga dude. lol

⁠@@ditherdather”Ford Splash?” It’s called a Ford Ranger Splash…

@@2H2521 Please excuse the F outta me for my egredious error. It's been 30 years. All I remember was that it was a stepside and had the word "Splash" in the name.

I noticed that right away too.

The foam backing even on modern replacement is crap. All the s10s I've built I always get away from the factory style headliner material.

I think it's the humidity that causes headliner to be droopy . My gmc suburban silver with red interior, has been stored outside for 29 years. And is still good. Wisconsin

The headliners on many cars I've seen (pre 2010s). The adhesive/foam material would disintegrate over time. Even if it has been garage kept.

​@@user-neo71665what kind of material do you use? I need to redo them in both my buicks.

Need sport machines 18" replicas on mine asap. Numer 0828

Agree when they put the magnum motor in the Dakota you could get a 5 speed stick with a 390 gear they would spank 5.0 fox body's

That 5.9 litre Dakota was awesome. I think it got Ford and Chevy back into rivalry.

First year S10 was 1982 I thought?

@@brianlarose6110 mine was a 81 s10 blazer. I looked at the internet all I can say is they are wrong. They claim they did come out till 83 yet the blazer started in 82. The only thing I can think is it was made a year before the official roll out. I’ve worked on trucks that were said to be a certain year but the engine and door plates say a different year. I know what my title said I bought it used in 1988. I paid $5000 for it with 20,000 miles. It was a silver 2 door with blue stripes. Never liked the stripes.

@@musoui my s10 did some crazy 4wheeling an really didn’t have anything special other then horsepower. I was at Moab all over Utah an Idaho then moved to El Paso. Being in the army in the early 1990s we had a blast. Best time of my life. We used the S10 because beer ran out on post. The delivery trucks couldn’t make it through the snow. I went to the front Gate. The MPs said we won’t come get you if you get stuck. We said we’re on a beer run. They gave us $150 an a Motorola in case we got stuck coming back. Funny how beer made friends. Lol The snow was so deep we could on see the top of snow markers. Out there they were doubled up. So the snow was over 5 feet in some spots. The S10 was so light with fat tires it stayed on top. The heater core was broken so we had to scrape the inside windows. Fun times.

I had a 91 Dakota club cab 4x4 for a bit in 1998..also a 318 2bbl in a Plymouth is quicker than a Shelby Dakota...Depends if you have the smog carb on the 318 some had it some didnt thats why some people say 318's move real good and some say it doesnt..Also the Dakota had 3.92's or something like that. I ran 15.80's in a 1973 Plymouth Satellite stock 318 2bbl,904 auto and 3.21 gearing.100% stock,single exhaust etc....They came with 2 different 2bbl carbs one had 20 hp less than the carb I had(one carb is also similar what they used on lean burn cars later on just robbed power/performance)..torque was also up by as much(I have the factory book dating 1973)..We also had same year Chargers with same everything but the carbs and it was over 2 seconds quicker in the 1/4 mile.We swapped the carbs made back to back run and cars ran identical times better carb was quicker.This was in the 80's and the cars were bone stock never messed with.. I put a strong 340 in the 73 and made a Road Runner clone in 1988,car ran high 12's with no traction for 100 feet! Also ran the 215-70-14 tires so that hampered traction too.Sold it bought 4 cars with the money and kept buying/selling and fixing up.

Nice.

nice my 2000 r/t has 220k

You missed the best year then,. 1992 318 magnum was the fastest. I was out running stock 302 mustangs and lt1 camaros with a stock 318 magnum Dakota. After 92/93 the government stepped in with emissions and made dodge choke them down

@@kevin61906 no you weren't. stop making up stupid shit. i've raced both 5.0 mustangs and LT1 camaros. even the dakota r/t isn't close to a LT1. i've seen stock LT1 camaros run high 13s. don't make up stuff. those were 6 cylinders

Lightning gang

Too bad those 5.4L are trash first second and 3rd generation 👎🏼

Nice!

CPI spider injection.

Ya the dodge trannies in those days were horrible, even the Dakota 5.9 rt trans robbed so much performance from that truck, a manual valve body with a b&m slap shifter really woke those things up. Like half a second off the quarter mile times if I remember correctly.

what carbon🤣

Dakota Magnum R/T is pretty much what Shelby would have come up with.

was just gonna say the magnum v6 makes 180 hp (134 kW) at 4,400 rpm and from 195 to 220 lb⋅ft

Interesting. I only managed a 17 second quarter mile time on mine. Might have had a lot to do with the near 200k on it at the time though.

They actually had a twin turbo 360, but nothing ever happened. It was mostly a lab rat for testing the powerplant, but it would've been amazing.

Funny I had one too but an extended cab, 391 gears and it ran a 15.9 as well.......with 250k on it! My buddy had a s-10 Xtreme and he was always pissed cuz he couldn't break into the 15s when we went to the track, and it had a bunch of bolt ons to!

Best truck I ever had wish I still had one I still look for a good clean one to get living in the rust belt nothing last forever

@@markusa5521 As an owner of 2 a 93 and a 95. Get one while you can. They are getting junked at a higher rate than other vehicles. It already feels like I am driving a 1980 ram. Except the ram have a large aftermarket parts market. Soon the aftermarket is going to pick up on the first gen dakota as it passes into true classic status. Holley makes everything you need to swap a hemi into the first gen. Which is my plan for the 93.

@timbrwolf1121 I agree and a clean one with low miles is big money but that them just last along time especially in the rustbelt out west they look mint

@@timbrwolf1121 Only for the 2wd though sadly. I did a full frame off resto to my 96. Love to put a hemi in it. Still can with lots of fabrication but rather use a drop in kit

@tomc8157 same here. When I get a 4x4 dakota it's getting a diesel swap. Om606 Mercedes, isuzu 4btd or Cummins 4bt. The 2wd is getting lowered 2" and might get viper or Daytona wheels

Hello andrewdunbar828, You're 100% correct about the headliner-sag issue. This is thanks to The EPA requiring auto manufacturers to use environmentally friendly, water-based glue to adhere the cloth material to the cabin roof of cars, trucks & vans. This was an industry-wide issue in high-humidity regions; such as Florida; where this Dodge Shelby Dakota resides. It took several years until a glue was developed that resolved this issue & met the "ridiculous" EPA requirements. Best regards from Yucatan Mexico, Ben

It was! My Dad and I had a used car lot in the mid 90s and we spent a lot of time restoring 80s cars and trucks! ;)

I had an '89 Dakota in the mid to late 90s. Loved the truck, but the headliner was already sagging like this back in the 90s.

Yes they did they smoked fox body's 5.0

Maybe a 5.2 or a 5.9 would have kept up with the Syclone

@@samueljackson2478 if it was the small short bed with AWD. And yes I can say my old dodge would woops a fox body. I whooped many things with that truck. And it was ext cab and 4x4. It was no slouch.

and that truck came out when?

Had a 91 S10 swb 4.3, could only imagine what it was like to drive a syclone with that power to weight and awd. Miss that little S10.

haha I doubt that unless you did extensive work to the engine! My Dakota V6 would run 120-125 mph & would smoke a V6 S10 & couldnt touch my V8 Dakota even though the Chevy 4.3 is basically a 350 with 2 less cylinders! Im not taking away from the S10 as I loved them & had an '83, '86 & '88 but they were not as fast as my Dakotas

I have driven both of these trucks many times and done work on them. I can almost guarantee those s10's you raced with your Dakota were 2.8l v6 versions not the 4.3. The 2.8 were absolutely useless. But with just a little bit of work a 4.3 would walk ANY Dakota all day. Again I've been inside those trucks too many times, not taking anything against the Dakota though, they just weren't fast.

92 93 Dakota magnum motors 5 speed 391 gear nothing could touch them

@@markusa5521 I'm sayin...mine was a '92 but auto

side note though that 80s 90s fabric sag on the roof

love those box body Chevys, my 1st was a '76 & had a '83, '86. '87 & a '90 454SS

I inherited my grandfathers 93 Chevy regular cab long bed, 350, with 120,000 miles on it. Spent 22 years in a garage being driven just enough to keep it in good shape. Absolutely love that truck. It's the most reliable car in my driveway, ac still works, still looks beautiful.... It's a shame yours was taken my the road. My hot rod project truck happens to be a 4 speed, 454, 76 Silverado stepside.

@ryurc3033 with the square bodied chevies so popular now, I wish I would have kept mine. ! Or could've bought several at low prices back in the early 90s, dirt cheap. Now, their like $8000+ for a project truck. Same for a 90s. Funny how the hobby changes.

It’s not miles that causes it. It’s time.