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1984 Dodge Rampage with Mid-Engine 392 HEMI Is a Supercar Mullet

Dodge never managed to bring El Camino buyers into its dealerships. But the Rampage remains one of the most interesting vehicles ever put together by the automaker.
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The Dodge Rampage arrived too late to take advantage of the muscle car-powered, car-based pickup market. It was only produced between 1982 and 1984, and we can kind of see why it failed.

It's not the 80s boxy design that bothers us, although the era definitely impacted what kind of engine you could buy. No, this wasn't a real truck, as the bed was too small to carry construction materials and it didn't have all-wheel-drive.

The Rampage's rear suspension consisted of leaf springs with a tubular rear axle and diagonally mounted sea-leg shocks. Somehow, one builder took a lool at this setup and thought "well, I'll just turn that into an all-American supercar."

Project "Outrage" by Mike Copeland does that just: make you outraged that somebody put such an awesome engine into what can best be described as a wannabe El Camino. But considering the builder only had about three months to put this together in time for SEMA 2019, we couldn't be more pleased.

The build wouldn't be possible without the Factory Five chassis, which had to be heavily modified to fit both a mid-engined layout and the long wheelbase of the pickup. And at the center of it all sits one of the most beautiful 392 HEMIs we've ever seen.

The little trumpet stacks look straight out of a Japanese V12 build, the headers are designed for Chevy engines and power is sent to the rear tires via a 6-speed manual transaxle.

This build is straight out of our rendering dreams, as it's dripping with tech such as 6-piston calipers with 14-inch rotors and massive 18x11 wheels with BF Goodrich tires. Big shout out to Forgeline Wheels for also supplying the best photos of this build.

We also love how the pickup has been given a Dodge Pumpkin Pearl paint job with a touch of cyberpunk via custom LED block headlights and a racing wing.

For the record, a regular Rampage came with this lame 100 horsepower 2.2-liter engine, and the 650 hp HEMI probably wouldn't have fit under the hood
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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