Photo: Mecum Auctions
Modifying a mid-size pickup for desert racing is a laborious makeover. However, there are turn-key Baja trucks out there like the Colorado LT before your eyes.
Heading to auction in a few days’ time courtesy of Mecum Auctions, the no-nonsense overlander in the photo gallery retains most of the factory sheet metal but there are notable changes as well. The tailgate, for example, is gone in favor of a tire carrier along with a bed slide, auxiliary lighting, and a sturdy roof rack from M-Racks.
The desert isn’t a friendly place at all, which is why the ‘Rado is also fitted with mounting plates and a RotopaX liquid storage container, an on-board air compressor, ARB refrigerator, and a good ol’ generator. The middle of nowhere also happens to be hard on the suspension of most trucks, which is why Fox all four corners of this fellow here feature 5-inch Fox coilovers with compression adjusters.
Eaton e-lockers at both ends, Nitro 4.56 gears, 17-inch XD Machete beadlock wheels, 37-inch by 12.5-inch Falken Wildpeak mud-terrain tires, and Bodyguard heavy-duty bumpers are highlights in their own right. The vendor has also equipped the truck with Rigid Industries auxiliary lights on the roof and up front, N-FAB RKR rock sliders, and a 3.0-inch exhaust system for the Duramax V8 engine.
As opposed to the 6.6-liter turbo diesel that Chevy offers in the Silverado HD, the one-of-a-kind build is heading to auction with a 6.8-liter motor augmented by a cold-air intake from S&B Filters. We don’t know the output figures for this leviathan, but torque should exceed the stock engine’s 910 pound-feet (1,234 Nm).
After a long day of bashing dunes into submission with the help of the BDS suspension, you’re likely to be tired. The Colorado-based Baja truck has got you covered as far as rest is concerned with a Tuff Stuff Overland rooftop tent for two adults. As for food and coffee, well, you’d better pack enough of both as well as a two-plate electric hob to cook and brew at the same time.
The desert isn’t a friendly place at all, which is why the ‘Rado is also fitted with mounting plates and a RotopaX liquid storage container, an on-board air compressor, ARB refrigerator, and a good ol’ generator. The middle of nowhere also happens to be hard on the suspension of most trucks, which is why Fox all four corners of this fellow here feature 5-inch Fox coilovers with compression adjusters.
Eaton e-lockers at both ends, Nitro 4.56 gears, 17-inch XD Machete beadlock wheels, 37-inch by 12.5-inch Falken Wildpeak mud-terrain tires, and Bodyguard heavy-duty bumpers are highlights in their own right. The vendor has also equipped the truck with Rigid Industries auxiliary lights on the roof and up front, N-FAB RKR rock sliders, and a 3.0-inch exhaust system for the Duramax V8 engine.
As opposed to the 6.6-liter turbo diesel that Chevy offers in the Silverado HD, the one-of-a-kind build is heading to auction with a 6.8-liter motor augmented by a cold-air intake from S&B Filters. We don’t know the output figures for this leviathan, but torque should exceed the stock engine’s 910 pound-feet (1,234 Nm).
After a long day of bashing dunes into submission with the help of the BDS suspension, you’re likely to be tired. The Colorado-based Baja truck has got you covered as far as rest is concerned with a Tuff Stuff Overland rooftop tent for two adults. As for food and coffee, well, you’d better pack enough of both as well as a two-plate electric hob to cook and brew at the same time.
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