Truckin' With Your Friends
Dodge Srt-10 Quad Cab V-10 * 500 Hp * Five SeatsVipers are cool, right? But how are you going to add that second story to your garage using a Viper to haul home all the stuff you need from Home Depot? Enter the SRT-10 pickup. Now there's room for the lumber, but not enough room for your buddies who will help with the framing. Enter the SRT-10 Quad cab-the speedy way to haul yourself and four friends around along with your lumber.
Frankly we're not certain why the quad-cab version came along. Sure, its plenty roomy inside, but if we're going to have 500 horses under the hood, isn't two passengers plenty? Regardless, we applaud Chrysler's interest in pleasing the masses with its most recent additions, the Dodge Magnum, 300C, and the soon-to-appear Dodge Charger.
Where Are They Now?
Scott Sullivan
Scott Sullivan's '55 cast the die for many street-machine trends, including engine customization, color usage, interior engineering, and the need for practical cruisers that could handle crossing the country as well as crossing the finish line.
Scott Sullivan set the world on fire back in the '80s-not just because he built the coolest '55 on the planet, but because he kept sight of one very important fact: Cool cars should also be functional. As simple as that concept may seem, many enthusiasts lose sight of that fact when they build their "ultimate" street machines. Sullivan's point was that regardless of appearance, cools cars need to be reliable and have the ability to be repaired en route. Scott's attention to detail and building innovative cars is a spirit that lives on today for the Dayton, Ohio-based car crafter. In fact, Scott never really went away. He's just been busy building cars and motorcycles.
Most Car Craft readers will remember Scott for his car building, but his love for vehicles has widened to include bikes. "I still have all my cars, even the '55," says Sullivan. "I still drive it and it runs great. But I really enjoyed building the bikes."
Sullivan's current project is a '62 Impala bubble top he expects to complete in 2005. It started out as a standard hardtop model, but that wasn't cool enough. Sullivan mowed off the roof and grafted on the bubbletop from a completely decimated donor car. But that was just the beginning.
"I cut the chassis on the diagonal to help lower the car," says Sullivan. "I don't like the way a lot of cars look with conventional lowering techniques because they hit the ground too easily. The challenge was to lower the car without letting anything hang lower than the frame by more than an inch. That includes the 211/42-inch exhaust tubing that hides up in the chassis away from view and harms way. By making the cut on the diagonal, the proportions are kept in check and the frame actually went up an inch, increasing ground clearance but lowering the body and the overall look. I reboxed the frame and created a taller driveshaft tunnel so that it has adequate clearance as well. It wasn't easy, but it worked out great."
His latest challenge: figuring out what color to paint it. Currently he is torn between lime green and champagne.
Sullivan intends to tackle his backyard full of projects one by one. While his dedication to building the coolest cars on the planet still remains, his need for speed has been satiated through his bike projects. We don't see him slowing down any time soon.
Game Review
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup
For the new season, there are a number of new features to EA Sports' NASCAR 2005 video game, Chase for the Cup, including several new racing series. Featherlite Modified series cars are particularly fun, and the new tracks added to the game are unique and different.