Some of you may have stumbled across this in the past, but I thought it was worth putting up.




Now, I'm not saying Don Knotts isn't a talented actor, nor for that matter am I debating his status as a cultural icon, but I do kind of have to question if his image was the right one to endorse a truck's "Toughness".



_{edit this is still by far not the strangest thing I found while researching Dodge trucks.}

He does have a cool hat.

I like the one where he looses his gun or the one where he gets locked up in the jail.

Why Andy put up with that asshat is beyond me seems he would have been better off with Otis the town drunk being his deputy.

Anyway, yeah Don Knots is an icon no doubt but endorsing a "tough" truck......no. Nice find regardless, never seen that truck.



_{So Octane what is the weirdest thing you have found about Dodge?}

endorsing a Dodge as a 'tough' truck is particularly comical... that's probably why I have never seen or heard of this particular package.

Ugh. If I had to drive a domestic truck, it'd be a Dodge. Wait... I own 2.

Don Knotts ftw!

Posted by bandi Ugh. If I had to drive a domestic truck, it'd be a Dodge. Wait... I own 2. Don Knotts ftw!

repeat after me, Bandi, Chevrolet.
The only problem my mom had with her Silverado was the O2 sensors going weird. It was replaced right then and there, no appointment, and the dealership refund the 25 gallons of fuel that 5.3L burned going from Ticonderoga to Elizabethtown.
(at $4.17 a gallon, that was a large chunk of change)

I just don't like Chev trucks, they seem to be about 10 years behind on their styling, rust seems to be an issue in these parts, and they suffer from chronic front hub bearing failure. And the Duramax diesel is a whore.

My mom has a '95 Dodge Ram with a 318 that she bought brand new, and it's been great aside from all the paint falling off, but that's to be expected with a Mopar. I really like the styling of the Dodges, too, especially the most recent version of the Ram. It gets pretty decent mileage, too - and is usually hauling a trailer either full of antiques, or with a car on it.

(And I just admitted to loving the Pontiac G8... you should be happy with that statement alone! hahaha)

Post by Bustedknuckle So what is the weirdest thing you have found about Dodge?

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_{Not necessarily the pic, but the whole site it would seem to represent. It's just kind of like, huh?}

Well Sam, at least it's not Ford. We've got an '08 F-350 SuperDuty at work, and that thing's in and out of the shop all the time.

Posted by CDSbigsby Well Sam, at least it's not Ford. We've got an '08 F-350 SuperDuty at work, and that thing's in and out of the shop all the time.

Yeah, I know what you mean, and Super Duty's look so tough and "truckish" too.

I'm not really a fan of the new Ford trucks and vans. They have that really tall grille and the headlights with the turn signals on top...They look funky. Although the worst ones are the bottom of the line with the huge black plastic bezel and little rectangular headlights.

Perhaps Dodge was playing Mr. Knotts astounding abilities with the ladies. My understanding is that little man laid more pipe then Hugh hefner.

Heh, I think one of those Dude trucks was for sale in my area a few years ago.

The 88-98 GMT400 truck is above and beyond any other brand in overall balance of quality, reliability, ease of maintenance, and styling combined with modern looks. The only problem is they made them way too long without a refresher, back when I first got my license I didn't like them because they still looked like an 88, and I didn't like the NBS because it looked too much like the old one. Now I love them. So easy to maintain. The only shortcomings are the transmissions, which last about as long as any other automatic transmission anyway and are cheap to rebuild and beef up, and the intake gaskets on the Vortec engines. Just have to keep an eye on them in case they're original and start to leak.

They're really the LAST full sized truck to have things like real bumpers that you can USE as a bumper, and the first to have modern styling. They were about 10 years AHEAD of their time when they were first sold in early 1987 as 1988 models.

Then the 99s came out, they were really nice for a while and I'd probably look into one for my next truck, but they aged quickly while other brands leaped ahead with styling and stuff. I don't like the new Chevys all that much, I did put wheels from an 09 on my 93 though. I love the new GMCs. Much better looking.

I also love those new Dodge trucks. They seem well screwed together, here's hoping Chrysler pulls through and stays a domestic brand.

Dodges here suffer from chronic transmission failures... I mean when you buy a used dodge here, it's russian roulette whether or not it will go or blow.
Chevys seem to last forever... but yeah, rust is an issue on the 03 and older trucks, especially the S10's.

Well, didn't also Andy Griffith do Plymouth ads around the same time? I remember seeing a few of those commercials maybe on YouTube somewhere....

Posted by Agent Skelly Well, didn't also Andy Griffith do Plymouth ads around the same time? I remember seeing a few of those commercials maybe on YouTube somewhere....

yeah, but it was Ford that supplied cars to "The Andy Griffith Show".

Posted by Samurai Dodges here suffer from chronic transmission failures... I mean when you buy a used dodge here, it's russian roulette whether or not it will go or blow. Chevys seem to last forever... but yeah, rust is an issue on the 03 and older trucks, especially the S10's.

I dunno, her truck has wicked high mileage and the only time it ever left anyone stranded was about 2 years ago when the fuel pump died. Tranny has been fine, and it's towed a trailer it's whole life.

Posted by bandi I dunno, her truck has wicked high mileage and the only time it ever left anyone stranded was about 2 years ago when the fuel pump died. Tranny has been fine, and it's towed a trailer it's whole life.

Mountain-y where you live?

Nope but it's made quite a few treks across the mountainous regions of the US and Canada.