Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
8/25/20 3:40 p.m.
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When forum user Rattmadnu bought a 1987 Nissan Hardbody in February of last year, the original plan was to build a flatbed for it. Then, maybe one day, drop in a Nissan KA four-cylinder engine.

Of course, that's not what happened between then and now.

Instead, the truck now sports an LS engine, an external roll cage, and a custom-fabricated, …

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David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/25/20 3:49 p.m.

z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
8/25/20 3:58 p.m.

That's awesome!

I'd love to take something like an older squared bodied S10 or Ranger, and drop in a FWD Hona K24 or maybe the Ecoboost from a Focus ST or some other such ridiculousness to make a mid-engined mini-truck that HANDLES.

Alas, I don't have the fab/design skills to make it or the cash to pay someone to build it for me.

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