The July/August 2025 issue of the magazine is available in our gift shop now and will be available on newsstands soon. The cover feature is Tim Wellborn’s 1985 Dodge Ramcharger. Story by Jim Volgarino, Photos by Al Rogers

Excellent Prospects

Tim Wellborn’s 1985 Dodge Ramcharger Royal SE Prospector is one of the nicest we have seen in the last 40 years!

Story by Jim Volgarino, Photos by Al Rogers

Ramcharger!

Just let the name roll around in your mind for a moment. Say it out loud. RAMcharger. RamCHARGER! It suggests an incredible power and speed, does it not? Yet, the word does not appear in any formal dictionary.

This issue’s cover vehicle is a 1985 Dodge Ramcharger, named as a tribute to a racing team that started undercover in 1958, using the talents of some speed-crazy Mopar engineers. While the motorsports Ramcharger moniker conveys supremacy and countless drag racing victories, Dodge’s full-size Ramcharger sport-utility vehicle, as a production vehicle and now as a collectible, more closely resembles comedian Rodney Dangerfield—a memorable name that gets no respect.

Illustrating the disrespect is an article written by Ben Stewart of Car and Driver magazine in 2019 titled “20 Awesome Old-School 4X4s for Kicking Your Off-Road Game up a Notch.” Stewart ran through a litany of makes and models, going back as early as the 1960 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40, with the list dominated by Chevrolet, Jeep, Ford, and a smattering of Mercedes, IH, Suzuki, Nissan, Range Rover, Land Rover, and AM Hummer products.

Wait … where is Chrysler-Dodge-Plymouth? What happened to the Ramcharger?

Read all about it in the latest issue of VT … 10 pages are dedicated to showing off the 1985 Dodge Ramcharger Royal SE Prospector. Be sure to pick up a copy of the July/August 2025 issue of Vintage Truck magazine!

Articles in this issue include:

FEATURES

Hawkeye State Wagon
This 1903 Eldridge is a reminder of America’s contributions to the “Age of Invention”!
Story by Robert Gabrick, Photos by Al Rogers
Excellent Prospects
Tim Wellborn’s 1985 Dodge Ramcharger Royal SE Prospector is one of the nicest we have seen in the last 40 years!
Story by Jim Volgarino, Photos by Al Rogers
Ultimate Corvair
Was Kent Sullivan’s 1964 Rampside the last Corvair pickup made?
Story by Bob Tomaine, Photos by Eric Neurath

DEPARTMENTS

Letter from the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Milestone Pickup Trucks
Spoked Wheels
Photos from the Attic
Books in the Bed: Reviews by Robert Gabrick
The Road Less Traveled: Prince Miler Trucks
Aid for the Anxious Amateur: What’s in Your Oil?
Classifieds
Show Guide
Granny Gear: Leave it to Charley

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