Junkyard Find: 1983 Dodge Ramcharger Royal SE

In the final year of the Malaise Era, truck shoppers could still get a Chrysler SUV that wasn't trying to be a tall New Yorker. Because the echoes of the vans-and-Quaaludes ethos of the 1970s were still quite loud in 1983, this Ramcharger came equipped with groovy earth-tone stripes. The Royal SE package came with all sorts of options that seem fairly primitive by 21st-century SUV standards: cigarette lighter, bucket seats, and so on. I am unable to determine whether the stripes were factory-installed or applied by a custom-minded owner with vivid memories of steamboating Acapulco Gold through a toilet-paper tube. Power came courtesy of the same 318 or 360 engine that motivated variations of just about every rear-drive Chrysler product from the late 1960s until well into the present century. It is a disappointment that no Royal SE Brougham Edition was ever sold. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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