Hagerty didn’t want just any project. Your average truck build was too boring. There needed to be more of a challenge. And after some brainstorming, a beautiful 1/2-ton Ford pickup from the ’40s took shape at the Hershey Swap Meet in Pennsylvania.

We ask, we plead, we try to bribe, and yet still, Ford pays no attention to the people that want a new Ford Ranger.

Cars turned into trucks isn’t exactly a new thing. Australia has been doing it for years with Utes. However, here in America, the trend really never caught on.

People are getting excited about the rumors that the Ford Ranger will make a return in the coming years.

Did you know that your F-250 could make the perfect drug running truck? No, we didn’t either.

In the realm of hot rods, I personally, am not a big fan of the outrageously over done and painted cars. They’re just too flashy for me, and I’d be nervous as hell with scratching the 16 layer paint job that inevitably most hot rod builders do.

A surefire way to get automotive journalists in a tizzy is to announce that you’re considering bringing a vehicle to the United States that you haven’t brought here before.