In the market for a truck...
You know, if you wanted to be "different," and still be " in this game", depending on the type of trailer you're towing, you could use an older Station wagon. Any Chrysler "C" body wagon will easily haul a race car trailer.
Back in the day we used a 1972 Fury III Suburban station wagon. Similar to this...
It had a 400 cubic inch big block with a 2 Bbl carb, a 727 auto, and a 8-3/4" Sure Grip rear. The only modifications to it were a set of coil over shocks, an intake manifold, a 4BBl carb, and kick down linkage, an external trans cooler, and an RV cam. It also had a set of ET Slotted Aluminum wheels with G60/15's on the front, and L60/15's on the back, all Mickey Thompson's as I recall.
It pulled a 32 foot enclosed trailer, containing a the car, (68 Hemi Roadrunner) misc. parts, more tools than we needed, and other misc. stuff. The station wagon, carried 3 or 4 people, and our luggage and it did it all comfortably, easily, and for some pretty long hauls. We competed in NHRA divisions 1&2. North East and South East.
It also served as a parts car while we were at home, and a home improvement lumber, drywall, and plywood hauler in it's off time. lol .
I purchased the car used, with about 30K miles on it, and replaced the engine with 270+K miles on it. I replaced with a mildly built 383, and rebuilt the 400 as a spare. When I sold the car, we'd put nearly 400K miles on it. I sold it with the still strong running 383, and the rebuilt 400, to a guy who replace the 400, and was still using the car to pull his 35' camper trailer until 2012 ( at least). After that I lost rack of him. But, the idea of hauling a race car trailer with a full size wagon, than can compete with many of today's full size half ton pick up trucks isn't so far fetched as some might think.
Just a though, something you might not have given any thought, too.
You know, if you wanted to be "different," and still be " in this game", depending on the type of trailer you're towing, you could use an older Station wagon. Any Chrysler "C" body wagon will easily haul a race car trailer.
Back in the day we used a 1972 Fury III Suburban station wagon. Similar to this...
It had a 400 cubic inch big block with a 2 Bbl carb, a 727 auto, and a 8-3/4" Sure Grip rear. The only modifications to it were a set of coil over shocks, an intake manifold, a 4BBl carb, and kick down linkage, an external trans cooler, and an RV cam. It also had a set of ET Slotted Aluminum wheels with G60/15's on the front, and L60/15's on the back, all Mickey Thompson's as I recall.
It pulled a 32 foot enclosed trailer, containing a the car, (68 Hemi Roadrunner) misc. parts, more tools than we needed, and other misc. stuff. The station wagon, carried 3 or 4 people, and our luggage and it did it all comfortably, easily, and for some pretty long hauls. We competed in NHRA divisions 1&2. North East and South East.
It also served as a parts car while we were at home, and a home improvement lumber, drywall, and plywood hauler in it's off time. lol .
I purchased the car used, with about 30K miles on it, and replaced the engine with 270+K miles on it. I replaced with a mildly built 383, and rebuilt the 400 as a spare. When I sold the car, we'd put nearly 400K miles on it. I sold it with the still strong running 383, and the rebuilt 400, to a guy who replace the 400, and was still using the car to pull his 35' camper trailer until 2012 ( at least). After that I lost rack of him. But, the idea of hauling a race car trailer with a full size wagon, than can compete with many of today's full size half ton pick up trucks isn't so far fetched as some might think.
Just a though, something you might not have given any thought, too.