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Thats what my dad affectionately called my Grandpa's Dodge Fargo! Name suited it, apparently when you hit the gas you wouldnt get much but a big cloud of carbon out the arse end of it. I remember it being two-tone red and white. I would love to track one down for sentimental reasons. Grampa is gone, but Grandma is still here. She would get a kick out of it. One that is fairly close to stock. Doesnt have to be original, but stock would be nice. Keep on the lookout for one for me. I am in Ontario Canada. You can email me cuda169*hotmail.com Thanks!:burnout:
 
What year Fargo might you be talking about here?
 
Not sure what the year was, I saw a pic of a 70 and it looks older than that. Know any good sites that shows the different years?
 
In 50's and 60's they called Dodge trucks in Canada Fargos versus Dodges - who knows why?....
 
Actually Fargo was a US manufacturer up until the mid-50s. They made light and medium duty trucks and several different harvesters. They also had a contract and provided 2-1/2 ton trucks to the military. I believe that Dodge acquired them in the late 50s but I have seen Fargo trucks up to about 61 or 62. Don't know their place of manufacture though.

Larry
 
Here's a link to some Fargo truck history.

http://www.allpar.com/old/fargo.html

Us Canadians got lucky with Mercury trucks as well as Fargo trucks.

Here's a picture of my 56 Fargo COE. They were known as C series. Cab was used all the way till 1975 for large trucks. Pickup was similar from 55 thru early 60's. Grill changes in 57 and again in 58 to quad headlights.

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..........Fart n go originated from the 50s, or possibly earlier from the cold blooded flat head sixes.................kim...........
 
Here is a article I found, thanks for the Allpar link too Gryznx! , Gramps truck was similar to the dodge "dude" truck, but in Canada they were Fargo's.and of course about the only option(s) would have been an am radio and 2 tone red and white paint!! She was a farm truck for sure. LOL Doesnt look like there are too many pics out there. I did the goggle image search and it showed quite a few of the larger ones from the 50's and 60's but not much into the 70's. I definitely like the "Dude" trucks too!!

http://www.allpar.com/trucks/dodge/dude.html
 
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