When you opened the door of these trucks you were almost always greeted with the smell of grain dust and stale cigarette smoke. I used to see a lot of these trucks out west but they were always equipped with a grain box and hoist. Nothing like unique, deluxe transportation for that vintage car. If you have the room this would be quite an addition to any collection. More importantly, the truck’s engine, clutch, transmission, and rear end all function as intended, and hopefully, it will make an appearance at a vintage racing event someday soon. The seller notes that one of the last owners transported his Dixie Dart and Dixie Twister race cars, and that the tires are as old as the last cars it transported, ringing in at nearly 35 years old. It’s hard to say for sure, but it looks like it was built to accept at least two cars and certainly plenty of tool chests and tires. Of course, the good news is you can still haul around project cars from the comfort of an enclosed trailer while you tackle the restoration. It’s a worthwhile project, without a doubt – but it’s going to take a good amount of time and money before it looks the way you’d want it to. Third, the whole truck needs to be painted. Second, if you want to make it an appropriate tribute, you would ideally have a period race and/or drag car on the bed. While I’m sure plenty of Mopar enthusiasts would love to own this piece of history, a few issues arise right off the bat: first of all, you have to have enough space to store the transporter until you have the room in the workshop or the garage to begin working on it. The Dodge was for sale then, too, with similar photographs and the same asking price. Evidently, there was either more flexibility on the part of his landlord or the truck has moved onto a new owner in the meantime. At the time, the seller claimed he had to sell the truck immediately, as he lost his storage arrangement. The above picture was taken from a Hemmings article in 2018, profiling this exact same rig as is sitting in front of us today. Can you imagine what a tribute rig this would make? Find the Dodge car transporter here on craigslist with an asking price of $6,500.

This 1971 Dodge D700 SM1 box truck is listed as being one of the original car haulers built for transporting Sox & Martin race cars, which was one of the more prolific and successful racing teams of the 1960s and 1970s, racking up victories with Hemi-powered muscle cars. Old race haulers are among the cooler rigs you can buy, but the desirability factor spikes even further if you find one that did race support for a major team like Sox & Martin.

Dodge box truck