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This '36 Ford Pickup Packs 2,000 Horsepower and Eats Ski Slopes for Breakfast


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Ford Raptor, eat your heart out.

A couple years back, an engineering wizard by the name of Duane Murphy packed this 1936 Ford pickup truck with 2,000 horsepower and 2,400 lbs-ft of torque, turning this thing from sought-after collector car to hill-climbing street rod!

Murphy and his "Evil Twins" twin-turbo '36 Ford truck competed in the Schuss Mountain Snow Challenge, a special event in Northern Michigan, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Michigan's Disabled American Veterans. Murphy equipped the truck with a 620 ci big-block Ford engine with two Garrett 88mm turbos, a 2-speed Powerglide transmission, a Ford 9-inch front and rear end, custom roll cage, and shocks with 14 inches of travel. Of course, it also has some impressive off-road mudding tires and locking differentials.

But, enough about the specs. Check out this thing in action in the video below!

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Murphy built the truck primarily in a small shop in his home state of Iowa. Before this event, he barely had any seat time, saying he "had two practice runs at home in a corn field and we loaded up and came to Michigan." Well, judging from the video, it seems like that was just enough prep time to put on a dominating performance.

Now, when it came out more than 80 years ago, the original 1936 Ford pickup shared most of the body style characteristics of the 1935 redesign, with a curvaceous grille, skirted fenders, and laid-back windshield. Due to the chrome grille, the '36 truck was categorized as a deluxe version.

Sure, that's pretty awesome by '30s standards, but our guy Duane Murphy really brought this thing around to 21st century standards. And, for that, we thank him.

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This post was originally published on December 13, 2019.

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