Hemmings Finds of the Day - 1977 Dodge Power Wagon and 1977 Plymouth Trailduster Top Hands
03/26/2020
Twofer Top Hand editions 1977 Dodge Power Wagon and 1977 Plymouth Trailduster. From the Power Wagon's description:
The Top Hand package includes custom graphics custom wheels winch chrome tow hooks push bar/grill guard Cibie lights front and rear axle truss rods step plates 3" roll bar bed rails bed mounted spare tire. This very clean step-side 4x4 was featured in the January 1978 issue of Off Road Magazine. Powered by the original 440 cubic inch V8 mated to an automatic transmission this truck runs and drives excellent. This is one of 202 Top Hands created by the legendary Vic Hickey. This investment grade classic truck has been recently serviced and is ready to go. We also own a 1977 Plymouth Trailduster Top Hand ask us about a package deal. Please feel free to call James Krueger with any questions at 775-629-6167.Vehicle Highlights -Top Hand package created by off road legend Vic Hickey-Only Top Hand pickup built at Hickey Enterprises’ facility-Originally used by Dodge for promotional purposes-Given by Dodge to Chuck Connors T.V.’s “Rifleman”-Featured in the Jan. ’78 issue of Off Road magazine-Total of 202 Top Hand packages produced-Has its original 440 c.i.d. 4bbl engine with AT PS PB AC-California truck with its original blue and yellow plates-Engine has been rebuilt to original specs-Award winner featured in multiple publications.
1977 Dodge Power Wagon
And from the Trailduster's description:
This is one of 202 Top Hands produced and the only Trailduster Top Hand produced at Hickey Enterprises. This Plymouth was featured in the January 1978 issue of Off Road Magazine. Powered by the original 440 cubic inch V8 mated to an automatic transmission it runs and drives excellent. This blue plate CA Top Hand is believed to have 67K original miles. This is one of 202 Top Hands created by the legendary Vic Hickey. This investment grade classic SUV has been recently serviced and is ready to go. We also own a 1977 Dodge Power Wagon Top Hand Prototype step-side ask us about a package deal. Please feel free to call James Krueger with any questions at 775-629-6167.Vehicle Highlights -Top Hand package created by off road legend Vic Hickey-Only Top Hand Trailduster built at Hickey Enterprises.-Originally used by Dodge for promotional purposes-Total of 202 Top Hand vehicles produced-Featured in the Jan. ’78 issue of Off Road magazine-Has its original 440 cu in V8-Power steering power brakes and air conditioning -California truck with its original blue and yellow plates-Award winner featured in multiple publications-Recent major service -Runs and drives excellent
1977 Plymouth Trailduster
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Smack dab in the heartland of America, Enid, Oklahoma is an exceptionally friendly small town with a triad of great car shows that occur in three consecutive weekends. The fun starts with the Boy Scouts Show, which is always the last Saturday in March, then the Corvette Expo on the first weekend of April. For 2024, there is a newcomer to Enid’s car show scene: the Shepherds Show & Shine, which lands on the second Saturday in April.
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Harold Clay, owner of Clay’s Collision Center and Harold’s Hot Rod Shop in Enid, called me at home in California and asked if I could offer our mutual friend Tom’s daughter some tips on how to put on a charity car show for her church (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School) for its first attempt. I’m in Enid several times a year, so I knew the Boy Scouts car show is traditionally held on the last Saturday in March followed by the Corvette Expo always on the first Saturday in April. I Googled to see if April 13th was okay to hold Shepherds 1st Annual Custom & Classic Car Show & Shine and it looked like the coast was clear.
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Famous last words. On January 28, 2024, I posted Shepherds Show & Shine flyer on Clay’s Collision Center’s Facebook page to help promote the new show. Immediately the proverbial poop hit the fan. Folks had misread the flyer and erroneously thought Clay’s Collision Center was the promoter of Shepherds show, so Clay’s phone started ringing off the hook with people asking for show information. Who knew Easter would fall on March 30, 2024? I couldn’t find it announced anywhere online that the Boy Scouts Show had moved their date from late March to April 13, 2024, one week after the 32nd Annual Corvette Expo came to Enid.
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The wheels were motion and it appeared that neither party would back out, so consequently both car shows were set to take place on the same day. The early morning of April 13 started out a little stressful and then as the morning progressed plenty of cars, pickups and motorcycles started rolling into Shepherds 1st Annual Custom & Classic Car Show & Shine. A great success, the Shepherds show was an absolute nostalgic time warp. St. Paul’s church was built in 1926 and the beautiful old houses in the neighborhood circa 1927 set the mood. It was a good scene, the adjacent fenced schoolyard to the car show grounds was packed with children playing and dogs on leashes were everywhere… classic rock ’n roll music filled the air.
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At 1:30pm Harold and I jumped into his chop-top ’60 Chrysler New Yorker and headed over to the Boy Scouts show that was hosted by the Enid Antique Auto Club at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center. Just like the Shepherds Show & Shine, admission for spectators at the Boy Scouts Show was free to all. Interestingly, the cars shown indoors at the Boy Scouts Show were mostly of a different style than the cars that rolled into Shepherds Show & Shine held outdoors, so the number of show cars was high at both locations. And Harold and I noticed a lot of the spectators we spotted at Shepherds were also present at the Boy Scouts Show, so apparently all that is well, ends well.
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