Darrell Reese 1985 Dodge w350

A friend jokingly referred to it as “worlds widest first gen” and it stuck

Nick Means

Honestly my wife. I’ve been building custom vehicles for years and have the same addiction to projects as most of us do. The result was a lot of unfinished vehicles and parts to build another. She convinced me to thin out the quantity and replace it with quality. So it was built to be a daily/trailer hauler/drag race/truck show do-all

3 year in evenings and weekends. I skipped out on anything else I could that would slow the project including tv or wasteful spending (if that makes any sense)

My dad taught me how to disassemble and service my bike cranks when i was very young. It turned out to be a big deal. A modified lawnmower held me till I got my first non-running car when i was 15 and I’ve never left the garage since. That was around ‘1990. But I usually consumed vehicles. This truck taught me to concentrate and produce something worth more than the pile of parts.

If anything this truck inspired a club. Our brand is FarFromStock. Literally unintentionally created by this truck and the social media audience connection. So our social media, @mopar1darrell, @dbfolk, FarFromStockStore ect really has become a club.

I guess to continue to be creative. I am now getting vehicles brought to me from all around to build custom suspension and other custom modifications. It’s recently become full time work and expansion is eminent. I want it to further our brand and promote our website, FarFromStockStore.com in whatever way we can.

Second of this 4 door body I bought. Just loved the unusual version of a truck i was already connected to. First was too rusty to enjoy. I passed by this one when driving my semi through WV and thought it looked perfect. Little goose chase later and it was mine. 27000 mile truck. Reasonably clean. I drove it and modified it for years but didn’t enjoy it due to how crass of a vehicle it was. So it often sat, especially if I broke it. So it was loved but sitting. So it was an easy choice to make THE truck I wanted.

My patient wife Keely, her dad for lifting parts anytime I needed a hand. Kaleb at FarFromStockRestyling for paint and a catchy name that would be our future brand. Steve Cole Diesel for answering my knowledge hungry questions. Some great sponsors like Optima Batteries, Lucas Oil Products, Diesel Power Source, AirDog, Power Driven Diesel, Interco Tires, Rigid Industries, Yukon Gear, Accuair, Ruff Stuff Specialties, Hostile Wheels, Mishimoto

First some Mopar muscle cars like a coronet, dart and barracuda, then on to trucks, off road 85 dodge, 93 Dakota with solid axle swap built for trails and rocks, an ae86 and more. I love everything automotive.

Cummins 92

6

5.9

ARP studs with a mildly ported and o-ringed head on a high mileage short block with a 210/210 cam. I really need a fresh bottom end. Converted to a p-pump that can supply fuel to 1000 hp. It is controlled by an AfcLive by PDD and also an Attitude Adjuster so I can turn the truck up and down like a computer tuned truck even though it’s mechanical

Diesel Power Source ball bearing compound turbos, Power Driven Diesel 5x14 injectors Jamo Exhaust to our own FarFromStock Diesel stack kit that i developed to not shoot wet soot, need covered in the rain or melt things in the bed.

Not really a fan, but plenty of powder coat

1000 hp Power Driven Diesel 47re full manual valve body auto Trans

Triple disc, all cooled by Mishimoto coolers and fans

Custom Steve Cole Diesel flipped upside down 273 from a dodge

Front dana 60 kingpin I custom widened by 4” and filled with Yukon Gear strong parts, rear dana 80

3.54

In my garage

This is the heart and soul of the truck. I stripped the frame and built my own long travel electronically managed air suspension that moves up and down 14” using Ruff Stuff Specialties builder parts.

Although added to, the frame is very unchanged itself

Me

-4 up to +10 will the touch of a button, currently up grading

14” travel

14” travel

Stock dana 60

Firestone air springs

Rear upper triangulated wishbone/front radius arm

Currently switching to the brand new Accuair CVT endo system for the most high performance/quietest compressor available.

Accuair Endo CVT

, powered by Optima Batteries

Firestone air springs

Hellwig sway bars, FarFromStock steering box, Ruff Stuff Specialties steering components

All linkage and the axle housings were powdered for easy cleaning

Hostile Wheels Gauntlet asphalt

Hostile Wheels Gauntlet asphalt

22x14

22x14

35/12.50/22 Interco Trxus MT

35/12.50/22 Super Swamper

Chrysler inferno red

The red type

Straight paint job that doesn’t mess with the lines of the truck. The black highlights represent a muscle car blackout package if it were optioned on this truck. The black also modernized a few dated parts of the truck as did the carbon fiber tailgate panel that also deletes the latch

FarFromStock Restyling, Kāleb Shūmaker

Myself and Kāleb

Floor flatened to maximize space

1” body lift

73 birdbath with custom latches

In house built insert set, FarFromStock

I built them to modernize the truck and give the appearance of no bumper at all from the side.

Rigid Industries sr series light bars, dually driving and reverse lights

Front fender openings and flares stretched lowers and chopped, floors and underneath the bed and cab sprayed with Scorpion Liner.

Myself, Kaleb and Todd

Custom rearranged version of stock

Z-series

LeatherSeats.com wrapped

FarFromStock shifter stand

Pioneer 4600

Kicker

Kicker

Myself

B&M stealth magnum pro stick with our switch kit mounted

99 ram front and megacab rear matched with LeatherSeats.com covers

5, 20, 35, 50 rear to front

TonnoPro hardfold cover with Scorpion liner sprayed inside and underneath

These trucks came with almost nothing. So I built it all with the goal of being an enjoyable experience and matching the theme of the rest of the truck. When the truck started driving the interior wasn’t complete and I really need to finish it but it’s too fun to drive

Hand built headliner to compliment the grille and door panels

Myself including building custom door panels