Purpose-Built: Balancing Function and Form

In a day and age where it seems like just about everything has a little extra to go along with it, a vehicle that is purpose-built and sticks to the basics is a welcome change of pace. To be…

Project Looks. Muscle. Longevity

This Silverado 2500HD project was introduced in the March issue of Diesel World, so if you haven’t seen it, go snag a copy and get fully up to speed. You’ve missed just Part One of the build…

Hard Work Pays Off

An ’08 Super Duty was a truck that John Schomberg always wanted. Unfortunately, the 6.4L Power Stroke under the hood of his King Ranch F-350…

Great White

No, it’s not just another Cali-lean Cummins on ‘Forces. Paul Szczypta’s ’12 Mega Cab runs as good as it looks thanks to a 48RE swap, state-of-art…

Holy Grail 

Automotive enthusiasts far and wide seek out the rarest and most hard to find versions of popular vehicles for many reasons, chief among many of them unfortunately seems to be greed by…

Uncharted Waters

Big single, CP3 conversion, sizeable nozzles, and a bone-stock long-block…what could go wrong? Welcome to Colton Rhodes’ world. The 20-something Missourian is redefining what it means to push…

Project OBSessed

We’ve rounded third and are headed for home on Project OBSessed. It’s been a year in the making but this 1996 F350 has been transformed into quite the nostalgic diesel hot rod. Stump pulling…

Old Hustle, New Flow: The Cummins-Powered Ford Lightning

If this first-generation Lightning doesn’t look familiar to you, it should. The infamous Pro Street F-150 has been an on-again, off-again regular on the diesel drag racing scene for the better…

Mighty Green Machine: Custom Auto’s Silverado 3500HD

When you have lemons, you make lemonade, and when you break an egg, you make an omelet. In this single-use, disposable world, it’s refreshing to hear about a bad situation made better through…

Scott’s 950-HP 7.3L Power Stroke

Despite how versatile diesel trucks are, we rarely come across one that can do it all—and when we do, it’s never fitted with a 7.3L Power Stroke. This makes Scott Morris’s ’00 F-350 the rarest…

DuramaxTuner’s Corvette Killer: 1,050-HP Suburban

What do you do when the bar for streetable horsepower keeps moving higher and higher? You stay ahead of it by building a 1,050-hp daily driver. At least that’s what Nick Priegnitz of…

Homegrown Highboy: The 7.3L-Powered ’73 F-250

What do you get when you combine a ’73 F-250 with an early Super Duty? How about a one-of-a-kind Highboy with modern creature comforts, a stouter frame and axles, and a 7.3L Power Stroke under…

The Maxx: 800-HP Dmax-Swapped H2

The Hummer H1 Humvee has been one of the most capable factory off-road vehicles ever produced, a purpose-built, go-anywhere vehicle that the US Army and Marine Corps have used all over the…

Blue Streak: A Tastefully Modded 3500HD

Something you don’t necessarily consider when deciding to take the wrenches to your rig is how easy it is to go over the top. Obviously, we’ve seen our share of modified diesels, and we’ve…