MINE’S BIGGER THAN YOURS DEPT
Paul Terlosky takes a vintage Dodge hauler to a Hell-cat of a build
STORY AND PHOTOS BY GEOFF STUNKARD
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USTOMIZING has been a way of life for as long as people have owned machines. You can customize your car, your chopper, your lawn mower. You can customize your dogs or racehorses with selective breeding. Some guys with money even customize their wives, but I digress. When we saw this monster on display, we thought to ourselves, “now, that’s something you don’t see every day!” Truth be told, it’s not something anybody had seen before builder Paul Terlosky dreamed it up. Our story begins with Paul, who runs a custom shop he calls House of Mouse, located in Macedonia, Ohio.
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We didn’t ask about the mice, as the truck was taking up all our attention. The other part of our story begins with people who can’t drive. That was how this 1978 once-440-powered Dodge D300 duallie ended up with a Hellcat under the hood. Seems Mr. Nodriva had totaled his fresh 2018 Challenger, which Paul scored to scavenge for goodies. “I built the Hellcat Hauler to do the show circuit with Dodge in conjunction with their introduction of the new TRX Hellcat truck,” says Paul “Also, for the Hot Rod Power Tour and Motor Trend events, and places like here at Holley Moparty.”
