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$300,000 for a pickup truck?Definitely not for everyone, but for the right 
guy, its a home run.So says Jonathan Ward, founder and CEO of 
California boutique automaker ICON, whose modernized take on the 1965 Dodge 
D200 cost a fair bit more than the original to build.Created for 
a Wyoming rancher, the retro-updated ride mates the crew cab bodywork of 
the original with the chassis of a heavy duty 2007 Dodge 3500.Ward 
says it was almost a perfect fit. Just eight inches of rear 
overhang had to be removed, but the width was spot on. ICON 
cleaned up the body panels, and recut the front wheel openings to 
better match the ones in the rear, not to mention clear the 
new 37-inch tires mounted on beadlock wheels.A 4.5-inch Chase lift kit fitted 
with nitrogen-filled Fox reservoir shocks was also added, but the engine 
saw some of the most extreme modifications. Ward sent the truck to 
Banks Power for a full overhaul of its 5.9-liter inline-six-cylinder Cummins 
turbodiesel powertrain. The net result of a new intake manifold, intercooler, 
exhaust, electronics and methanol injection is a whopping 500 hp and 975 
lb-ft of torque.First gear in the six-speed manual transmission is marked 
L because with that much torque on tap you rarely need to 
use it. Second, or even third gear starts are a breeze for 
the unladen vehicle, which should have no trouble traversing the wide open 
spaces of The Cowboy State.The enormous truck steps off nicely from a 
dead stop, b
get said many 
of the claimed benefits from EPA clean air regulations "are mostly attributable 
to the reduction in public exposure to a single air pollutant: fine 
particulate matter."The EPA claims that changes made to emissions standards 
and other areas will save billions in health costs for the public.The 
same report estimated that in fiscal 2012, 14 major rules came with 
between $14.8 billion and $19.5 billion in annual costs, but with between 
$53.2 billion and $114.6 billion in annual benefits.The Heritage report's 
estimate of the annual costs imposed in 2012 were not that far 
off -- Heritage pegged the annual cost of 2012 rules at $23.5 
billion.The Heritage report did not delve deeply into the benefits of all 
these regulations, though suggested the administration has exaggerated those 
numbers. The analysis said the "particulate matter" pollutant EPA often 
cites is already subject to EPA regulations, calling the claimed benefits 
of additional reductions "speculative."

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