The late 70s and early 80s were a weird time for American automakers as they fought high-interest rates, high gas prices, and increasingly competitive Japanese car companies for market share. This led to some very weird, perhaps even desperate vehicles leaving American car factories.

The 1982-84 Dodge Rampage is just such a vehicle, a front-wheel drive, unibody pickup truck that few people remember and even fewer bought. Lasting just two years on the market, there aren’t many of these left…but there is one for sale on Hemmings.com for $4,900. And who knows, maybe Chrysler will revive the idea for the 21st century.

While the Rampage was weight, at barely over 2,400 pounds, it was also front-wheel drive and underpowered. The sole engine option, a 2.2 liter four-cylinder, made just 96 horsepower, and could only haul about 1,145 pounds. This particular Rampage has the four-speed manual transmission, and a dual-exhaust system that adds some throatiness to the underpowered four-pot. But there isn’t a lot of performance options for this engine. And unless you plan on using it as a pickup, there isn’t a lot to recommend this car, save its uniqueness.

But could the market be ripe for a Rampage-style ride today? We love big pickups as much as anyone, but if an automaker sold a 30 mpg car-based pickup like the Rampage, it would probably do better than the Rampage, which sold less than 40,000 units in the three years it was on sale. This clean survivor might do well in some low-end car collection, but it’d serve better as inspiration for a 2015 model.

Would you buy a front-wheel drive, four-cylinder pickup if the gas mileage was good enough? How about an SRT-4 drivetrain swap and make a sleeper out of it?