Most of us are old enough to remember the '80s. Those of us who aren't still remember the '80s diesel cars going 40 in the fast lane, belching smoke, and clattering like mad in the 90s and beyond.

Check out trucktrend.com’s top swap stories of the year. While many of these stories are engine swaps, notice that there’s also a dashboard swap, axle swap, and a front clip swap. Nothing screams ...