frojoe
Adventurer
Hi All,
My name is Joe and I live in Vancouver, BC.. longtime lurker here on ExPo and recently joined two years ago. Finally decided I would post up a build thread of my Dodge Ram as it's starting to accumulate enough fabricated bits that it'd be nice to have one place to put everything, and maybe even inspire some others out there. I have a project Chevy Nova that has an uber detailed build thread on another forum (which has accumulated somewhere around 500,000 views) so I'm no stranger to taking lots of detailed pics, that being said I've been taking far fewer pics of the truck as I didn't really think it'd get to the point of being shareworthy and having a build thread.. that being said, here are a bunch of pics!...
Truck is a 1998.5 Dodge Ram, 24V Cummins, 5spd NV4500, Emerald Green Pearl, with 225,000km logged when I purchased it from a friend in January 2014. I previously had a mint 1st gen intercooled 12V Dodge Ram that was a bit of a stagnant project.. always liked the boxy look of those and thought that 2nd gens were a bit cheesy and "90's looking." At some point that opinion switched and I started to like 2nd gen Dodges more and more.. but only if they were in good shape. I spent about 3 years looking for that perfect one, during which my friend bought this minty one (no crashes, no dents, no scratches, no rust, no bad paint fade!) and I started hounding him to let me know first if he ever wanted to sell. Well about 1.5years after he got it he decided he needed money for a down payment, and sold it to me for a wicked price (lower than fair market value for its shape, and WAY lower than any actual comparable trucks for sale locally). Even though it's a bit extreme for a short-trip daily commuter, I just don't have room for yet another vehicle and I just couldn't say no.
My name is Joe and I live in Vancouver, BC.. longtime lurker here on ExPo and recently joined two years ago. Finally decided I would post up a build thread of my Dodge Ram as it's starting to accumulate enough fabricated bits that it'd be nice to have one place to put everything, and maybe even inspire some others out there. I have a project Chevy Nova that has an uber detailed build thread on another forum (which has accumulated somewhere around 500,000 views) so I'm no stranger to taking lots of detailed pics, that being said I've been taking far fewer pics of the truck as I didn't really think it'd get to the point of being shareworthy and having a build thread.. that being said, here are a bunch of pics!...
Truck is a 1998.5 Dodge Ram, 24V Cummins, 5spd NV4500, Emerald Green Pearl, with 225,000km logged when I purchased it from a friend in January 2014. I previously had a mint 1st gen intercooled 12V Dodge Ram that was a bit of a stagnant project.. always liked the boxy look of those and thought that 2nd gens were a bit cheesy and "90's looking." At some point that opinion switched and I started to like 2nd gen Dodges more and more.. but only if they were in good shape. I spent about 3 years looking for that perfect one, during which my friend bought this minty one (no crashes, no dents, no scratches, no rust, no bad paint fade!) and I started hounding him to let me know first if he ever wanted to sell. Well about 1.5years after he got it he decided he needed money for a down payment, and sold it to me for a wicked price (lower than fair market value for its shape, and WAY lower than any actual comparable trucks for sale locally). Even though it's a bit extreme for a short-trip daily commuter, I just don't have room for yet another vehicle and I just couldn't say no.
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