Finally found an old Dodge crewcab. .... and bought it

[pulltilbroke]

Yep finally got me an affordable crewcab. Current specs are as follows. 1985 Dodge D350 crewcab 440, 727,d60.

The plan for this build is to use my 90 as a donor, we will be doing a 4x4 conversion and drop my fresh 12v, NV4500, 205 setup in. We will also be using the jungle shackle flip setup on this truck.












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[mtnbike28]

nice!

 

[shortbus4x4]

Very nice, can hardly wait to see it done.

 

[Kaisen]

Great find! Loooong truck

 

[swashbuckler]

Holy wheelbase, Batman! Good lookin' truck.

 

[ttravis5446]

That is a pretty sweet find.

 

[Rot Box]

we will be doing a 4x4 conversion and drop my fresh 12v, NV4500, 205 setup in.

Nice! That will be the truck Dodge should have built from the get-go. Did all the 2wd crew cabs have long (8') beds? Seems like all the 4x4 crews were short beds during that era.

Looking forward to this one.

 

[bfdiesel]

nice find

 

[gohuge]

Slide-in camper or bobbed tube bed with rtt?

 

[pulltilbroke]

Yep, a whopping 165" wheelbase. Not all the 2wd were long beds. But all 4x4s were shorts. Im gonna make it so it can handle my 74 Winnebago 11.5' slide in.

I still dont understand why dodge didn't dig the tooling back out for the crewcab and offer them when the introduced the cummins

 

[amgvr4]

Glad you found a crew cab, looks like a good one. It will be awsome with all the parts from your reg cab. There is nothing better than a big diesel crew cab!

 

[rayra]

Gonna be a monster.

What kind of trips you planning? Would make a nice rig for surf-fishing. But not a lot of that in Nebraska.

 

[pulltilbroke]

It will be a monster. I dont have any trips currently planned but I do have friends and family all over the country that I could visit.I also now have a pretty serious gf now and the family might grow. My dually is everything I need in a truck as of now but it still is only a 2 person vehicle however a very comfortable 2 perspn vehicle. The extra room of a crewcab will serve very well.

 

[redthies]

Cool! You'll need to run at least 35" tires and a bit of lift to make it look "normal" I think. You going to graft on a few random color panels so your buds will recognize you? :elkgrin:

Some inspiration:
http://www.thedieselgarage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131169

 

[trailbound]

Nice find for sure!