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I 'bout got her done. Still have several small things to sort out and install new front tires, but it motivates under its own power. It started out as a very rusty '77 D150 that had set behind the shed unused for something like 17 years. In 2011 I considered scrapping it but couldn't bring...

I bought this bed at a salvage yard to replace the very badly rusted one on my '77. I'm curious as to what it was used for while it was "enlisted." It came from a '77-78 and an additional instrument had been added to the left side dash. I looked at countless Dodges that day so I can't be...

I was going through some slides tonight digitizing them when I came across these shots of my folk's '73 D100 Adventurer. They bought it new in the spring of '73. It had the better seat, but no AC and AM radio. Dad wasn't into those luxury options. The 2nd photo was taken at their winter...

My '77 W100 parts truck had what must have been Tough Country front springs; 5 thick leaves, plenty of arch and bouncing my big butt on the front bumper wouldn't budge them. I removed the bottom 4 leaves and replaced them with 3 thinner leaves from the rear of a Chrysler LeBaron. Under load...

Around 15 months ago I decided to restore my old rusted out '77 D150 that had set unused behind the shop for 16 years. My son had taken in a shortbed W100 for a tranny job, so I decided to convert the D to a W. Both had lots of rust and the D had LOTS of serious rust; rockers had holes big...

Here's some before and after photos of what I've been working for a little over a year now. First a little background. During the fall of 2011, a mountain lion killed about $8,000 worth of sheep. Without lambs to sell, I needed money for the farm payment so I started hauling off a bunch of...

The old vinyl seat in my '77 is shot. I've found a decent cloth seat out of an 80s truck, but it's red (faded.) I'm painting the truck black and gray and really need the seat to be either one of those colors. Has anyone dyed a seat cover? If so, how did you go about it? Remove the cover and...

The engine in my '77 wasn't worth rebuilding, so I bought a 360 with 4 barrel qudrajet from an '85 W250. It has the vacuun operated heat riser valve (as opposed to the one with the thermal controlled spring). A lot of the hoses were disconnected and I could really use the hose diagram...

The 360 engine in my '77 W100 parts truck was thoroughly shot, the previous owner must have really ran it through the wringer. I bought a 360 from an '85 W250 and I wonder if the engine was made in Mexico. The timing chain cover said made in Mexico and all of the belts were Mexican as well...

Fortunately I took photos of the parts truck as I disassembled it. I'd like to know what the square module located in the upper left corner of the photo is, the one fastened to the inderside of the fierwall. This '77 W100 truck had the supplemental electric heater on the choke. Neither of my...

The front springs on my 4-wheel drive parts truck are aftermarket, part of a lift kit no doubt. I notce a name that is partially obscured, but the first 3 letters are "ran" and the 6th looks like an "o", but 4 and 5 are difficult to make out. Does any of this ring a bell as to a brand name?

Earlier I bought a replacement front drive axle for my project. It had been setting for long time, but not sure how long. The gears were ok, but the area of the housing above the level of gear lube had rusted, leaving little rusted chunks of cast iron everywhere. I removed the pinion shaft...

Normally when I overhaul a braek caliper, it's on the vehicle and once the caliper is removed, I just pump the brakes to force the piston out. I lose a bunch of brake fluid, but usually it's the old cruddy stuff that needs to be replaced anyway. Well, I'm working on the calipers on my old...

I've tried looking through the archived posts, but with dial up it takes forever. Anyway, how do you remove the wheel bearings on a full time Dana 44 front axle? I need to replace a busted off wheel stud and the bearing and retainer has to come off to get to it. I have the whole works off now...

Every so often I see 77-78 pickups with amber (vetrtical) direction light lenses up front. Both of my 77s are clear and a 78 sales brochure shows all to be clear. Where do the amber ones come from?

I need some new flexible duct for the defroster and AC vents. Checked all of the auto parts stores and no dice. Any suggestions? Thanks!

On the older Dodge trucks with the roof made of a steel inner and outer shell, I never did like the reverberating tinny sound then in rain and the sometimes flexible nature of the outer roof. I had a can of that expanding insulating foam and I stuck a length of windshield washer hose over the...

When I get my truck up and going, I'd really rather have 16" wheels and run something like a 245X75X16 or 265X70X16 rather than something like a 31"X10X15. In Missouri mud, taller more narrow tires seem to do better than short fat ones. Are there any stock 16" light truck wheels that have the...

I was reading some stuff on the internet (and we all know everything on the internet is true) and they talked about using '87-92 cylinder heads on older 360s. It appears the newer heads have the smaller valves (1.75" & 1.5") like the old 318 heads, but with the more effecient combustion chamber...

After Studebaker stopped making cars, dad bought a 1 year old '63 Chrysler Newport with the 361V8. Push button shifting on the automatic tranny and for fan-heater controls. A real runner. After the TV show "Emergency" came on with the new Dodges, dad bought a new '73 1/2 ton Adventurer with...