MY New Old Or is it My Old New Project?

[mopar350]

View attachment 1987View attachment 1988As with every one time is gone in a hurry. So had other plans to begin with. here my 1987 d250 was going to get a new body and frame. But now my new D150 will get a new engine & transmission
1967 383/727 i will be using the interior out of the 87 the engine and trans, core support and some other stuff. this is only how far i have gotten in the past 6 months glade the time change is back and it getting warmer out side.

I hope i can keep this updated as it progress. I have most of the interior changed
did not get any pics of that part and this is more of a got to get it done job i am not going to get to picky about minor details.


got the old truck ready for the engine & transmission pull last week. only 4 bolt left holding the front clip on in this pic.
had it all out this weekend.

 

[mopar350]

into the new truck

had to change the motor mount brackets. not sure if they where 1970 mounts or van mounts. the engine was to high fan hit shroud. they also did not line up right but did the job. did not have much choice at the time either had to work. got a 4x4 set and put on it.

 

[mopar350]

makeing 4x4 motor brackets work

now to make the 4x4 brackets work. first i moved the trans mount as far back as possible and bolted it in place. then i set the engine down and marked the front and back side on the frame brackets through the engine bracket holes. had to slide the engine from side to side to do that. and remove engine/trans to make the adjustments. only had an 1 1/2hrs to do this and what a difference.

 

[mopar350]

for today

and for today i spray bombed the core support and bolted on. once i get the headers on the real fun begins rewiring the engine compartment.

 

[gray07]

Great project

 

[mopar350]

finally stopped raining

Have had much time to work on her I did get the headers on spent 2 days getting the matting surface on the headers flat so they would seal right. Note to self never buy cheap headers. also got the inner fenders painted and on that was before what seamed like the never ending rain. had fun this weekend got the wiring modified and removed a lot of bs heres some more pics.

 

[mopar350]

Running again

Got her fired up today. forgot to plug the vacuum boost line so she wasn't idling all that well. but felt good hear.

[video=youtube;t592eUoqEM8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t592eUoqEM8&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[jfreakofkorn]

o heck ya, love these older trucks ....

 

[mopar350]

memorial weekend

got some more done memorial day weekend front fenders, hood, wiper trans with new bushings, put some screen on the back side of wiper valance almost filled a 5 gallon bucket with leaves and pine needles had to fix that. taped up wiring harness, front sway bar, removed rest of exhaust, grill front bumper replaced dry rotted tires with some i had laying around. painted rims black. took her for a spin found right front caliper was hanging up. needless to say i was to sore to do anything the rest of the week. lol

 

[mopar350]

found out it has 2.91 gears and decided to leave the stock d150 axles was getting 12mpg with 4.10 gears so hope to get a few more miles per gallon. should have a nice top end speed:bounce:.

 

[85Rusty]

found out it has 2.91 gears and decided to leave the stock d150 axles was getting 12mpg with 4.10 gears so hope to get a few more miles per gallon. should have a nice top end speed:bounce:.

Will be much better! I'd like to swap out my 4.10's for something else, but I'd hate to lose my limited slip. Pondering a 94-01 disk brake rear from a 3/4 ton for my 90 250

 

[mopar350]

I though about a limited slip but its to much fun smoking the one tire when i pass some one.

 

[85Rusty]

I though about a limited slip but its to much fun smoking the one tire when i pass some one.

Lol I can imagine