65 dodge d100 crew cab AKA ''she wants the D''

[alsriv2]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

Well so far I'm thinking of getting some hefty eyelet bolts and putting them through the steering output shaft holes on the LH and RH side and then putting a come along in there and heating up the areas I want to bend while slowly ever so slowly cranking the come along and once there where I need them I'll weld the spilces I cut on the top and bottom portion of the "c" channel frame and then weld gussets over those areas and then once it cools I'll let the come along loose

Yeah it's looking like something worthy to be built now! Haha

Your correct! Picked it up off of childs. Have you seen my truck in person before? That would be cool to know how long it's sat in the field, I'm assuming it's been there for 15 years at least.


Well I have good news and bad news.... Good news is I found a "new" drivers side front door in original white patina paint in very nice shape! My new found dodge friend also has a gazillion other parts for my truck.. Bad news is he's in Washington state, and although his prices are fair, they are really high compared to what I'm used to dealing with. I've been skating by getting really lucky in the deals I've been coming across for parts but that is going to be short lived very sadly... The other bad news is I found out some other parts that guy took off my truck the day before I picked it up to bring it home... Also found out that they are crewcab specific parts and they are unbelievealby exspensive for what they are.. So now I have to track those down as well... But nonetheless I managed to buy some parts from a guy in Minnesota, I got 2 61-66 exterior door handles and a drivers side door latch for $70 shipped! Lucked out there that brings the total of this truck (not including gas, cleaning supplies and tools bought for it) to $1,193, not bad considering I have the CV suspension added in there. I'm going to go back to the guy I got the hood and other parts from and try to buy left/right side door glass. Thinking of asking if he will trade his dash for the dash that I picked up, since his already has the lever shift hole and the lever shift stuff in it, but probably end up just buying his dash. And as for actual progress on the truck I managed to install a door latch and handle into the rear passenger door and now it's shuts and stays shut and opens with the handle! Nice to see something actually functioning semi properly besides the hood. I've made a list of internal door parts I need to get them complete and the passenger side looks to be pretty easy to get complete. Waiting on getting some things I need before starting the frame work.

I won't give you a definitive answer to your question, but I thought I remembered that truck when you originally posted. That being said, the timeframe would have been mid 1990 just before Desert Storm. At the time they had many restorable classics there for the taking. The beauty of was they would allow me to shop around the yard for all the parts for my Riviera so I had a complete car when I pulled it out of there. Got to replace a few damaged items at no extra cost.
Very cool that you saved that truck. I look forward to watching your build.

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by Clyde65

Do you mean these wheels?

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/ptd/4921109189.html

or maybe these chrome ones

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/pts/4932066114.html

or these..

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ptd/4888249229.html

or these...

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/pts/4916130849.html

Your first link is spot on what I'm looking for! Only problem is there in Texas as. I'm in California... But not to despair I found a set of 4 here in my town that I'm buying.

Originally Posted by alsriv2

I won't give you a definitive answer to your question, but I thought I remembered that truck when you originally posted. That being said, the timeframe would have been mid 1990 just before Desert Storm. At the time they had many restorable classics there for the taking. The beauty of was they would allow me to shop around the yard for all the parts for my Riviera so I had a complete car when I pulled it out of there. Got to replace a few damaged items at no extra cost.
Very cool that you saved that truck. I look forward to watching your build.

Wow if that is my truck you seem then it's been sitting for 14 years before I found it and sat at that yard for 15 years before I brought it home! We'll the truck will certainly go back on the road and I my opinion will ride and drive better then it ever has in its life!

[67chevy1series]

Well just received word that my money order made it and he rounded up all my parts and will be sending them out tomorrow, so with any luck by Friday next week I should have a nice parts lot for the 65. Sent me some pictures of the parts... They look perfect and should all clean up really well! When the parts come in I'll take some pictures and post them. Also been preparing for the crown Vic swap... Don't have much time off or daylight hours when I am home to do stuff so it's taking forever to get this ready but I'll get there

[Clyde65]

Do you mean these wheels?

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/ptd/4921109189.html

or maybe these chrome ones

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/pts/4932066114.html

or these..

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ptd/4888249229.html

or these...

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/pts/4916130849.html

[Ol Blue K20]

Good luck on the install

[67chevy1series]

Alright guys the truck is sitting as we speak on the CV suspension. I still have some gussets to weld on and mod the frame a bit more for the rear mounting holes of the CV suspension but overall I'm about 80% done, I'm waiting to finish up the frame completely so I can take the last set of pictures on the work I did, once I do that I will post a write up on how I did it. I would post pictures of how it sits right now but you guys probably would rather I just do a start to finish so I'll wait

[flashed]

You just want to keep us on pins and needles waiting ,LOL . Looking forward to pics later when you get ready.

[67chevy1series]

LOL! It wouldn't be fair of me to show you the end before the beginning I'm hoping after work today I can get some more done on it, before I actually cut anything or started the install I was having a difficult time figuring out how exactly to weld up and gusset the frame where it would be completely open from the pie cut but now after seeing it in person I think I know what I'm going to do. Should be pretty strong.

[Ol Blue K20]

pics?

[67chevy1series]

Well since it may take a couple days for me to get some steel and to get my friends acetylene torch I might as well post up some shots. Other updates on the truck are, I took off the driver door in preparation for my "new" white patina'd door, which did come in the mail on Wednesday along with all my other goodies which I'll post pictures of. So here's the truck with the crown Vic suspension and 17" steelies as of tuesday

[67chevy1series]

Then on Wednesday I came home after work to see my door and parts had come in so i put a exterior handle, door latch and my lock from the original door in along with the original doors window frame and then bolted it on and wiped it down to see what I'm my end result may look like

[67chevy1series]

Also thre on the new "100" emblems that I got. These are 61-65 and there painted red from the factory, I decided to go with red in the emblems because it should tie in the red interior, still have yet to repaint the emblems though

[67chevy1series]

Also got a set of taillight lenses that are in pretty good shape. Still need the housings but I threw the lenses in just to finally see the rear more complete

[flashed]

Man its looking good ,that is one KOOL looking truck .Its sort of strange on my part because way back when I used to think they were so ugly but now I think they were like the Edsel and just a little ahead of their time . Just rambling here ,back to your regular program now.

[67chevy1series]

You know I always thought they were a look ont a mother could love but at the same time I still liked these trucks and I would always go up and look at them as a kid. And now I know way more about these trucks and Im actually starting to love the way these trucks look, my favorite for sure though is the later 65's like mine and the 66, the bed and taillights are just perfect and with the cool pie plate bezels and single headlights I feel like they just nailed it! 67 started getting a lot of what I'm going to say "70's" styling a little too much at once but there still pretty cool too. I honestly think the only reason why these trucks were and still are neglected and overlooked is because there were no disc brakes and no IFS, in the 90's when people started getting really into redoing/restoring/building 60's trucks they all turned to the c10 because it has the easy ability to have power disc brakes, power steering, a bunch of options, IFS, some with coil rear suspension and they were smoother and nicer in the handling department, and then they went for the f100's because they had coils with twin I beams which I'm sure rides nicer then the straight axle and people probably still think it's too much time and money to make a d100 cool. But I feel the more and more sweptlines like mine start to be built and shown there will be more people following

[Ol Blue K20]

I agree Rick, so ugly only a mom could love them but that's what makes it cool. Looks great keep going bud.

[ole dollor]

that's going to be a lot of hard work, but when you are finished You will have something special....good luck on your build.

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

I agree Rick, so ugly only a mom could love them but that's what makes it cool. Looks great keep going bud.

I agree the best part is most people will look at this truck and think what is it?!?! Most kids my age probably haven't even seen one of these 61-71 swepty's and if they have they completely over looked it, but this is going to be a really good truck since I'm taking out all of dodges weak points and making it better then it's ever been in its life (minus the exterior paint of course pretty sure back in 65 it was looking pretty nice and shiny haha)

Originally Posted by ole dollor

that's going to be a lot of hard work, but when you are finished You will have something special....good luck on your build.

Yeah it's going to take a lot of work but I've started out with much less with my c10 so to me this doesn't feel so bad, and with this truck I get to use more of my fabrication "talent" or "skills" if you could call it that and I like to do that type of work the best so should be fun, that and leaving the paint on the outside alone saves a lot of time money and work. As long as when I'm done It puts a smile on my face after I drive it around the road then I'll be happy. Thank you!

[Russell Ashley]

When I had my 69 Dodge the most common comment I got, other than how cool it was, was that they had never seen one like it before.

[flashed]

Russell ,that was a very nice looking truck ,where was the pic taken ? I have never seen one that was 4x4 either like it .

[Russell Ashley]

Originally Posted by flashed

Russell ,that was a very nice looking truck ,where was the pic taken ? I have never seen one that was 4x4 either like it .

The pic was taken at my Bro-in-Law's place up near Lafayette, Ga. I took it the day I sold the truck to him. I just thought it would be cool to make a pic of it sitting next to his 68 dump truck. That style was referred to as a Sweptline. They were available as 4X4s but I converted that one using parts from a 70 model, which was almost a bolt in conversion. I rebuilt the axles, had all new drive shafts made, and put new seals in the transfer case. Actually you could have ordered a truck almost exactly like it in 1969, except for the 440 engine and automatic transmission. You could have gotten a 383 engine but not an automatic in a 4X4 truck. I had an original 67 Dodge 4X4 back in the early eighties and wanted another one so I built that one. Every piece of trim on that truck is NOS, I don't think you would ever find it all again.

[67chevy1series]

Well guys I got a line on a 2005 5.3 LS motor from a Tahoe has 140k miles it's i his Tahoe right now and is supposed to run good, and he wants $600 bucks what do you guys think? I wanted something with 80-100k miles but if this isn't to bad of a deal then I may just go for it

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

Well guys I got a line on a 2005 5.3 LS motor from a Tahoe has 140k miles it's i his Tahoe right now and is supposed to run good, and he wants $600 bucks what do you guys think? I wanted something with 80-100k miles but if this isn't to bad of a deal then I may just go for it

140000 miles is just getting broken in , if it's been taken care of , should be good to around 250 K to 300K .

[Russell Ashley]

I have 183K on my 02 Suburban 5.3 and you can't tell it's got any miles on it at all. Uses less than a quart of oil between 6K mile oil changes. If it's in good shape it would be a good deal at that price.

[67chevy1series]

Well I sent him a reply asking if he had any pictures annnnnndddd nothing so might not be getting this one after all.