Don't Mind The Smell... I Bought An All Original 1977 Dodge D100 With A Vintage Camper Shell!
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2024
- I sold my 1948 Dodge Power Wagon. Yeah, I know. It's more than a little disappointing. But the good news is, within the hour I found something to put in its now vacated parking spot! I have a great fondness for 70s Dodge D/W series trucks. I've owned many of them. I love the lines, I love the bird bath hoods, and maybe most of all, I love the engines found under their hoods. I definitely love the rugged dependability. I don't love the unavoidable electrical issues, or the rust holes often found in every single body panel. But the redeeming qualities make up for all of that in my eyes. So on today's episode, I buy this poor abandoned 1977 Dodge D100 pickup that has been sitting in a repair shop's parking lot for the last couple years. I don't need it, I barely have space for it, and I have no plans for it. But the price was right, and... well, just look at it!
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Those glove box doors are the best, I rolled so many doobies off the glove box door of my 79 🤣
Texas suntan. I appreciate you & UTG not shoving advertising in our face. Not watching other channels because of commercials. Ty & very nice tshirts
RUclips still has ads?!?
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That truck has a lot of Character! The green and the wheels go well together too. Looks like a great shop run around truck, and you could probably haul engines or store something under the camper shell.
1) Just throw some valve seals on it and keep it for picking up parts and running around. 2) Or leave it smoking as it is to help with the mosquitos in the summer. 3) When you were at the gas station and you said you didn't know why you bought the truck, in the background was a sign that said "Dreams sold here" coincidence? I think NOT! Another enjoyable video Jamie thanks
Good Eye Paul!
Well, I like it! Fix the breaks 1st
Sorry he cant...I just bought it today. I live in ND and am a huge DDG fan
I find myself contemplating many damp, sweaty, junk food filled, hungover weekend mornings in the woods. Happy.
That camper top brought back some childhood trauma of riding in the back of the truck my dad had when I was a kid. He threw an old bench seat out of Buick in the back and never bolted it down. It always slid when he floored it. Good times hahaha!
my dad had a 1973 dodge pickup, he threw a pair of Pinto bucket seats in the bed and it had a canvas camper top. My brother and I saw most of the west coast, backwards, from that pickup... also good times. 3 Dog Night on cassette tape!
@@flugenblar Great memories!
My favorite era of dodge trucks! I had a 79 powerwagon that I spent 5 years restoring. Of all the trucks I’ve had that’s the one I wish I had back. Uffda I bet that camper smelled like wet cardboard and lutefisk! 🤣
Oh, it’s not thaaaaat bad…
Green paint and slotted mags what's not to love about it.
Just the anemic 318 and all the rust issues. And that it's a long bed.
Agreed
Just had to come say hi to it again. Can't wait to meet it in person.
Those are my favorite Dodge truck years. Too bad they don't exist in Wisconsin anymore.
That's a cool truck, not bad shape considering it's 47 years old. Look at all the neat things it came with, and it has slots a winning combination!
My Mom used to spread out the food for the whole family in the glove box lid when I was a kid, in my Dad's '75 Power Wagon.
Dad had a 78 brother and I rode to Ocean Shores in the back My butt is still numb.
😅
What a cool truck! Amazing how clean and rust free the body is. Could be a great start as project for someone.
Gonna be my project. I'm a huge DDG fan and I just bought it today. I live in ND but couldn't help myself.
I was 18 when that truck was new. I knew someone who bought a new one. It was black and silver two tone. It had a 318. I had a 1970 318 Challenger at the time. He replaced an older model solid blue D-100 with it. Love those bird bath hoods.
Charging port?!
Dang kids! That's a cigar/cigarette lighter!!!
If I didn’t make the “what used to be called a cigar lighter” joke in this one, I know I have in another video recently. Haha.
Overhaul in a can, wash it up, linseed oil to make the rust....uh er patina shine, vacuum, tune up, brakes and sell it for a profit. Yay flip.
I'm a huge DDG fan and I just bought this pickup today. I live in ND but I couldn't help myself
I'd fix it up enough to make a nice parts chaser out of it. I've had the wiper bushing problem with both my '89 Dakota and my '79 St. Regis. The only long term fix was to ditch the bushings and use pin clips with washers. Outlasted all of the new wiper bushings I put in both of them.
Slots man. They make everything better. That is a beauty!!! It’d be tough to pass up.
OMG I just want that truck and drive it into the sunset. 🌇 😍🔧
Even if it's just going to sit for years until you figure out what you want to do with it, PLEASE, PLEASE treat and paint the roof.... I have not seen an old Dodge truck with a NON-ROTTED roof in Y E A R S !!!!!!!!!! I really like that truck. Simple and useful and damn near worry free...
Thanks for the advice...I just purchased it today. I'm a huge DDG fan from ND and couldn't help myself
Love you channel,Sir!!!
YOU'RE RIGHT about the ride though. I had a NICE '75 D-100 SWB, GREAT DAILY DRIVER!!!
I hauled some stuff for a buddy from his storage unit, NOT HEAVY STUFF, rode a wheelie the whole way. Could barely steer.
My '75 1 Ton W-300 will haul a bulldozer on the flat bed.
Reminds me of my friends dad's truck. He nicknamed it "Fugly". It had the most worn out 318 on the planet. It smoked so much that he had to add a whole quart of oil EVERY DAY!
Wow… yeah, that’s very impressive.
The famous M880 starter music
My father in law had a 1975 version of this truck. It was sooo much more comfy and stylish than my 'last of the run' 1971 Dodge. The '71 was like a riding lawn mower in comparison.
And I think the D-100 vs. the D-150 was that the D-100 ( 1/2 ton) had to meet stricter emission standards than the D-150 ( a slightly beefier 1/2 ton). That's how the Ford dealer explained the difference between my '77 F-100 and the new F-150, anyhoo!
Close, but not quite. For almost 20 years it was 100 = 1/2 200 = 3/4 300 = 1 ton and 500 was the big beast semi's. Then when they were pushing the rebranding in 78 they starting trying to change the numbers to get rid of stagnation and be 'cool' like the other guys. So when they flipped to the D50 D100 D150 in the 80s it was more understood. These were the "transition years" where they changed one thing each year. The vertical turn lights in the grill in 78 (technically 77 but it was a late model year thing), the dual headlights of 79, and then the square hood in 80 with the "RAM" badging starting for the full body swap of 81. But yeah they just shifted the numbers a smidgen to reflect the whole rebranding. I still want a little D50 mini ram / mitsubishi Raider.
Seems to me I remember light duty trucks (1/2 ton) had to meet more stringent emission standards beginning in the calendar year 1977.
But by increasing the payload to slightly over 1/2 ton, a loophole could be exploited, and the emissions could be closer to that of the 3/4 ton models.
Chevy also took advantage of this by introducing a model called "Heavy Chevy" or "Heavy Half-Ton" or some such name... I'm too lazy to look it up! 😁
That’s interesting. I haven’t heard that. But it is interesting to note that the Little Red Express arrived in 1978 as a package on the then-new D150. And skirting around emissions requirements was very important for that truck. Haha.
@throckmorton8477 That would make SENSE! You could be right, it seems like more emissions crap came out in '77-'78.
My Dad bought a '75 W-100 SWB Club Cab 360/727/NP203 BRAND NEW.
That truck was treated like a 1 ton, it did some amazing things that a small hub 1/2 ton pickup should NOT be able to pull off.
He swapped in a 440 in the mid '80s.
MAN I WISH I HAD THAT TRUCK BACK!!! I grew up in it, first thing I ever drove. I remember sitting IN the huge steering wheel.
OMG, this truck is beatifull !
All of the dead leaves, limbs, crap that gets trapped in cowls shure causes A LOT of problems.
Especially up here in the Pacific Nothwest.
Yep…
I just bought a '72 D250 2wd and drove it 5 hours home. It's total crap but I love it. It's yellow like Big Bird. I need to watch your wiper linkage vid soon! Now to find an old 440 motor home donor...
Maybe you can do a video about replacing the valve seals while the engine is in the truck?
That’s a great idea! It definitely needs them.
Richard Ehrenberg had an great article years back where he used string or clothesline rope to fill the cylinders and hold the valves in place for in car valve seal replacement, never tried it myself but I always doubted using compressed air to hold the valves closed.
@@SE-me2pt I definitely wouldn't recommend bread! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@SE-me2pt In all seriousness, as far as I know, not too many, if any, car-tubers have done a video doing this. God knows how many mopars out there that need valve stem seals replaced. On top of that, doing a video on this could help recoup the purchase expense of the truck. Who knows, if a video is done on this subject, maybe the purchase could be written off as a business expense. 🤔
@@SE-me2pt that's a common known way to do it. I hope he replaces them though
Fix the minor problems , remove the camper box thing and drive it ! It’s a keeper shop truck
I have a 73 4x4 it's a camper special 7500 whatever that means. It's a 3/4 ton old Washington state forestry truck. 360 4speed, I've owned it 32 years my children have been born married and have their own children but have never seen this truck on the road. We even drug it to Idaho from Seattle when we moved. Hoping to drive it again one day, mine actually does have the ventilated floors and the tank behind the seat. I love these old trucks. I would love to find a nice less rusty 2WD to swap on to it. Thats actually a really nice truck rust wise
Nice. Camper special is essentially heavier springs, and I think bigger mirrors? Pretty sure those came with anyway. A rust free 2wd body was always my hope for my ‘75 W100. But it never worked out that way.
I had a friend that had a brand new 1972 dodge short bed yellow with a 440 and a torqueflite.
Your channel is a perfect one, it shows everythings thats acually happening unlike so many others. Thank you for that !! And thank you for the 70s dodge truck content especially. Ive got a similer truck theres not that much on them on youtube
Thanks! I’m glad it’s appreciated. And the good news is, I’ve got another 70s Dodge truck video coming Sunday! Haha.
@Jamie...I have a cure for the door weatherstrip. I bought universal Door Weatherstrip with the metal inside the edge style from Amazon and picked one about the same thickness as factory. Just use a rubber mallet and it goes on tight but the no road noise or wind thing is so nice.
Nice. I’ll keep that in mind. I always use universal stuff for trunks, but so far have only used reproduction door gaskets.
It came with a free propeller !!! * signs on dotted line immediately
14:50 Doioioioinnnng... In the 90´s I was a great Beavis&Butthead fan, had all their comic books (Yep, B&B were available on paper in Germany) sooo I couldn´t resist.
Nice truck, I´d try van life in that if I was to come to visit. Just put a slant six in it, I like those. I´d just want to get around and cruise, no Mad Max ambitions here.
Just a reliable piece of junk, fits me fine. I can pull up to any dive around and fit right in, no questions asked. Have Fun, Mate!
Nice score! Envious of the condition of vintage vehicles out by you. If your truck had lived in Chicago, its current state is what it would have looked like by 1979. Haven't seen one on the road in normal use here in decades. Love the lines of this generation, and agreed, the slotted mags are just icing on the cake.
Would be cool to see this one brought back to solid daily driver duty, but keeping it low buck.
That is a prettt sweet looking D100.
Felicitaciones por salvarla.tengo una 1975 con slant six.saludos desd Argentina.
Here I am, so I win the Internet😂😂
Maybe even a cookie
@@MetallicAH2O epic! I would love a cookie right now🤣 subway white chocolate Macedonian😂😂
@@bigwrenchtech I knew we got along so well for a reason, our love for Subway white chocolate macadamia cookies! They're probably the best cookies ever.
Feel free to come by and redeem your prize of one internet. I’ll throw in a white chocolate Macedonian cookie while we’re at it 🤣
I'm not sure about a Macedonian cookie. Might get stale before it gets through customs! 🤣
The green/brown color scheme is nice
Nice score on the screw driver. Fun fact, Colin is wearing my favorite Snap-On jacket. A copy of my favorite jacket, probably in a different size but you get the idea. It came “free” with my toolbox.
Reminds me of Birdsongs “Minty”
You’re living the dream.
I know it. Haha.
Having spent several years as a volunteer at Ft Flagler I was watching your travels. Darned if it didn't remind me of Port Townsend. I guess, congrats on your "new" truck. I hope the rust isn't as bad on the frame as it is on parts of the body and hood.
Oh yeah. Grays Harbor, so it’s a pretty similar flavor. When I was born we lived in Hansville and frequented Port Townsend. We haven’t gotten far…
I've only owned one Dodge pickup, a late 80s 1/2 ton. I traded an '86 Ford E350 extended van for it. It was a pretty good truck. Nothing fancy, just dependable transportation with an 8 foot bed. I ended up trading it for a late 80s F150 because it had a 300/6 in it. Still, I have always wished that I had kept that Dodge longer than I did. I would have no problem whatsoever with having another one. I think you should fix a few of the small things it needs to bring it back up to daily driver beater type truck and sell it. I am sure there are other GenXers like me who wouldn't mind having an old 1/2 ton 2wd Dodge with a camper top on it for a piddle around town and go do some fishin' wagon.
Concours restoration. Frame off, every nut and bolt!😉
Weeeeeell…. Maybe not so much. Haha.
As soon as you mentioned reproduction door gasket I pointed at the screen like that one meme and yelled "but the fucking door won't close" because I just put new gaskets in my 78.
Every… damn… time… lol
My slant 6 1973 Dart had an oil light instead of a gauge too. IIRC, so did my 1981 Cordoba.
Totally normal in A bodies. You only got an oil gauge in the performance dashes, such as the ‘66 Barracuda dash, and the ‘67-69 Barracuda dash that was then also used in ‘70-71 340 cars. All others would have a light. But of all of the D/W trucks I have had and worked on, this is the first I’ve ever seen with an oil light instead of the gauge. As you can see, they are housed in individual round pods, strongly suggesting a gauge belongs there. It’s neat!
I hope the Atwood brothers are enjoying their respective vacations.
I haven’t managed to actually leave for mine… that’s a long story. But I did manage a kind of staycation at times.
Whenever I see a roundabout I think about mountains coming out of the sky. And, they stand there....
Twenty-four before my love, and we’ll see you! Or whatever it is he says. Haha. That’s a great one.
Tires, brakes, wipers, and then you could put valve seals in it....or swap in a 5.2/5.9 Magnum. Maybe a 46RH too? Things could escalate from there though. I like spending other people's money. But a junkyard 5.2 would be WAY better!
I do like the body just the way it is. Its super cool!
That would be an awesome build. But… yeah, time and money. And I am building essentially the same truck for my friend Mitchell.
I had a 1975 D100 and I loved it
Me too. Same, SWB. Probably the best daily driver I ever owned. My buddy owns it now, been trying to get it back.
Hmm, we need to experiment some more, maybe your parking spots are set on "auto-refill"... 😆
It sure seems like it!
“Props to you!”
Once again, thanks for the great content. I love those trucks, great daily for those crappy rainy days. Excellent job as always!!
Cool truck! I just picked up a 72 D100. Putting a 440 in it. Muscle truck!
Nice!
Awesome buy!👍
Slotted Mags for the win!
Hey, I'm 5th, that's......something......and hey, it's from Orygun, just like me! Oregon used to be awesome, then........California happened.
Yeah… my grandma is in Bend, or as it might as well be known at this point, California North. It’s like they all moved there
Hey Jeff. Do you remember seeing the bumper stickers that said "Do Not Californicate Oregon"?
Good.job Nice Dodge Nice show 😃👏👏👏👍👍👍
I just bought this pickup. 😃
Yeah ....D100 ....good stuff....give it a once over making it the most reliable truck in the fleet and drive it everywhere.... good content and thanks....👍
My uncle had a 79 d100 prospector with a 3 on the tree and a slant 6
“I am so pleased with myself right now”
I Laughed so hard at that for some reason!
Father in law had one the same color but with the slant six and a manual on the column. Rusted to cornflakes on the south shore of massachusetts in the 90's.
It's great to see you. That will make a great daily driver. I like it.
In a world of EV's its really cool to see the old pick ups running down the road and that one is in better shape than most of your project vehicles I think you should take a page out of your Brothers book and put a carbed Magnum in it and have a really cool old reliable "ish" shop truck ...... its not like your diesel is getting any less miles on it maybe it should be just used for towing save on it a bit.
Very true. If I do a Magnum, it will have EFI on it, for science. And funny story - we are building a truck that almost exactly matches that description on the channel in the near future!
Daily drive it for a month or two and try and spend as little as possible, but not to compromise safety. Newer not falling apart tires, fix the wipers, change some bulbs, and maybe look at the engine power issues. Then sell it for more money to get something nice for the White Charger drift project.
Bingo!
Everyone needs one. There great!
The Owner of that Fury did great job on it, that's probably why it looks good what do you think 😊
Hmmmm… I dunno 😅
Love this truck! My '78's interior is the exact same green. Also, my '78 doesn't have amber lights either as it was an early '78 model. Sometime mid-stream probably March or April '78 they switched the lens color to amber. Always weird when they do changes halfway through the model year, keeps us all confused.
Right. I wasn’t at all surprised to learn that. If there is one thing I’ve learned in Chrysler land, it’s that rolling changes were normal, and the hard “rules” often aren’t.
With a wee bit of love she will come nice have fun brother
I was surprised to find out there's 6" 7" and 8" tall D/W frames on this era truck
I learned about the different frame heights a while back. If I’m remembering right the club cab uses a taller frame, even in the half ton trucks like the blue one here. I’m not sure if I included that in my big video comparing the cab and bed styles in ‘72-93 trucks or not, but I think I did.
I THINK all of the Cummins (at least 4wd) have the 8" tall frame. My '91.5 W-250 5 speed does and my Daugter's '91.5 automatic does. The '92 Club Cab W-250 donor mentioned below is an 8"
My '85 2wd Crew Cab has a 6" tall frame.
Now that I think about it I'm NOT 100% SURE there's a 7" tall frame.
My Son had to modify quite a few ancillary things, like the fuel tank mounts, while turning it into a Cummins 4wd with a Phord ZF-6 manual and it's floor shifted (I think it's an NP271) transfer case along with a Phord hi-pinion Dana 60.
It's a BUILT (my Dad has an automotive machine shop, my Son has a diesel shop) '96 P7100 Cummins.
A '92 W-250 Club Cab donated body parts, a '96 Club Cab 4x4 donated it's Cummins, a '97 F-350 Powerjoke donated it's front axle and leaf springs and an '03 F-350 6 Leaker Powerjoke it's transmission and transfer case.
By the time it's all done a Chebbie will probably have to donate it's 11.5" disc brake rearend.
MANY trucks were killed in the making of this product.
I love me an old D100, great new acquisition. The long duration classic Mopar reduction drive starter performance was golden, made my Friday ! Love the camper shell as well ! Not sure what to do with it, so many possibilities, its definitely hangin out in a more fitting place now to receive some luv in the future !
I knew some would appreciate that. Haha.
Plenty of patina there !!!!
Mags are probably worth more than the truck.. but the truck is not that bad considering.. bought a 73 monaco.. she ain't perfect.. but I did finally get the boat tank out of the back seat lol
Of all of the '70s Dodge trucks I've had (a lot) I've never had that BRAKE light come on.....maybe it was always burned out?
Fuel gauge broken...check!
Wiper arm linkage bushings bad...check!
I think D100s had VERY light duty suspensions, as opposed to D150s.
At least I've always found D100s to have EXTREMELY light duty rear springs.
Definitely light springs - which for a light duty truck that isn’t going to get stacked with 1,000 pounds of scrap metal, I’m good with!
I think the D150 was just a number change on the basic half-ton Dodge pickup. I think they just copied Ford going from F100 to F150. And I've seen everything from very light duty suspensions to heavy duty suspensions on both D100s and 150s. It all depends on the options that were selected when they were built. For example, I had a 69 D100 that had overload springs and that was a very stiff riding truck that you could haul a lot of weight with. Then my 75 D100 had what I think was a good middle ground - light duty enough to ride ok, but heavy enough to haul a fairly decent load.
Good to know most of the issues of my 77 ramcharger is normal.
I had a 79 that the light worked……but I guess I did spend 5 years completely restoring it 🤣
@@clembob8004You may be right, IN FACT I always wondered if 100s and 150 ever sold concurrently.
I often wondered if it was EXACTLY as you stated it. They DEFINITELY went with the "50" only at some point and dropped the "00".....the 100s just seem VERY lightly sprung and 150s don't.
Kinda like '88-up GMs, unless they're a dually.
Definitely helps with ride quality empty.
Thank You for saving another Mopar from the scrapers 👍
For the first time, I saw it NOT RAINING in one of your videos, albeit briefly.
I know! Just crazy
Need that fender trim for my trail duster.
Oh I bet you do…
4:04 if you told me that was lighting mcqueen driving by without me looking i’d believe you
😮
Cool looking truck
14:50 was harmonic bliss. Always with the wipers lul.Love this truck and color. And remember
02:12 select track 8 on the gap band live and well cd and away you go.
Rides like my RV did when I first goit it. Okd tires, no brakes, sat 5 or 6 years.
Charging port, ha ha ha you’re showing your age😂. That my good man would be a cigarette lighter socket!
Did I not say that this time? Lol
I knew a guy who bought a brand new 1977 prospector model. Dark green, 4x4, 4-speed 360(I think). His wife apparently was scared to drive it, thinking she would put a dent in it, which exasperated him enough to take a sledge to the bed and dent it himself. Yep, he was a character.
Wow… alright, that’s something. Haha.
I just got here, but since you asked... not much. I do know it's a Dodge, of course, and I know it's a so-called Pickup Truck. Well that's about it, but you did ask. However, that camper/shell is almost identical to the one I gladly gave away my virginity in. I'll settle in now and watch quietly and see what else I can learn. Thanks for this Jamie (so far, ya know)
Us midwesterners would kill for a 70's dodge truck in that condition. Which is why my fleet of trucks is all 80's cause they are easier to find. LOL
Fix what needs fixing clean and sell have a good day
My favorite color....love it
Check that you have brake fluid in both reservoirs of the master cylinder, and check the proportioning valve. If you pull the wire off the valve and the brake light on the dash goes out, that's where your problem is. Methinks.
I can already tell by what’s going on that there is no rear brake action. Believe it or not, I’ve been down this road before. Haha.
@@DeadDodgeGarage Yeah, I figgered you had. Just reminded me of problems I used to have on one or more of my former B-series vans.
I would love to find a 1990 Dakota Club Cab with working air conditioning. I bought one new but it didn't have air conditioning.
There is absolutely nothing you could do to this truck that would make it uncool ! You scored well Sir ! 72-78 are the best ever. Did a half ton with a 318 have a 727 or a 904 ?
It has a 727. I did actually check - but as I understand, all trucks had a 727 in this time. Even slant six trucks actually. In the 80s there were definitely 904s found behind six cylinders.
I love that green beast the camper shell is the best
I am hoping to pick up a 1966 Dodge Dart next week.
Nice!
Damn, this really reminds me of the 75 D100 I bought for $500 back in 1995. Same 318/automatic. Dependable as a rock. It actually had a very similar topper on it too. But, it was yellow with a white top and white below the trim along the bottom. I called it "Old Yeller". Then I sold it for $800 2 years later, after doing a few repairs to it and "upgrading" to a slightly better topper I paid $100 for. Then in 1998 I bought the 56 "Job Rated" pickup I still have. Good times!
My recommendation is either keep it and sell at least one of the other "less good" trucks you have, or do a $0 fixup/cleanup/resto on it (I use the term "resto" very loosely) and flip it and make a few bucks on it. In other words, keep the best, sell the rest.
I’m basically in the middle of doing that second thing you said. Haha. I just don’t need this thing - but I’m enjoying making it a bit better.
But did you see the rust on that SnapOn screwdriver? Quality item.