that is one sweet old truck

I'm really surprised at how well it did sitting under an oak tree for 19 years. I know where it's brothers are too, a 1970 D100 stepside shortbed with a 318/3spd, and a 1966 D100 sweptline longbed with camper. All on the same property. The problem is that they won't part with them. I'll keep trying though.

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Keep at it! Once you get your current truck fixed up, drive it to the property when you try and get the other trucks. That way the owner's know you will take care of the trucks and not just scrap them.

Oh, I plan on badgering my co-workers brother about it (he owns the '70). I was sitting right next to my truck, and is in about the same condition.

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KAKAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

That truck is friggin sweet! Leave it the way it is and bag it with some nice 18's...rat rod at it's finest!

LoL well I'm not really serious about that, but it would be a cool truck to rat out like that. Good luck with your future ventures with it...looking forward to more progress!

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-Brodie

1977 Dodge D100 stepside, slant six/3 on the tree
2002 Chrysler 300M Special (daily driver)

90% of the parts are ordered. Had to add a 16 gallon fuel cell since looking into the cab tank showed it was rotton. More pics tomorrow.

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KAKAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

The bug has bitten! As the saying goes, you can't have just one Sweptline... Looks like you're doing a mighty fine job of bringing it back to life. Keep up the good work!

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Even better I ordered a set of 7" black reflector projector lights that have city lights and take H4 bulbs for it, a set of Ultrastar halogens and some blue LEDs for the city lights (going to try them). And I bought a tach and oil pressure kit for it too. Got ALLOT of work to do. It's worth it (insert loony bin laugh here). The last items that I need to buy are brake lines and fittings, and have the header pipe made locally. Buy tires for it as well.

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KAKAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

Uh, oh. Don't let Dan hear about those lights. He doesn't come around all that often any more, but he may just to school you on how bad those light are.

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Joshua

I'm going to see how they are. I have a set of normal 7" lights that will take the h4 bulbs on the way too.

Now, ran into an issue today: scraping the water pump gasket away (original) and looking at detail over the engine, is it possible that the mileage that shows on the odo is right? (38,000). The engine looks like it has never been messed with. The paint on the valve cover bolts are still painted, the water pump was the same color as the engine. Hmmmmmm. Anyway, no pics today, busy getting hoses and other parts.

Rob

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The garage is filling up with parts!!! Getting tires mounted this weekend on the new wheels. I'll take pics, I promise. Between work and the gym in the morning (swings for work) I'm busy!
Now, talking to my mom about this project, she goes and sticks an idea in my head that I cannot get rid of. The drivers around here are crazy and pay no attention to anything related to driving, so i thought of train horns on the truck. That requires an air compressor. And I have been looking into getting a A435 for the truck too. PTO driven air compressor anyone? Muwahahaha...............

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KAKAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

You often see very low milage on larger farm trucks as they were often only used during hay season and the like. It's possible your truck stayed close to home and wasn't driven much.

Regular air horns can be rather loud and get plenty of attention. I had a set wired in with the original horns on my Volve 145E and it made one driver take notice immediately!

If I had a PTO on a truck like that I'd try to find a belt driven governor to mount on the engine and drive a generator for when the power goes out.

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Joshua

For purposes of powering an air horn, why not just get an old AC compressor and use it as an air compressor and mount an on-board air tank? Plumb in an electronically controlled valve and hook the vlave to the horn relay. Get a pressure operated switch to control the clutch on the compressor so the compressor won't charge the tank untill the blowoff valve opens.

I'll think about it. Right now trying to get all my parts in and start putting this thing together ASAP. BTW, I bought an oil pressure gauge kit and it has the nylon tube setup. Will this be ok or should I get the copper tube?

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KAKAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

The nylon tube is actually better than copper so long as it stays off the exhaust. Copper work hardens and cracks. AN hose is an upgrade, but expensive. If you want to be nice you can run 3/16" steel "brake line" on the engine and in the cab with a flex line at the firewall.

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Joshua