1963 Dodge D300 W300 Ram Power Wagon Cummins Diesel Pickup Truck Rat Rod on 2040-cars
Laramie, Wyoming, United States
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Up for auction is a really nice unrestored 1963 Dodge D300 1
ton stepside pickup that has spent most of its life in California. This truck would be great for a body swap to a power wagon,
a good Cummins diesel candidate, rat rod, a nice restore job, or with a few repairs, enjoy as is. It is virtually free of rust with the exception of the lower
edge of the inner fender wells in the bed and the foot area of the floor boards
in the cab. It is mainly just surface
rust. Underneath the truck, it still has its original under
coating and is very rust free. It does
not appear to have ever been on any salty roads. It appears to have had one re-paint in the original color
long ago. I’m guessing sometime in the
70’s. The paint has a really great shiny
patina to it and is pretty nice for its age.
This is a 51 year old truck so it does have places on the roof and the
rear fenders where the green paint has worn thru to the primer and it does have
a few nicks, scratches, chips, and small dents.
The bed of the truck is a 9’ stepside that currently has a
5/8” plywood floor with a Formica type material top sheet on it. It is very solid and functional. It isn’t as pretty as the oak plank boards,
but it does come with the metal strips for the oak floor. It only has one of the pieces that go around the
fender wells and it isn’t in that great of shape. The worst thing in the bed is that some idiot (no, not me)
cut a strip of metal about 20” X 1 1/4 ” out of the right lower edge of the inner
fender well, so this would have to be repaired. It does
start, run, shift, drive and stop pretty good.
It does have some issues that will need to be addressed if you want to
drive as is. The
internals of the driveshaft style parking brake are in a box in the floor board
apparently some pieces are missing as the mechanic was unable to reassemble
shoes to backing plate. The drum, shoes, backing plate and cable are all in
good shape; just need some small pieces to complete. The kicker
is that this truck is equipped with the rare push button 727 LoadFlite
automatic transmission which does not have a park pall in it, so needless to
say, the park brake is a pretty vital component, unless you want to haul around
wheel chocks. Oh by the way, it will start in gear,
because the neutral safety switch has been bypassed so you need to make sure it
is in neutral when starting. The other
major issue is that a new carrier bearing was installed on the drive shaft and
a new bracket was built to bolt the bearing to, but the idiot (again, not me) that
welded it only spot tacked the angle iron to the channel iron and forgot to run
a full bead of weld on it. I would not
recommend driving very fast or far until this is properly welded and it
actually needs to be angled slightly to match the driveshaft angle before being
welded. Those are
the worst things. Not too bad if you
have the resources, which I don’t. Smaller
issues are that the radio, horn, wipers and brake lights do not work. The
speedometer does not work either. This
was not disclosed to me when I bought the truck with the mileage stated as
being 97,250. I don’t think this is
right since I found that there was no speedometer cable in the speedometer
cable housing, so the mileage is unknown. It does have
a few leaks up front. The oil pan drips
a little and the right front brake wheel cylinder leaks. It isn’t very bad. The brakes still work; you just need to add
fluid occasionally. The tires
are weather cracked. The rear tires are
worse than the front ones. They hold air
fine and are fine for low speed around town driving. I just don’t recommend them for long distance
or highway driving. Anyway, this
is a really cool old Mighty Mopar. It is
very fun to drive and it gets a lot of attention. I’m just really an International Harvester
guy at heart and this Dodge just doesn’t suit me. By the way
the specs are: 318 big
block polyspherical engine 727 LoadFlite 3 speed push button automatic
transmission Dana 70 rear
differential with 4.8 gear ratio that appears to have a posi trac or limited
slip. Also a
standard feature on the 1 tons and up was the large steps on the cab, that if
you are overweight, or have a bad back or knees (as I do on all), make it
extremely nice and easy to get in and out of.
Small bonus: I do have an extra new rebuilt Carter carburetor for it
which is included. Okay, I am
done writing. If you have any questions
or need any pictures that I haven’t included, contact me (Jon) by phone (361-960-1650) or email and I will be glad to
accommodate. This is a really nice rare truck especially for the price as I have my reserve set very reasonable. |
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