1971 Dodge W 200 Sno – Commander 13,000 Miles
1971 was the last year for this body style truck. The Dodges were known as the most rugged of the Big 3. However, they had the lowest amount of creature comforts. So for the following years, things like lower steering and air conditioning, and all the other comforts that Ford and Chevy has been offering, were incorporated into the new body style trucks. This older body style has a huge fan base in that they were used extensively by the government and especially the US Air Force in their four door versions. Massive frames, spring stacks, transfer cases, and axels was what this truck was about. If you didn’t want the beefiest truck on the market, you didn’t want a Dodge.
I found this truck on eBay many years ago. This is one of the few vehicles I ever bought sight unseen. When it arrived, the truck displayed the history that was told to me but not in a good way. This truck was used on a New Jersey estate strictly to plow the long drive on the massive grounds of this old and stately manor. As a result, the truck was kept indoors its whole life but in a dirt floor barn with no climate control. The truck had surface rust all over it with the exception of the interior. The bed had never been loaded, and the only thing that was scraped up from use was the plow. We completely disassembled the vehicle, removing all the sheet metal including the cab and the bed and put them on roll around dolly’s and painted them much like it would have been done at the factory (after complete media blasting). The frame and axels were repainted and the engine detailed. The interior however was left untouched and shows perfectly, just as the mileage would indicate. Even the plow was restored. Unique to these trucks, is a power steering pump that runs only the up/down /left/right pivot of the plow. 4 Wheel Drive Dodges were not available with power steering. Bearing were packed, fluids were changed, seals were replaced, and the truck has been driven nearly 0 miles since I restored it. Nearly all the external badging is NOS and the original perfect weather strips were carefully removed and re-applied. Recently, I have rebuilt the carburetor, tuned the vehicle, and fixed a gas tank float so that everything once again functions perfectly. The truck will start on the second crank and it’s mighty 318 power plant combined with the 410 axle, will push about any snow that can get in its way but won’t go much faster than about 78 miles an hour. The Sno-Commander was a factory option so all of the controls and the plow and the mounts were installed at the factory. Very few of these trucks were ever sold.
What’s wrong: Really nothing except that the under carriage detail was mostly a full black out rather then some bolt heads being silver.
In closing, this truck is a piece of Mopar history and it is probably one of the finest examples left in the world.
Who am I? My name is Dave. I have been restoring cars for 35 years. My first collector car was when I was 15 years old. I've had three major collections and now it's time to sell my last one. My personal taste run to the eclectic.
I have picked out or restored these vehicles to be some of the finest in the world of these types.
I was a Dodge dealer for 27 years, selling 1600 to 2000 cars a year - that was my business.
These cars are my passion.
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