back with a 70 D100

[alsriv2]

I'm living in San Diego now so I am going to try to find a "rust free" D100 or 200 shorty to add to my collection.
Keep posting and adding pictures.

[pugs]

here is the other 70 I bought

[pugs]

also got this too im gonna use. came out of a police car

[midniteblues]

I saw one of these dodges f/s localy on cl a few weeks ago for a great price And i thought of you .
just curious if thats the one you got.

[pugs]

yup its the one from CL it does run but not gonna use the engine/trans at all. have it posted on CL already to sell as I do hate to scrap a running engine

[midniteblues]

cool i'm glad it was you who got that one it was a great deal.

you shouldnt have a problem offing the drivetrain theres alot ratrod/mopar guys around this area that would like too have that setup.

i got the chance too tour ray barton's hemi shop a while back some pretty sic stuff goes on in there.

most days at lunch time we hear them dyno testing

[pugs]

ok so spent the weekend working on the truck and got a couple of things done and in place while the old cab was still on the frame. puller the motor rad support and such off to start with. looking at the frame it was a bit to wide for the CV ifs, I would have had to notch the frame about, plate it and then add material to the inside of the rails but to me it would of looked out of place.
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so had some metal bent up for new rails which will tie in a lot nicer when the cab is out of the way. yes I had them made long and will be cut off and the extra will be used to box things in.
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so after adding a some material and bracing to keep it all squared the front hung a fender on to see what it will look at there is about 3.5" of space under the tire in this pic

[pugs]

pics for above post

[pugs]

so with the front in place the rear of the truck need to come down made a temporary pr of perches out of 2x3 tubing so I could flip the rear



and now with it on the ground the fender lip is 28"off the ground and should be alittle lower once the motor and rest of the front clip back on and the bacl will also drop abit once the bed of one. I can all but see over the top of the roof and im 5'7

[alsriv2]

Very interesting modifications on the front end.
What car did you get that IFS from?

[pugs]

it came for like an 05 crown vic police car. once I trim the rails down im going to put the front section of the original frame in place.

[pugs]

managed to get alittle work done today on the frame. first I worked on the back section of the new rails to blend to the stock frame





then started to work in the original front section to the new rails. still need to do some more trimming to get in place but it gives ya an idea of what im working for. plus I need to get crush tubes in place before I weld up the front section of the frame.

[pugs]

time for an update. as far as the frame its off to the side for the moment as I needed a somewhat decent cab set in place correctly so I can set fenders rad support and such to get the front section of the original chassis in place. so did manage to find a cab. RUST FREE!!!!! not in Pa. so of I need to rebuild the cab from the bottom up. here is where im at as of now.

did some trimming and made a couple of panels to help me keep is squared up then made an 1"square tube sub frame(more cross supports will be added ) and cut most of the floor out

[pugs]

been alittle with work and the new ride we got, but did manage to sneak in a few hours in here and there on the old dodge. got more done on the sub floor and made pockets for the front cab mounts.





and the new ride

[pugs]

ok been working on the cab some more. after getting the subfloor bolted back in temporarily I set a piece of 18 gauge sheet metal in place and after looking at things I needed to cut part of the firewall and toe board areas out and redo things. this is what I would up with in the end.





after I had things clamped in Im looking at things again and not liking the way things looked , I wound cutting out the kick panel and other stuff out to clean things up better, also added an inner brace to keep thing squared.

[pugs]

I made a cardboard pattern to replace the hinge area. and then traced it out on to metal, all one piece





cleaned things up with a wire brush and sandpaper. I the primed it and sprayed bedliner on the inside of the area.



and the new piece welded in.

[68 Four on the Floor]

Sweet! I really gotta start looking into this side of the site more often. I can tell you've been watching some fast and loud lol. Keep at it.

[pugs]

the difference with TV shows and us, is that we don't have the money to buy stuff off the shelf. we have to go out and walk miles at the local yards, sell, barter good parts for usable parts for our projects. And at times sell them off to just keep the roof over our heads.

[alsriv2]

Love the work you are doing with the body. Reminds me of my Dodge. Had the same rust and everything as this truck was used to pull boats out of the salt water up in Maine. Took me years of work to get it solid, but my work was not clean like yours...mostly hack job with angle iron and old metal signs for sheet metal. Add to that lots of boat fiberglass and you have a functioning truck.