The Dakota Cadillac (68 K20 w/ Cummins)

[lowrollin70gmc]

This all started when I bought a 68 K20 after my first deployment with a 73 ToroFlow out of a 2.5T dump truck that ran okay but was impossible to find parts for and I'm not too sure about the starting ability in Fargo's winter weather.

So, an evil plan started in my head and I searched for a parts truck. After 3 months of looking for a 91.5-93 W250/W350. I bought a 91.5 Dodge W250 with the 12V intercooled 5.9 Cummins, Getrag 5spdm NP205 and Dana 60F/Dana 70U rear. Drove this as a work truck/driver for about 6 months, went to Afghanistan for 7 months and had days behind a machine gun or in a dozer cab thinking about what to do to my rig.

Here is the plan (okay, was the plan as it's already executed)

Have dodge pull the burb from SoCal to SoDak

Pull the engine/trans/ tcase and front axle out of the dodge and junk the rest

Clean up engine, attach new transmission and old t case

Put axle in 68 and make some motor/trans mounts and get it done!

It's all worked out so far, used 23 ft of 2x1x1/8 tubing and 14 ft of 2x2 angle and a whole mess of bolts, nuts, and welding wire. Only problem was air getting in the brakes over night and I didn't have time to troubleshoot and repair so I left it at my parent's house and took my 63 Chevy II back to Cali. I already miss the k20.

Pics within a few hours of the whole shebang (I do need some off of my parent's camera back in SoDak, so that may be later this week when I can get them out here in Cali)