"No radio, no power steering, no power anything" I love it!! A true Truck!! Bad Ass!!

I once owned a 1966 Dodge D-200 crew cab 4 on the floor, four door large slant six with 4WD (high/low) and in dash AM radio. I bought it surplus from Griffiths AFB in 1978 and drove it for 18 years. It had gone round the clock four times for a total of 428,000 miles without anything mechanical done to it except new body mounts on the chassis. Had to make them, too. The "DODGE" on the hood lost the letters D and E that broke off , so it read DOG. Lots of people probably remember that truck because I added a snowplow to it and plowed driveways for extra money. The truck never let me down, kept me warm in the Winter (and in upstate NY that was something) and never broke down. That was when they made TRUCKS that didn't dent when you leaned on it. I used to go camping in that truck by taking the rear seat out and putting a mattress in it's place, it was huge inside compared to today's trucks. The only bad on that truck was the split rims, getting 16" tires mounted was a dangerous chore and then finding someone to balance them. I always put mud and snow tires on it, had Sumner tires on four extra rims. It got 20 mpg no matter what driving I did with it weighed down or empty. It was Air Force blue until I had it painted Forest Green, not O.D. green. This was the best truck I ever had until I bought a 1968 Ford F-350 4WD with the 300 cu in straight six and transferred the plow to it and sold the Dodge for twice what I paid for it originally. The Dodge didn't owe me a dime, it was a keeper and I should have kept it.

@barndiy825

4 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome, thanks for sharing your story! and 20mpg lol not even close , more like 20Gallon per mile lol its a 3 on the tree, feel free to jump to www.d200fargo.com

Perfect farm truck! My Dad had a 48 Dodge we used on the farm when I was young.

@barndiy825

5 жыл бұрын

18 yrs older than ours wow! That would be fun. I will say I absolutely love every time I get behind the wheel of this truck..

@cowtowncustoms2110

5 жыл бұрын

@@barndiy825 , That was in the late 60's and early 70's. Some great memories!

@barndiy825

5 жыл бұрын

@@cowtowncustoms2110 I understand exactly what you mean. Every second in this truck is a new memory, it's amazing talking to the elder guys that used to run these trucks back in the hey-day

I have a Fargo 200 from 1962 (not sure). The dashboard is a little older and have the original am radio just in the middle. It was all original until my father change the motor for a Nissan ED33 with a manual 5 gear . Great truck. Right now is sitting under a cover for almost 10 years in my garage waiting for better times. Greetings from Asuncion, Paraguay.

Thanks for showing us Dog! Like many guys here I had a 66 D200, bought it for 300 bucks it was an ex USAF rig, at some point some one took off the utiline bed and put on a flat bed, but it came with the bed. It had a tree growing thru the hood it pushed it straight up, ya know how those old hood hinges allowed you total unencumbered access to work on the 225 tower of power. So I drug it home, cleaned the carb put Vaseline on the accelerator pump leather cup, spayed the points with some contact cleaner kinda eye balled the opening of them, flushed the radiator, changed the oil, put a fresh battery in her, fixed bad wire from starter solenoid. Turned the key and pow fired right up! I drove the DOG for a long time using it for Dive gigs I had locally. I put a water injector on it, it went from 11.5MPG to 12.7MPG. I let some guy talk me into selling it too him for 2800 bucks. The only thing I neglected to do was check the rear gear oil and she blew didn't take me long to source one out of a 70 W200 threw it in and away it went. I still see it bombing around town its changed hands a couple of times since I had it. Now im driving a rescued 71 W200 800 bucks shes a beast. I love old Dodges.

@barndiy825

4 жыл бұрын

awesome story! thanks for staring! can you tell me more about the water injector you installed! im intrested!

@deepbludude4697

4 жыл бұрын

@@barndiy825 Very simple made out of a mayo jar, an old Maxwell house plastic coffee container to hold the jar on fender, an air diffuser (online or from an aquarium store) and a plastic "T" to break into you vacuum hose, glue the diffuser and vacuum hose so it reaches just above bottom of jar. You will have to seal the lid with a rubber gasket, Second hole in lid will be the 90 degree plastic fitting that runs too your vacuum line on carb you can adjust the amount of vapor by the diffuser, use distilled water in it. email me at my user name and gmail all one word and ill send you pics. simple cheap and effective, they used them on fighters in WWII. never have to clean your plugs again (well not as often) and you carb will be cleaner as well. I m gonna put one on my 71 W200 I saved it from when I sold the 66.

@deepbludude4697

4 жыл бұрын

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I have a '61 D100 with slant six

@barndiy825

4 жыл бұрын

build like a rock i bet! how many miles what the condition Love to hear people still finding treasures like this!

@timothykeith1367

4 жыл бұрын

@@barndiy825I think many of these trucks have worn suspensions and steering, brakes - owners don't repair them, so they sit and rust. This era of truck is relatively inexpensive to repair. As the windshields leak they rust the floorboards, but its not too hard to patch them up.

@timothykeith1367

4 жыл бұрын

@@barndiy825 My '61 Sweptline uteline short bed was a farm truck. It has a little rust under the accelerator pedal, but is otherwise solid and dent free with good bed wood. I am going through pretty much every mechanical part. I've changed to a later 8 3/4 with parking brakes as '61 has the p/b on the transmission. A '67 NP435. New clutch, brakes, rebuilt starter - honestly there isn't that much to these trucks to replace. I'm using disk brakes on the front axle and CPP powersteering - manual steering was okay with me but this CPP system came my way. New kingpins, suspension bushings, shocks, tires. But no paint, it was once blue but is faded to the primer. Slant six does not have any sludge in it - that's probably because '61 has a road draft tube and no PCV.

@barndiy825

4 жыл бұрын

@@timothykeith1367 thats true! i have a little drip in the front lol found that out during the power-wash stall LOL but a little leak is no issue, Love every chance i get to drive it!

@timothykeith1367

4 жыл бұрын

@@barndiy825 Is a pickup bed liner okay to spray to protect the cab floor? Some claim the coating degrades and releases fumes but my truck leaks so much air that I don't think that would be a problem! I have no ac

Nice video bro! I wanna drive it haha. Next video put them RJS belts to use holding babysit with bottle inside. Give it a 100 shot of spray ;)

@barndiy825

5 жыл бұрын

No spray ! Lol that factory clutch would burn up like the toast I make ! Lol thanks for the comment !

@Ollywood00

5 жыл бұрын

That was suppose to say baby seat. Save the clutch. Only spray @ WOT....lol

If your rear axl is original IT IS a positrack. The limited slip or open differential didnt come out until 1974? It was early mid 70s. Sweet truck bro.

I want a ride

@barndiy825

5 жыл бұрын

Anytime Brother !

I got a 66

@barndiy825

4 жыл бұрын

Is she still running great like mine?

@gerrycovarrubias8226

2 жыл бұрын

Yes ,just took her to work

@gerrycovarrubias8226

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry late answer lol

Nice video and nice truck!. I'm from Argentina and i have one too. My truck is a 1970 dodge D200 but it has a Perkins diesel engine. Tell me if you want to see my truck, i have no problem to send you some photos!. Greetings bro!

@barndiy825

4 жыл бұрын

Thats cool, be sure to visit www.d200fargo.com its all about the truck

what mod do you think we should do first? comment below

@barndiy825

5 жыл бұрын

Due to the fact it is supporting a midcab exhaust, a full rear bumper exit with a FlowMaster 44 ?