1979 Dodge Crew Cab, Work progress! First Drive! Exhaust, Wheels & Tires, Bumper straightening, etc.
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Work progress on the '79 D200 Crew Cab.
The 2000s Chevy wheels and old tires had to go! Decided to go with 16" steel wheels for ease of tire availability. Found some factory MoPar steel wheels off a 1990s Dodge Church van. Painted them the correct off white and then found some new tires for them! See the video for a good source of brand new name brand 16s!
I added a new muffler and tailpipe as the original muffler was blown up and the tailpipe missing a section. While the exhaust system was removed, I installed a new fuel tank selector valve and hoses.
I also straighten the rear bumper using a come-a-long.
I then take the truck on its first real drive and put the truck to work on the test run by getting some plants and mulch for some landscaping.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:05 - New Wheels
03:02 - New Tires
07:10 - Rear Wheels
15:00 - Wheels. Done.
15:25 - Spare Tire Mount
16:38 - Straightening the Rear Bumper
20:20 - New Muffler and Tailpipe
25:01 - Replacing the Fuel Tank Selector Valve
33:12 - Installing the Muffler and Tailpipe
52:04 - Exhaust Note
52:16 - First Drive
54:24 - End Screen
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I saw a father and son in my neighborhood working on a similar truck to this one. These crew cabs are quite rare, it’s cool that you found one in such great shape 👍
@ObsoleteAutomotive
Ай бұрын
I had been looking for one for quite some time. I definitely lucked out finding this one!
Looking great. Would drive this before a late model any day of the week.
Old muffler go boom 💥! Truck nice now.
Nice truck. I love that body style. I bought a new Ramcharger in 1986. Loved that truck.
Nice truck. Love the mile long shift lever
You’re not kidding about them tires! The ones you pulled off are exactly what I have on my Chevy Xpress
@ObsoleteAutomotive
Ай бұрын
They just didn’t look right on this truck at all!
@michaeladamo6279
Ай бұрын
@@ObsoleteAutomotive I agree 100!
I Love that truck !
Cool Dodge truck, crew cabs are useful.
I really do like the longer videos I'm disabled and I stay home and I watch a lot of TV and and a lot of KZread and I do like the long ones an hour or two hours I'm good with them...
@ObsoleteAutomotive
Ай бұрын
Thanks for replying. Sometimes footage can easily be several hours long. Some things like tightening a bunch of bolts I normally speed up or cut out as it’s nothing special. Didn’t know if people actually preferred seeing everything real time even if it makes it much longer.
@scottyg7284
Ай бұрын
I’ll add to the liking of the longer videos, I often put on a playlist of yours and fall asleep to them here in Sunny Scotland.
@ObsoleteAutomotive
Ай бұрын
@@scottyg7284 I’ll keep that in mind. I guess if folks want shorter viewing times they can skip parts of the video. I add chapters within each video to make going to each part easier.
Austin, great video!! Keep up the good work!!!!
@ObsoleteAutomotive
Ай бұрын
Still plenty more to do! Stay there for more updates on the truck!
Sweet !!
you work with enough older, pre-muscle mopar stuff that it's usually an educational experience no matter how long the video is. But when was the last time you watched a bad mopar video?
Nice work. Were would you be without your Swiss army knife? 😂
@ObsoleteAutomotive
Ай бұрын
I’d be lost. I wouldn’t know what to do!
You did a great job on your exhaust, it came out very nice but I've always found it to be best to use some exhaust paste around any joints that come together. Guaranteed seal
@ObsoleteAutomotive
Ай бұрын
I figured for $80 it wasn’t too bad of a deal!
@johnkendrick7304
Ай бұрын
@@ObsoleteAutomotive absolutely fantastic deal and it sounded mint
Also, the Sprinter Van rims would not look too bad on one of these trucks if you were to paint them white
@danielulz1640
Ай бұрын
He did paint them white.
How many cars have you got or are you always buying and selling them because you have a nice collection if you have kept all the cars. Anyway love your videos and cars being a big Mopar guy myself I have been meaning to take video of my collection but always forget and I am not very video savvy so I gotta wait till the kids are over to help me out and me having to remember to do it LOL!
@ObsoleteAutomotive
Ай бұрын
I have a sizable collection at all times but I’m always buying/selling as well.