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My question: Always wondered why it is that the "W -series" ends in 72' and my later 70's truck is badged as a W200?
This forum is an excellent read!, Dodge truck enthusiasts don't need to look
much farther than this site. ****, I could have raised a mess of youngins
in the time I spent searching for just the kind of detailed knowledge available here.
Rescued one old retired US Navy 1977 W200 Pwr Wgn some 25 years ago, ground up rebuild in dk.blue and as it needed a new drivers door and that's where the vin tag is mounted the motor vehicle record reg came back conveniently as pre-smog 73', who was I to argue. Spent a couple decades of terrorizing city commuters when gas was still a buck & half with powered by a HP 440/727TF rolling on front/rear dana 60's .
In the years since, its been restored twice, first after being cliff rolled in BigSur and then again saved from salvage after nearly punching through the outer concrete wall of a commercial building. Having replaced another cab & bed I was able to save that 73' drivers door! Now don't laugh, the color was supposed to be a "sunburst", with the mountains as my paint booth it came out more like a sickly old school district rig. Seen topped with its full time retro early 70's Alaskan camper the beast has been retired to recreational service duty only.
thanks for checkin it out
My question: Always wondered why it is that the "W -series" ends in 72' and my later 70's truck is badged as a W200?
This forum is an excellent read!, Dodge truck enthusiasts don't need to look
much farther than this site. ****, I could have raised a mess of youngins
in the time I spent searching for just the kind of detailed knowledge available here.
Rescued one old retired US Navy 1977 W200 Pwr Wgn some 25 years ago, ground up rebuild in dk.blue and as it needed a new drivers door and that's where the vin tag is mounted the motor vehicle record reg came back conveniently as pre-smog 73', who was I to argue. Spent a couple decades of terrorizing city commuters when gas was still a buck & half with powered by a HP 440/727TF rolling on front/rear dana 60's .
In the years since, its been restored twice, first after being cliff rolled in BigSur and then again saved from salvage after nearly punching through the outer concrete wall of a commercial building. Having replaced another cab & bed I was able to save that 73' drivers door! Now don't laugh, the color was supposed to be a "sunburst", with the mountains as my paint booth it came out more like a sickly old school district rig. Seen topped with its full time retro early 70's Alaskan camper the beast has been retired to recreational service duty only.
thanks for checkin it out
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