Looking at a 78 W300, any advice

[Rust Buster]

the other one...

[74w300uteline]

150 ???? Get both

Or is that the price of the plow? I had an 89 Ramcharger that I hated because of the fuel injection and computer nonsense. Worked great when it worked but once stuff started deteriorating it became a trouble shooting nightmare. Strictly from a looks perspective I prefer the birdbath hood and the fender wheel outline from the 70s

[74w300uteline]

Grill

Does the 78 have the quad headlight grill? Quads are sought after by the Ramcharger crowd. The 84 isn't even a power wagon it a power ram. Haha. Just some good natured ribbin from a guy who's been told that his trucks aren't Power wagons. Flame away

[712edf]

Those buckets seats & center console were less common than bench seats, and look great.

Of all the different grill combinations that Dodge used from 72-93, I'd rank the 78 with Amber lights at the top, followed by 72-73, 91-93, & 86-90.

At the bottom I'd say the 81-85 eggcrate, 74-76, 79-80.

Bucky

[712edf]

Does the 78 have the quad headlight grill? Quads are sought after by the Ramcharger crowd. The 84 isn't even a power wagon it a power ram. Haha. Just some good natured ribbin from a guy who's been told that his trucks aren't Power wagons. Flame away

The quads I think appeared in 79...... Now watch him show a pic & prove me wrong haha

Bucky

[rxinhed]

Quads were 79/ 80 only.

[Flingwing1969]

Mine is a '75 W300 Dump

I bought a '75 W300 727 auto-360cid, converted from a fire-fighting brush buggy to a chipper dump (nice front winch bumper). The only issues I've seen are bad fuel system sender, week brakes (I'll look at that because the drums are massive and should work well), rust in the front of each door, dead/missing body mount pucks (easily replaced with a puck kit), a few broken welds at the radiator mounts, some stress cracks in the sheet metal, and a funny low-speed vibration that I've yet to figure out - could be a seized u-joint, could be a replaced flywheel or torque converter that was not balanced and I suppose the bias belted tires might be badly flat-spotted but it smooths out at speed. Nothing I know of that is unique to these buggies. Mine has Dana 70's front and rear - tough as nails! Heck, the dump bed is usually worth more than the price of the whole truck!