Problem Child - Restored 1978 Dodge W200 Crew Cab 4x4 Is Awesome, But Not Perfect 

Thank you! I appreciate it! This awesome crew cab isn’t mine - and after being in my care for three years after it was finished, it has finally gone to its’ owner’s new place in Arizona.

Not so much anymore…

The funny thing is it really ran great with the Edelbrock carb we broke the engine in with. But this is what the owner wanted. I know - I love it. Personally I want diesel power in a 3/4 ton crew cab work truck. My trucks basically live with a trailer behind them. Mileage, torque, diesel sounds… yep. But is sure fun with the big block.

I thought it was just missing the door check spring too… but then I realized tons and tons of these trucks just don’t have them on the driver door. Did they all fall off? Or were the never there? Of the three tin grilles at my house currently, only one has it - my ‘73 club cab W100. Hah. I didn’t know that. But it makes sense… because Chrysler. I’m pretty sure it’s the same door hinge that at least B body uses. They use the same hood hinge assemblies as some B bodies so it would make sense.

@@DeadDodgeGarage I think they just fatigue fail on driver side. I think they are used on a car just no idea which one. I just make sure to collect every passenger side one I find. Very nice truck btw.

I don’t know, a 12 valve makes these things into awesome workhorses that are actually usable with almost double the fuel economy… but the big block is pretty great. Haha.

@@DeadDodgeGarage You are right. But, you can buy a "workhorse today from a new or used lot and not wreck what is a classic truck. And with diesel being .70-.75 cents more a gallon is that a savings when you consider your conversion cost. I agree with you, but to convert to a cummins is such a trend for the last 10 years and I hate to see old trucks and cars turned into something that they weren't meant for. Maybe I'll buy a 1968 mustang fb and put an electric motor in it. But it comes down to what each person wants. I'm not trying to be argumentative; I just have a different point of view. Thanks for the response and video.

@@fiendish67 I agree, and I don't mean to be a dick either. Everybody does it and it's definitely overplayed. I totally get that, and usually I'm the "leave it alone" guy. But I'll make one more point - these trucks were meant to be trucks. They were meant to work. They weren't made to win car shows... the cab of this truck is a different length from side to side. Dodge was so broke and lazy, the trucks that got Cummins engines in '89 were almost exactly the same truck as these 70s units (albeit not in a crew cab by then, because they discontinued them for almost twenty years for no good reason.) I just love the Cummins engine, and I love what it can do. And as far as diesel prices... I just bought a Toyota Corolla because $30 of diesel a day was absolutely killing me. So you've absolutely got a great point there in today's world. It used to make a lot more sense.