JimmieD

[JimmieD]

Hi guys!

Received an invite and took y'all up on it. Looks like a good forum with some great potential! Shouldn't be long before it's a packed house for 1st Gen's.

My truck is a '67 Dodge D-100 Town Wagon with a 3.9L Cummins 4BT conversion, NV4500 trans, Dana 60HD with 4.1's. During conversion I also installed a D300 front axle and new 1,500 lbs front springs from Eaton Detroit. Ended up rebuilding everything from and including bumper to bumper: new steering box, suspension, brakes, cab mounts, floors with a custom framework beneath, bodywork, custom wire looms, etc. etc.

Dialing it in, but almost done with 'Phase I'. Still need to install the 3/4 ton rear spring packs to go with stock progressive overload leafs. I'll find out how good it all works in a few weeks when I begin to use it for fulltime RV [LOADED 26 footer] travels around the states!

Hoping all the best for your new website and forums!!! Thanks,

JimmieD

[KTA]

Welcome Jimmie D! I have 2 1967 Dodge pickups myself. They would be great classic trucks if they hadnt been in KY all their life and now they are more rust than truck it seems like. I like using them around on the farm though. The big buggeyed headlights give them chracter.

[whereswaldo250]

Glad to see you aboard

[TWorline]

Welcome aboard JimmieD! Sounds like a cool ride, have any pictures?

[JimmieD]

Mopar Norm from the '61-'71 Dodge Sweptline Forum stashed some pictures for me over at his Image Event Album. Go to the link and pics #38-#42 inclusive are my truck, and #58-#66 inclusive are pics of Cummins install, bodywork mods etc.

http://imageevent.com/moparnorm/townpan ... 62.tiger_s

I used an old Cutler Hammer 1,400 Amp switchgear enclosure for the donor sheet metal for floors so they're almost 3/16" thick. There was a flexing problem with stock floors as seats mounted direct. Now seats mount to floors and bolts go through to the steel framework you see in the one pic. No more flexing ha haha!

I ended up installing Cummins 4BT and fabbed my own in-frame box front mounts [1/2" plate] plus Mopar 440 rubber isolators, '97 NV4500, Tom Woods custom driveshaft, Dana 60HD [the ribbed case] 4.1, '70 D-300 front axle, plus steering box rebuilt by Firm Feel, new front springs, front anti-sway bar, front shocks/rear overload shocks, steering damper, fabbed custom crossmember for the 5 speed and used Mopar 360 engine mounts for rear tranny mount, drilled tranny case and mounted a stock '67 Dodge hydro clutch slave with home made pushrod cut down from Grade 8 bolt, stock '67 clutch master, new brakes and brake lines, and a whole world of steel fab rebuilding cab mounts, floor reinforcement, replacing floors, custom built rear bumper Class 5+ for towing.

Swapped in some new doors, rebuilt the whole back end where it got rear-ended TWICE and REALLY HARD both times: left quarter destroyed, floor pan rolled up, Barden bumper destroyed, side of truck sheet metal accordioned, cab doors pinched shut, body welds cracked thru all the way to front fenders, threw front fenders, radiator support and hood out of alignmnet and cracked windshield in 4 places!

Now going to install D-200HD rear springs and either a Panhard rod or rear anti-sway for towing. Just finished complete rewire of entire truck, with serious upgrades for high amperage and ease of troubleshooting: using circuit breaker panels and wiring busses, relays etc. Came out pretty slick on electrical.

So many mods and changes it will take months to fully dial it in. Soon to be the front end of my 'traveling show' as I go full time RV, towing a 26' trailer. Still need DISC BRAKES and EXHAUST BRAKE!!! Soon....?

[TWorline]

That IS an awesome ride, great job!

[TugboatPhil]

JimmieD

Those are some great old trucks. We had a Dodge dealer in my town, when I was growing up. I don't ever remember seeing those when they were new. I want one now!!

[JimmieD]

Thanks fellas! Been driving it almost 30 years.

I was having trouble sleeping last spring, kept getting awakened night after night by a strange little voice. I finally realized it was my sweet old girl whispering, "Baby wants a Cummins..." How could I say no?

[TOMTOM]

WELCOME ; JIMMIED
LOOKS LIKE A SWEET PROJECT . LET US KNOW WHEN ITS FINESHED.
TOMTOM