PaPitt
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- Stephenville TEXAS 76401
- Ram Year
- 1989
- Engine
- 5.9L
OK SO I'm going to be starting a 1989 Dodge Diesel D250 . BUT I'm going to put a 1951 Ford TR Body on it..
SO Have any of you guys done this. I have a few questions.
1. When i post about this Project. Which Topic do I need to ask it in.
2. I DO 90 % OF MY Q&A in the the General Discussion.
3. Is there a better web forum I could get more help. But I've been on here a long time.
4. My most uncertain Question is Has any of you cut the body off the D250 FRAME . & Leave the body mounts & Leave the Floors in place & Leave the fire wall mostly in place . I want to use MY STOCK 89 Dodge brake pedals. my fuel pedal .. My Dodge Brake & Hydro Boost . & I want to use my Dodge tilt steering column .
............
5...I'm going to add Here. I want all my wiring harness to stay intact . & As I see it I can take the stock Dodge dash cluster & Move it inside my DASH of the old Ford. . This way I'll not have to rewire . Or said differently . MY VOLT wiring can plug into my Dodge dash cluster . My oil pressure .. my temp gauge . & Best of all in my opinion is the fuel gauge .. Since the flue tank in already mounted in the Frame work of my Dodge D250. & Then I can use the Dodge fuel gauge in the Dodge cluster . & After all those I can have my Headlamp indicator brights & dems & my Blinkers . Maybe even Flashers on a 1951.
& My SpeedOmeter should work fantastic.
6. Can my plan work .. BREAK IT DOWN ANY WAY YOU WANT TO.
i'M A BIG BOY & tHIS IS NOT MY 1ST RODEO.
i'M 72 YEARS OLD NOW . Not totally sure I have one more project in me. But I'm going to start it.
Back ground . Started in the parts business in 1967. Overhauled about 20 old chevy pickups Making an old farm truck. Later in life I got into 1980 Bronco put 3 rebuilt 300cid in it. & Several more Broncos . Then got into a few Dodges.75 D250 with a 440 & 727. & 1995 i sold out & moved onto Part Plus supervisor position until 91101 . Then that ruined that business. . SO I WAS STILL Playing on my farm & jacking with trucks.
Then I landed a position with Chrysler as service advisor dealing with customers .. STRESS. DELUX.
i DID THAT FOR 10 Years & Got hooked on THE CUMMINS TRUCKS .
I didn't agree with the way warranties were being handled . I got sent home.
Then another 10 years at A Freightliner store outside sales .about a 500 mile circle.
& Several of my customers loved Cummins dieseld also .
SO I Built 1972 Ford Bronco half cab.& put a 4BT In it. sweet.
& LATER I'VE BUILT A 1988 GAS D250 with a Western Hauler bed & Then added a Wrecker Hyd Cylinder & made it into a Farm Round Hay Bale Spear .. No Power from the 318 5.2L BUT It only has about 80K MILES on it . SO IT's a wonderful truck..
& Next was about 5 ZJ JEEPS. 1st 4 were 6 cylinders . Worked on the farm. Kept trading on them . & Last one is a 1995 ZJ ORVIS MOSSY Green V8. PRIVATE Ryan. I bought for $300.00 after a young man didn;t come home from IRAC.
Now one of my Grand Sons & I bought this old Dodge 1989 6BT D250. . BUT MY 49 YEAR OLD SON PASSED AWAY IN 2019 CANCER SUCKS.
SO that Grand Son took a 1995 Chevy long bed 350 4x4 Extended CAB. So he doesn't need much to do with this 1989 dodge & 1951 Ford. & I want to put these 2 together .
& I'VE RAN A BIG FARM also since 1972 . I run cows & Make hay. I had 500ac of least & 145 of mine . I don't have any least now but I still have 86ac of mine . I've sold off 52ac since my Son passed . Due to price of the back side of myplace ... They just offered too much money . & The wife & I can enjoy our .. SO CALED GOLDEN YEARS .
. BUT Projects like this Truck keep me going ..
Well new Baby calves on the farm. & Green Grass in my hay fields . & Also 4 Classic TRACTORS .
IH 404 Gas.. Ford 800 & a JUBLIEE.. & a CASE LP 830.
........ thank you for those that read to the end.
... Feel free to tear that top side apart If I'm wrong. You'll only save me money. THANKS
SO Have any of you guys done this. I have a few questions.
1. When i post about this Project. Which Topic do I need to ask it in.
2. I DO 90 % OF MY Q&A in the the General Discussion.
3. Is there a better web forum I could get more help. But I've been on here a long time.
4. My most uncertain Question is Has any of you cut the body off the D250 FRAME . & Leave the body mounts & Leave the Floors in place & Leave the fire wall mostly in place . I want to use MY STOCK 89 Dodge brake pedals. my fuel pedal .. My Dodge Brake & Hydro Boost . & I want to use my Dodge tilt steering column .
............
5...I'm going to add Here. I want all my wiring harness to stay intact . & As I see it I can take the stock Dodge dash cluster & Move it inside my DASH of the old Ford. . This way I'll not have to rewire . Or said differently . MY VOLT wiring can plug into my Dodge dash cluster . My oil pressure .. my temp gauge . & Best of all in my opinion is the fuel gauge .. Since the flue tank in already mounted in the Frame work of my Dodge D250. & Then I can use the Dodge fuel gauge in the Dodge cluster . & After all those I can have my Headlamp indicator brights & dems & my Blinkers . Maybe even Flashers on a 1951.
& My SpeedOmeter should work fantastic.
6. Can my plan work .. BREAK IT DOWN ANY WAY YOU WANT TO.
i'M A BIG BOY & tHIS IS NOT MY 1ST RODEO.
i'M 72 YEARS OLD NOW . Not totally sure I have one more project in me. But I'm going to start it.
Back ground . Started in the parts business in 1967. Overhauled about 20 old chevy pickups Making an old farm truck. Later in life I got into 1980 Bronco put 3 rebuilt 300cid in it. & Several more Broncos . Then got into a few Dodges.75 D250 with a 440 & 727. & 1995 i sold out & moved onto Part Plus supervisor position until 91101 . Then that ruined that business. . SO I WAS STILL Playing on my farm & jacking with trucks.
Then I landed a position with Chrysler as service advisor dealing with customers .. STRESS. DELUX.
i DID THAT FOR 10 Years & Got hooked on THE CUMMINS TRUCKS .
I didn't agree with the way warranties were being handled . I got sent home.
Then another 10 years at A Freightliner store outside sales .about a 500 mile circle.
& Several of my customers loved Cummins dieseld also .
SO I Built 1972 Ford Bronco half cab.& put a 4BT In it. sweet.
& LATER I'VE BUILT A 1988 GAS D250 with a Western Hauler bed & Then added a Wrecker Hyd Cylinder & made it into a Farm Round Hay Bale Spear .. No Power from the 318 5.2L BUT It only has about 80K MILES on it . SO IT's a wonderful truck..
& Next was about 5 ZJ JEEPS. 1st 4 were 6 cylinders . Worked on the farm. Kept trading on them . & Last one is a 1995 ZJ ORVIS MOSSY Green V8. PRIVATE Ryan. I bought for $300.00 after a young man didn;t come home from IRAC.
Now one of my Grand Sons & I bought this old Dodge 1989 6BT D250. . BUT MY 49 YEAR OLD SON PASSED AWAY IN 2019 CANCER SUCKS.
SO that Grand Son took a 1995 Chevy long bed 350 4x4 Extended CAB. So he doesn't need much to do with this 1989 dodge & 1951 Ford. & I want to put these 2 together .
& I'VE RAN A BIG FARM also since 1972 . I run cows & Make hay. I had 500ac of least & 145 of mine . I don't have any least now but I still have 86ac of mine . I've sold off 52ac since my Son passed . Due to price of the back side of myplace ... They just offered too much money . & The wife & I can enjoy our .. SO CALED GOLDEN YEARS .
. BUT Projects like this Truck keep me going ..
Well new Baby calves on the farm. & Green Grass in my hay fields . & Also 4 Classic TRACTORS .
IH 404 Gas.. Ford 800 & a JUBLIEE.. & a CASE LP 830.
........ thank you for those that read to the end.
... Feel free to tear that top side apart If I'm wrong. You'll only save me money. THANKS
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