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1986 D50 in Dally

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92slammedmitsu   +1y
pretty clean ...what are your plans for it?
hamstrung2   +1y
It's clean looking from 50 feet out--but she is actually rusty and has grime and red oklahoma dirt in everything...on everything. Rode hard and put away wet to rot. I need a power washer and an army.

I am going with my old family feed store/ratroddish look. I am suffering daily on the plans for the rear suspension--->I don't want to put the bags over the diff. I want to keep the factory thick ass,round crossmember.
I came up with a design last year and I am going to abandon it. Two link or triangulated four...but there's no room. My thought is a two link with stabilizing contraption.
I already cut out the spare tire member, cut out the gas tank&mounts. A notch...round with a funny slant. A spun alum tank. I have alum diamond plate...gonna do the entire floor with dynamat then plate.
I already have busted bucket seats from a 80 D50--gonna re-do the white with black and yellow.
Got a Weber carb. I like Z71s but everyday CL offers so many stockers to fit.
I took the bed skirts off--it looks kida cool with a 'half bed'.
Gonna keep it retro MOPAR with a 500 steering wheel and a TUFF horn button--got for $20.

And of coarse a Texas Shiner bock them...I have a Shiner Bock draught pull on the shifter.
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hamstrung2   +1y
Owe I forgot the best part! Bob Grant made me tail light fillers!
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I have a third from my Frontier and cab lights from a 1936 Dodge two ton.
hamstrung2   +1y
I have some 71 Dart Swinger side mirrors. I am going to cut off-shorten the frame. My thought is a tilt/dump. No matter what I do I will never ever paint the tailgate....It has such intense personality....patina and rustic quality you can't buy.
I'm in the process of replacing the carrier bearing this month.
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The rear bumper had to weigh 250 pounds...the truck sprung up two inches when I took it off!