O/T Dodge truck value

My brother has five dodge army trucks he bought from Camp Plendton marine base years ago. They are all 4X4 pickup size trucks. The years are around late 70's. He used them when he had cattle. The cattle have beeen long gone. I am trying to get him to ger rid of them. None of them run, and have been sitting for eight years or more. He seams to think they still have some real good value. I am telling most people don't want these kind of trucks anymore around here. There is no where to take them off road amymore unless you travel 100 miles. Any ideas? Stan

Around here at the scrap yard they are probably worth 500 a piece.

You want your brother to get rid of of them because nobody wants them??? Pretty hard to get rid of then I would think.
Are they on your property? If not what makes it your business what your brother does with his trucks?

If they are the dodge power wagons they really are only scrap value unless he can find someone interested in getting em running to use off road or for parts for restorations. The Military power wagons were just that with a 2nd 24 volt charging sustem if they were set up for radios. Plus they have the military tactical light system on them.

If they are an honest tactical truck, like the Dodge 6x6's or 5/4 toners then they may be worth something.

Rick

If it was made in the 1970's it was a model M 880 and pretty much a civilian truck with a different transfer case, waterproog ignotion. It did have a 24 volt charging system for the radio if it was so equipped. It had an auto transmissiom but no PS. It had a 318 engine the slang name was five quarter

There was an earlier three quarter that was a modified Power Wagon Extremely heavy duty and seems like the model was M 37 It had a 6cyl flat head. Most had canvas top and was strictly a combat vehicle Rode extremely rough

You really ought to post some pictures. I was in the USMC in the mid to late '60s. At the Infantry Company level there were only aluminum Mighty-Mites and Mules. I believe both have collector value. At the Infantry Battalion level, various sections were assigned a few Jeeps. I believe some sections could draw Deuce-and-a-Halfs and drivers from the Division Motor Pool. I can't remember ever seeing green painted civilian Dodges.

You may be talking about M-38 but I think most of those were gone well before the late '70s and replaced with ton-and-a-quarter Jeeps which were succeeded with Humvees. Lots of rural highway and fire depts got those 3/4 ton M-38 trucks. Many of those were resold to the public after receiving red or yellow paint and after sustaining some costly damage or continuing neglect.

Anyway, I would go to Google and eBay to check out the pricing for parts and complete vehicles.

(quoted from post at 19:12:17 01/04/12) You really ought to post some pictures. I was in the USMC in the mid to late '60s. At the Infantry Company level there were only aluminum Mighty-Mites and Mules. I believe both have collector value. At the Infantry Battalion level, various sections were assigned a few Jeeps. I believe some sections could draw Deuce-and-a-Halfs and drivers from the Division Motor Pool. I can't remember ever seeing green painted civilian Dodges.

You may be talking about M-38 but I think most of those were gone well before the late '70s and replaced with ton-and-a-quarter Jeeps which were succeeded with Humvees. Lots of rural highway and fire depts got those 3/4 ton M-38 trucks. Many of those were resold to the public after receiving red or yellow paint and after sustaining some costly damage or continuing neglect.

Anyway, I would go to Google and eBay to check out the pricing for parts and complete vehicles.

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Wardner, they (the Army) started buying them around the 75/76 so if they are the Dodge civvy units it would have been after your service (thanks). I know the Army had a lot of issues with em. They just didn't stand up to the soldiers beating the crap out of them. Another problem they had was many guys with Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge cars stole parts like mad. The ones set up for radios had both the standard 12 volt system and a seperate 24 volt so carbs, alternators, starters and sometimes whole engine went AWOL. Plus expendables like filters got stolen too. They replaced em with what the Army called the CUT-V, Chevy's with at first the 6.2 and later 6.5 diesels. My active duty contact with the Marine's was while a Armor tactics instructor at Ft Knox, late 80's. The Marine's used our vehicles there and we had the Hummer's. The Marines were fantastic to work with!

Rick

I have a 78 M880 myself. Was a communications truck. Great trucks if you don't go anywhere....

Where abouts? Couldn't go much above scrap but interested.

Lots of sites for military vehicle collectors, it's an active hobby. Just about as bad as tractor collectors. Look around, you might be surprised at what they are worth, depending on the model.

I did a little checking the trucks are M880/ or W200 which are about the same. Stan

The trucks are on my property. Stan

Stan, just took a glance at Ebay and there don't seem to be much interest in those.

Rick

look at some offroad boards and price the diffs and the transfer cases--might surprise you--we have had some m880's for the fire dept--1 good one three turds............remember going around corners in one and the door would fly open. online auctions I have seen them go for 800-1200 average.

He has a 1976 or 1977 Dodge M880 or one of its several variants. They are the same as a 1976 or 1977 Dodge W200 4wd 3/4T pickup with a 318, AT, an extra spring leaf, and 4.10 gears. 12VDC electrical system with a blackout system added on. Some variants had a second 24VDC charging system and batteries to jump tactical vehicles with. Some were fitted with a shielded ignition system for use with
military radios, but not with a water sealed ignition system. I am told by other owners that
all M880's ignition system is replaceable with
civilian parts.

I have one that a PO put a flatbed and PS on that has 43K miles on now. I use it every day on the farm to do chores and feed with. Some are
hard to get titles for in some states. Their full time 4WD front axles (Dana 44D) are considered too weak to put large(or huge) tires and wheels on. I am using 7.50 x 16 instead of the 9.50 x 16.5 that came on them. It is one of the best farm trucks I have owned so far. Simple,
rugged and easy to work on.

They have a somewhat deserved reputation for electrical problems that usually originate from both an ammeter and a weak bulkhead electrical plug design that will both melt from added electrical loads. Both should be bypassed.

They are also susceptible to fuel problems caused by water entry through a fuel tank vent that rusted through and let rusty metal bits and water into the tank and the resulting sludge would take out the fuel pump and cause chronic carburetor problems.

These problems are also shared by many other 45 year old vehicles, and fortunately inexpensive to repair. Like any older vehicle, each has to be evaluated on its present, not its imaginary, condition.

(quoted from post at 21:12:29 01/04/12) look at some offroad boards and price the diffs and the transfer cases--might surprise you--we have had some m880's for the fire dept--1 good one three turds............remember going around corners in one and the door would fly open. online auctions I have seen them go for 800-1200 average.

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Yea as parts they may be worth something but I don't think many of the military restorers are really that interested right now (maybe in a few years) in chivvy vehicles slightly modified to military pick ups. I can see em running bringing 800-1200 but non runners are going to classed as scrap unless you can find a person who is looking for parts trucks or part them out yourself. The only real history to the M880 was being part of the government attempt to help save Chrysler during the last recession to my knowledge. They never made a major deployment.

Rick

I have a 1975 3/4 ton power wagon in need of a front diff. If it was closer, I would be very interested.