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Bruce from Can.

Bruce from Can.

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Woodville, Ontario, Canada
Barney was a Dodge man

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A 5 minute long commercial used to be floating around Youtube for Chevy using the cast from Bonanza for the 1965 model year.
 
We bought a new Dodge truck in 73, our first and last Dodge! Went from that to a Ford, then drove GM's till now, but have a new Ford ordered for spring delivery.
 
Pa had a 73 3/4 that was a fleet truck for NSP. Rattled to no end, but the drive train and 318 were tough. Did you know you can fit 10 cans of a 12 box in the the passenger side air box under the dash?
 
My father bought a new 49 Dodge. The flat head engine was rebuilt two or three times in 40,000 miles and still had one of the factory tires on the ground. The passenger always had to throw his leg over the shifter to keep it in third gear. Ahhh, the good times. TDF
 
Yep, in the real Marines Gomer would have been moved over to the motor pool in short order. At least he would have done well there servicing Jeeps and so forth versus using a mortar.
 
Naw; In the real military, they do it backwards. When drafted, I was already a journeyman mechanic, that also drove trucks. My MOS? 11C; Mortar, Infantry.
 
Reminds me of my first job just out of high school, went to work for a ratty little shop, family owned, terrible place to work!

The owner had one of those trucks, bare bones, 6 cyl, three on the tree. It was a real rattler, drafty and uncomfortable. The rear end was screaming so loud you couldn't carry on conversation, he just kept on driving it.

Finally it went out, locked up going forward, but it would still back up. So, you guessed it, he drove it home backward! About 20 miles, most was back roads, but some was 60 MPH busy highway! He made it, but said his neck was sore for a week!

I think that was the end of the Dodge, don't remember seeing it around after that, and it was only about a 5 year old truck!
 
Those were good trucks. I had a 71 with a stick six which I put a second transmission in and heavier springs with helpers and it was a great truck. Not too mast but it always went. Had 240 thousand miles on it when the frame started to rust out in about 93 and I junked it. Wish I still had it. You could fix things on it, simple.
 
I had a 69 1/2 ton 318 power nothing LOL very little rust Kids called it ole Bully. Someone put a sheet of 5/16 steel in the bed as a bed liner. Transmission finally went on it didn't have time or money sold it to someone who did. Sorry I did
 

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This one is my FIL's old farm truck. A 1984 Dodge marksman. Came with a certificate for a 30-30 Remington Rifle. We have the unfired, still in the box rifle too.

Bought it after he passed and surprised my wife with it after a frame off restoration.

Dodge had a few of these quirky trucks.
 
I bought a 1974 D250 Club Cab in 1980, 360 automatic. When that one's body got bad (1987ish), I bought a 1973 D250 Club Cab, 400 automatic. I was looking forward to my next Dodge, which if I followed the progression, should have been a 413 or 440. But it never happened. Darn.
 
Don Knotts also raced and advertised for McCulloch go kart engines and chassis. There is a promotional reel on YouTube featuring Don Knotts' commercial for McCulloch.
 
I had a D200 (not sure it wasn't a 250) with a 360 work truck with 4 speed and 411 rear end.
I bought it used, abused and rusted out.
It would pass everything on the road except for a gas station.

It used a quart of oil every 100 miles.
Complete oil change every 500 miles..

I got rid of it when the driver's door rusted off the hinges.
 

My cousin's grandfather had s older Dodge pickup. The passenger had to be ready with the parking brake, a 4x4. Fluid Drive.
 
We had a 65 Doge ton and a half with that slant 6 cylinder. Took it to the west side of the state to pick up some baled hay. On the return trip it would only do about 45 MPH, the 14-foot trailer didn't help. When I got to the overpass to get off I96 at Laning it pulled down to 2nd low range and barely made the climb. Going across Lansing and East Lansing on a football Saturday was an adventure. It would start out in creeper high range but had to go to 2nd low range. People were not very happy with me that day. That was a good old truck.
 
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