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Decided to put up a restore thread over here on my 1993 Dodge D250; Cummins Turbo Diesel...this truck is like the Intrepid to me; and is getting a very similar restoration that my Intrepid did back in 2005...a bit more on this one though.
A little history, the 1993 has been in our family since 1996, I remember when she was clean as a whistle, with just 40k miles.....my dad bought it for me as a graduation gift...I drove it daily until around 2003, when my dad needed it more than me for hauling, work at the farm, etc...so I went to a Toyota Tacoma, and gave him back my old Dodge...regrettably....I eventually sold the Toyota, got into the car hauling business, borrowed the old 93 for a couple years, then in 2007, purchased a 99 Ram 3500 to handle the towing...dad got the 93 back at that time.
Fast forward, I sold the 99 Ram 3500 in 2012, with over 270K miles, it was needing some major work...and I was done with hauling, so it was best that it was sold......this June, dad decided to buy a new car, no longer needs the 93, and gives it back to me....
Ohio winters have not been good to it, I live in NC now....had it shipped down...bed is shot, fenders are shot...cab is shot...holy rust....but she still runs like a top...tight as ever....drivetrain and frame is good...so...being the most reliable truck we have ever owned, and sentimental value and all...I am going to restore it, with the help of this 89 D150....its clean as a whistle, not a speck of rust....so here, the project begins...
Hard to tell in the pics, but the only good panels left on the 93 are the hood, front rad support, and the drivers door...LOL....
Many pics to come during the restore...pictured here is the 93, and the first of two parts trucks, a 1989 D150, in grey on the right.
A little history, the 1993 has been in our family since 1996, I remember when she was clean as a whistle, with just 40k miles.....my dad bought it for me as a graduation gift...I drove it daily until around 2003, when my dad needed it more than me for hauling, work at the farm, etc...so I went to a Toyota Tacoma, and gave him back my old Dodge...regrettably....I eventually sold the Toyota, got into the car hauling business, borrowed the old 93 for a couple years, then in 2007, purchased a 99 Ram 3500 to handle the towing...dad got the 93 back at that time.
Fast forward, I sold the 99 Ram 3500 in 2012, with over 270K miles, it was needing some major work...and I was done with hauling, so it was best that it was sold......this June, dad decided to buy a new car, no longer needs the 93, and gives it back to me....
Ohio winters have not been good to it, I live in NC now....had it shipped down...bed is shot, fenders are shot...cab is shot...holy rust....but she still runs like a top...tight as ever....drivetrain and frame is good...so...being the most reliable truck we have ever owned, and sentimental value and all...I am going to restore it, with the help of this 89 D150....its clean as a whistle, not a speck of rust....so here, the project begins...
Hard to tell in the pics, but the only good panels left on the 93 are the hood, front rad support, and the drivers door...LOL....
Many pics to come during the restore...pictured here is the 93, and the first of two parts trucks, a 1989 D150, in grey on the right.
