Just today I had yet another monkey wrench thrown into getting my W200 back on the road.
You see, I also have a 1925 Dodge Roadster. Well,.... I have the body for one that is, including the grille shell, grill and original radiator (that I can have duplicated! )
So without a chassis, the roadster has been a storage item for many years. Quite by accident I discovered years ago that a Ford Courier LWB has the perfect frame shape to fit it. I have to go to a 4 bar rear with coils, since I have to hack the last 2 - 3 feet off of the frame, but it otherwise follows it perfectly. Looks like a "Turtle deck T", if ya know what one of those is.
Anyway, I am on the verge of being given a very useable Courier. Might arrive tomorrow! We shall see. See my plight? I need the W200 from time to time, since my Scout 2 isn't set-up to be much of a hauler. But the Roadster would be cool, especially with summer coming. (And up here I think it's gonna be a long and hot one this year, judging by the winter we had)
Any ideas? (And no, it's not for sale. I've got to finish it and enjoy it for myself and drive it for a while first.)
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Jeff Easterbrook
66 D100 440/727 on 72 IFS chassis
67 W200 440/4-sp. Resting
76 IH Scout II
81 MB 240D
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Frame swap Q & A guy
66 D100 440/727 on 72 IFS chassis
67 W200 440/4-sp. Resting
76 IH Scout II
81 MB 240D
http://www.jeasterbrook.usana.com
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getting the old one done by summer is a huge long shot, plus you migth need the d200 to haul parts for the old dodge. go for the swept first, and take your time on the old truck
Trey
1965 CSS Utiline.
ex trucks:
70 D100
66 d100
66 d100
67 d100
69 d100
69 d200 crew cab
65 crew cab
66 d100
66 d100
"i don't know it all, but i know enough to be dangerous"
1965 CSS Utiline.
ex trucks:
70 D100
66 d100
66 d100
67 d100
69 d100
69 d200 crew cab
65 crew cab
66 d100
66 d100
"i don't know it all, but i know enough to be dangerous"