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Dodge Ram 2500 on 2040-cars

Year:1993 Mileage:145899
Location:

Durango, Colorado, United States

Durango, Colorado, United States

it started life as a 1985 d350 dually gasser. lifted the body off the chassis and dropped is onto a rolling chassis and powertrain from a 1993 w250 cummins extended cab long bed. fortunately the wheelbase was almost identical and the cab along with a shortbed i purchased dropped too perfectly. the rolling chassis and drivetrain had about 140k on it when i bought it from a friend whol crushed his cab loading broken cement into the bed with a front end loader. its now almost to 146k.  i have put alot of time, money, sweat, tears, and blood into this truck.  it was an automatic until recently. i purchased a 1992 w250 donor truck to do the manual conversion.  while under neath her as i was pulling everything out i decided it best to just rebuild everything seeing as i had some spending cash at the time.  front and rear axles have been rebuilt as well as the getrag 5 speed transmission and transfer case.  i sprung for a new clutch and upgraded to the southbend clutch hydraulics package.  everything i rebuilt was sanded, repainted black and rustoleumed as well as the chassis.  this truck will literally run forever. 
i picked up a diamond plate bumper and 10k pound ramsey wench for the front but it has not been installed yet. i have a new custom aluminum one piece rear drive shaft on the way right now.  the purchase was made because after converting to manual but before deciding to sell i had huge power aspirations. was intending to make this into a sled puller and pick up another daily.  
she has no carpet. original dash and door panels were red. iv replaced them with black panels. the carpet was still red so i yanked it out. the floor is in great shape..  i like the bare metal black. its durable and tough looking.  
the seats are blue. from a second gen cummins turbo diesel. all i had at the time.  future goals were to re upholster in black leather but its a future thing.  
also if you know anything about diesels, especially the dodge cummins, you know they are typically always leaking something somewhere.  this truck does not leak at all.  its completely dry which is something i am extremely proud of.  its a rarerly attained goal, especially considering the age of all this hardware.  

again.. the truck has around 145k mileage. however when i did the manual conversion i swapped the guage cluster.  the manual cluster reads 168k, which even if that were the true mileage its insignificant for a 12 valve cummins.  

rust and leak free.

you arrange shipping.
cab lights photo is most current


On Jun-02-14 at 11:30:51 PDT, seller added the following information:

 Converted to a 1985 W250 Cummins with the 5 speed getrag.engine and chassis ony have 145k although the odo reads ready 168 and change.
 the odo came out of a donor truck when i did the 5 speed conversion.
1985 CREW CAB CUMMINS5 speed getrag transmission (REBUILT)
Dana 60's front and rear (REBUILT)
Transfer case (REBUILT)
chassis and items listed above (REPAINTED AND CONDITIONED TO PREVENT RUST)
Custom 1 piece aluminum drive shaft
4 inch turbo back straight pipe
 denny t fuel pin
New Clutch
4 inch lift.
Aftermarket rims and tires
.Button start
kill lever
 replaced the interior trim that was originally red with black.yanked out red carpet.floor is in great condition. looks rugged and is very durable.  
pipe front bumper (have diamond plate bumper and 10k pound ramsey winch that i will be sending with the truck.
cab lights
big horn ram hood ornament.
on top of the rebuilding iv replaced all seals so this girl is totally dry

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