Thursday, August 2, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1968 Dodge D-100 Adventurer Pickup

I've been finding quite a few vintage D-Series Dodge pickups in Denver-area self-service junkyards lately, which reminds me that I've spent too long ignoring Detroit pickups of the 1960s and 1970s in this series. I see them, but (unless an old truck has a GMC V6 and a bunch of ancient Deadhead stickers) I usually don't photograph them. So, the Dodges: I shared this '74 D-200 Club Cab and this '73 D-100 Adventurer last week, and now we've got a '68 Adventurer that shares quite a few components with my '66 A-100 van.
The Adventurer trim level got you some features that seemed quasi-luxurious 44 years ago but would seem cruelly Spartan to today's exurban-commuter pickup buyer.
Here's the "entertainment center."
Bench seat, four-on-the-floor manual transmission, vinyl-covered-cardboard door panels. No air conditioning, no power steering, no power windows.
With a 318-cubic-inch V8 and a 3.91 differential gear ratio, this truck could climb any mountain… at about 5 MPH. Real-world sustained top speed was probably about 60, and fuel economy would have been barely into the double digits (downhill, with a tailwind).
Still, this here is your apocalyptic survival vehicle. Immune to nuclear-weapon EMP pulses, zombie attacks, magnetic-pole swaps, and asteroid strikes!

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from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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