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Old 06-21-08, 11:16 PM   #3
RAYJON
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Here is the rest of the story, went and got the truck drove it home (18mpg on the highway), ran good but needed some PM.. but is way down on power compared to my dodge...(factory hp was only 180hp,) When I got it home my wife walked out and said that is one ugly truck... so the name stuck... Its "ugly truck"...


Now for the transformation .. and alot of work...

I sold the utillity box for some $$ and then got a 10ft flat bed for it for almost free. Now I am working on painting the truck black and turning the flatbed into a hauler bed by narrowing it 8", tapering the front 6" and cutting down the headake rack ... When I get all that done...
We have a fix for the low mileage 6.5 diesel when it blows up. Sitting in the bed of the dodge is a low mileage 5.9 cummins... Which should be good for about 350 reliable hp . The really nice part is GM used the same nv4500 as dodge so the swap is quite easy...

So In about 30 days I should have the truck done minus the motor swap.... I will post some more pix as I progress...


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