anybody know anything about these trucks?

my father saw one in oklahoma last week with the mitsubishi diesel.
these were a factory option from what i hear, because he said he had a guy bring one in to his shop when he was a mechanic back in the early 80's and the owner said he bought it new from dodge with the diesel in it.

anybody know anything about the motor? im a big fan of late 70's dodge trucks( i own a little red race truck, and am currently trying to rebuild a 78 warlock) i would love to have this truck to play around with!

so if you know anything chime in!

 

Yes, it was available in '78 and '79. It's a 4 liter non-turbo engine, so as you can imagine it is not exactly a rocket ship. Very few were sold, likely due to the lousy performance. There's not much potential there, but if you want a high MPG truck to putt around in they will get the job done.

 

is it possible to turbo?

 

You could probably get away with a low boost setup. Compression is too high, and the piston oiling is inadequate for boost like we run.

Honestly I think you'd be better off with a 4BT Cummins, you could get 220 RWHP out of one of those with much less trouble. Or if you want unique, put a 4-53 Detroit in an old Dodge.

 

my uncle had one,it could barely pull it's own weight,and he had to make sure he had plenty of room when entering traffic. The one good thing it got great mpg.

 

Do a search, there was one on here a while back....somebody found it on ebay I think. Looked interesting.

 

One is on ebay now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978-...QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like a real oddball truck.

 

Thats the one I saw. How much are they usually worth?