BearKiller

My old K-20 Chevy came from the factory with a huge removable hump-section in the floor-board.

I currently have everything out of the insides of the son's truck.

Should I go ahead and build a removable hump??

If I should, why should I??

I dread the job; but, I would much rather do it now, when I can take pains and do it right, than to get in a bind later, and have a big sawzall mess made of the floor.

Please advise.

Thanks.

wannadiesel

I'd at least make a hatch over top of the trans so you can get the top off if needed.

PapeCAT

FYI!!! ALL 4x4 and 4sp 2x4 Ram pickups from 1972-1980 ALREADY HAVE BOLT IN REMOVEABLE HUMPS!!! Also the military m880 trucks have them as well. I installed one in order to enlarge my stock small auto 2x4 hump in order to gain clearance for the getrag after the 727 was removed. Hit up your local boneyard or military surplus area to obtain one for an easier day in the shop.

Winr

Must be a Cali thing... I have never seen a bolt in trans tunnel on a P/U cab weather it was a D/W100-300 ( 72-80 weight designations )
My opinion is I have never needed one in any of the following trucks I've owned, so I wouldn't install one.
'68 W200, '72-D150, '73 D200, '74 Ramcharger, '74 D300, '75 D150, '76 D100, '78 W150, '79 D100, '80 D150, '83 D350, '85 D150, '89 Ramcharger, '92 D350
I thinks thats all of them

edwinsmith

Go ahead and take pics and write a nice article for the sticky.

I was ready to do that on mine but I got a fix by putting in the missing C-ring to hole the shifter in. (Don't ask.)

Edwin

rustbucket

my 78 w250 had the removeable hump,came in handy once in awhile.

KRB

My M880 has one. Never paid any attention on the RCs.

Bearkiller, we've got a boneyard up here with several M880s when you're in the neighborhood. Or I can pull one for you. He letes me roam around and pull what I want for fairly cheap. I think he feels sorry for the fellow with nothing but old Dodge's

I've never needed it on the M880 yet. But they say its better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it...

Course they are most all autos so you'll have to cut out a shift tower.

BearKiller

Pray tell, what is an M880??

Is it a military Dodge pick-up, with the same body as our Dodges; or, is it an entirely different animal??

Pictures??

Thanks.

wannadiesel

M880

BearKiller

I can't let the son see that.

He is a military nut; or, I might should say, he is nuts about anything military.

He agreed to paint his truck black; if he sees that picture, plans might change.

woodrat

I bought my M880 from the GSA auctions for $260 and drove it home. I had to put a brake job and a small wiring repair in it and I drove that thing for many many miles before the 9 mpg thing started really getting to me. Mine was gawdawful fire truck fluorescent yellow.

I wish I had the M880 with the cummins/nv drivetrain.

KRB

I once had a neighbor that totaled my Dakota on the way to work with me in it. I needed a truck but had a new house, new kid, new job and hospital bills. I traded my totatled Dakota for a M880 sitting in the junk yard I referred to earlier. I replaced that ceramic ignition thingy that needs replaced every oil change and been driving her ever since.

This was my second. My first was a 4 door from the Navy. They must have used it on a submarine as the body and frame all rusted out.

The M880 is basically a W200 stripped. 318, auto, no power steering, etc. The military added blackout lights, pintle hitch, troop seats and the camo. Even has a chain bolted to the floor so they could lock the steering wheel as they all had basically the same key ignition.

Between my dad and me we've gotten several. Many low mileage and thru the gov GSA too. Usually just do some minor mechanicin and they are ready to go. The gov loaned them to various fed/state agencies when done (forestry, fire, state police, etc) who either trashed them or let them sit.

Mine was a pot truck for the state police and is titled as a 4 door sedan cruiser - go figure.

You're right about the mileage. Even with 7.00 X 16s mine still gets 6-8 but about 90% of those miles are off road or short trips between farms. They make an ideal farm truck with full time 4x4 and heavy guage body. I just wish it was a manual.

I've contemplated coverting mine to the CTD but worry that the extra weight will upset its balance. I've only ever had to lock it in 4x4 twice and once was on pavement during an ice storm.

Sorry to babble on so long about a truck with a removable tranny hump but I love that thing (the truck not the hump). I drove it as my daily driver until I got the CTD about five or six years ago. It is a reliable dependable workhorse even if its not oil powered.

They made a DRW version with a manual and box body that I'd love to find...

PapeCAT

that's another thing, folks!! after 1980 chrysler retooled a bit and while ford and GM retooled and econoengineered their trucks thru the '80s Chrysler was going thru Bankruptcy and didn't RETool, they only created the bodies of the pickups with thinner gauge steel! A body off an m880 or PU from '72 - '80 would be an amazing addition on top of out cummins drivetrain frames. The 91.5 - 93 trucks had stronger frames than our non IC 89-91.0 trucks as well.