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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 04:48 PM
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1981 dodge crew cab cummins

1981 power ram and a 1991 w250 cummins, 6 inch lift 36" tires and a lot of help from my brother
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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Nice job, are you going to paint the whole truck silver?
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 08:34 PM
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Looks sweet>>> Time to chirp some Brody's..
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 09:39 PM
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thanks. Tried to match the 2 tone gray on gray still have to paint dark gray down the middle. Just wanted to get it out of the shop and on the road...My hearts in truckin' but my *** is in debt!
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 08:35 AM
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Full Build 1981 dodge power ram and 1991 dodge 250 cummins



















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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 08:38 AM
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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I gotta ask. Why did you chop the cab in half? Did the old crew have a rust problem?
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 11:22 PM
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A little bit on the roof but to be honest my brothers a welder and we thought its be easier doing it that way for a couple of reasons..Everything plugged right back in to the firewall which made it a lot easier and i had the newer dash and air conditioning overall it worked out pretty well
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Old Aug 2, 2011 | 08:04 PM
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I will be doing this conversion sometime soon I hope. I was going to cut out the fire wall dash out of the 93, into the **** 4 door cab, Now afterlooking at yours, it might be easier to do it that way!
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Old Aug 2, 2011 | 10:39 PM
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Dodge trucks are thin skinned. What would you want to cut the truck in half for. Ok this guy is a welder great.
I just did my crew cab and you only have to cut the fire wall bulk head connector hole only.
Everything else is a swap bolt in.
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 07:12 AM
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we did almost the same thing...wasn't bad... measure 3 times... cut once..

73 floors rusted
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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Wow, lots of work!!
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 03:43 PM
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I put a '89 12v in my '85 crew a few months back.
I had to cut out the bulkhead wiring hole to move it over a little bit, and a hole for my Clutch hydraulics to go through.
I drove the crew in my garage under 360 power, and back out the garage 3 and a half days later Cummins powered.
I just re-used all my '85 wiring.
I just swapped out a few sensor plugs for the motor, to get Temp and Oil pressure.
Ran the alternator power thru the '85 voltage regular still on the firewall.
The speedo sender screwed right into the t-case as well.
I use it in the summer only so I skipped the grid heater relays.
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 08:02 AM
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Nice project...any updates?
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