Price :
$12,000.00

2922 Hinkle Lake Road, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Vehicle Description

While they were routinely popular with fleet customers, Dodge

perennially trailed behind Ford and General Motors in the

light-truck non-fleet sales race until the 1990s. This short bed

dodge has had the same Arkansas owner for the past 32 years where

it was always garaged!

This example was made in Chryslers Warren, Michigan truck assembly

factory.

This Ram pickup wears an eye-catching Cashmere and Flame (Impact)

Orange paint combination. The trucks paint and trim are in overall

very good order. The trucks bodywork is straight and solid, the

engine bay is tidy and the cargo box is solid but shows use over

the decades. The chrome bumpers fit tightly to the body as well and

theres a Ram hood ornament at the leading edge of the hood. Both

doors have window rain and wind guards. The underside is very

clean, solid and original.

This truck rolls on BFGoodrich Comp T/A radials, size 235/60R15 in

front and 275/60R15 in back. Each tire is mounted on a Cragar SS

magnesium wheel for additional flair. The wheels and tires are all

in very good order.

Under the counterbalanced hood is a 318 CID OHV engine with a

four-barrel carburetor (code LA). Backing this motor is a

Torqueflite three-speed automatic transmission. Driver convenience

features include air-conditioning, power steering and power brakes.

A/C compressor does not engage.

Inside, the Cashmere vinyl interior is in overall very good order

for its age. The bench seat looks great, with only some minor rips

visible in the drivers side seat bottom. Fuel gauge is inop. The

matching carpet is in satisfactory shape while theres a black,

four-spoke, deep-dish steering wheel. The Cashmere-colored

dashboard and inner door panel are in very good order. The dash

design shares a lot of shapes and parts with the passenger cars

from that year, such as the air-conditioning vents, radio and HVAC

controls. A column-mounted shifter and a factory AM radio round out

the interior.

The first-generation Dodge Ram trucks and vans introduced in

October 1980 feature a Ram hood ornament first used on Dodge

vehicles from 1932 until 1954. Not all of the first-generation

trucks have this ornament and is most commonly seen on

four-wheel-drive models. Dodge kept the previous generations model

designations: D or Ram indicate two-wheel drive while W or Power

Ram indicate four-wheel drive. Just like Ford, Dodge used 150 to

indicate a half-ton truck, 250 for a three-quarter-ton truck and

350 for a one-ton truck. The truck models were offered in standard

cab, "club" extended cab and crew cab configurations. They also

were offered along with 6.5- and eight-foot bed lengths and

"Utililine" and "Sweptline" styled boxes along with standard

boxes.

Externally, the first-generation Rams were facelifted versions of

the previous generation Dodge D-Series pickups introduced in 1972.

The new model introduced larger wraparound tail lamps, dual

rectangular headlamps, and squared-off body lines. Engine choices

were pared down to the 225 slant-six and 318 and 360 V-8s. The

interior was updated and included a new bench seat and a completely

new dashboard and an instrument cluster with an optional three-pod

design - a speedometer in the center, with the two side pods

containing an ammeter on the top left, a temperature gauge on the

bottom left, a fuel gauge on the top right and an oil pressure

gauge bottom right. Models without the full gauge package had only

indicator lights in the place of the temperature and oil pressure

gauges. Among the options offered on the Ram were front bumper

guards, a sliding rear cab window, air-conditioning, cruise

control, tilt steering column, power door locks and windows, AM/FM

stereo with a cassette tape player, styled road wheels, aluminum

turbine-style mag wheels, special paint and stripe packages,

two-tone paint and a plow package for four-wheel-drive models

(referred to as the "Sno Commander").

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