Dad’s Old Dodge D200
December 25, 2007 by pikesan
This blog is well over due, but oh well. I need help writing these things, so if you’re a struggling writer or just a car/bike freak with some extra time, why not give this a try?
So here’s Mike and Luz Wilson’s 1965 Dodge D200. I met Mike at the Scottsdale Goodguys show when the sun was setting. I caught a couple good photos that I wanted to share.
This truck is ultra clean and straight as an arrow and these pictures show it. Who’s ever even seen one of these? Mike told me that the military and forest service were the ones buying up these trucks for a tough life, so the haven’t survived well. Mike worked at Norman King Dodge back in ‘65 and since his pops needed a truck, the deal was made. I could have been Mike’s plan all along to get the truck, but he had to wait 30 years before his dad was ready to let it go.
The engine is a late model Hemi backed by a modern automatic trans put together by our friend from The Drag’n Wagon, Mark Greenwell. From here, I’ll let the pictures do the talking. This old work truck’s come a long way since carrying a camper for his dad. With the work Mike’s done, 30 years from now, this will still be a truck worth the wait.
That is the best Dodge truck of that year I have ever seen! I mean it’s one tight machine! Can that grill and headlights be used on any other year Dodge Truck?
that truck for sale? cause it be clean!!!!!!
i knew a guy in texas that ordered a new 1965 green D220 in 1965 with a 426 hemi. i say ordered it, it may have been dealer installed. they were a rich ranching family. i nevergot to ride in it but saw it around town for about a year. heard the engine thrashed. i was in high school and into hot rods so i remember it well. could have been one of a kind.
Very nice truck, but the rims look wrong.
gorgeous truck!! Im restoring one and was wondering where you got replacement chrome parts for it