Who remembers these?

You old farts prolly will, but....they're pretty rare, only produced for 3 years, and very few at that. First one to guess what it is wins a hearty "Atta Boy, Old Man!!" :smilie_happy:
I'm doing some finishing touches on the trans for a friend...



Click the pic to take you to my PB page, for more pics.

hmmm, i"m guessing it was Dodge's first Fleetside probably around 56 in answer to Chevy's Cameo Fleetside. I had a Cameo at one time.

I think it's a '57 1/2 ton Dodge, but I don't remember its name... Sweptline or Sweepline comes to mind...not sure...

57 Dodge style side d100

Oooooh....soooo close! :hihihi:
1959 Dodge D100 Sweptline. Only made from '57-'59. '59s had the dual headlights, the earlier one had single headlights with "eyebrows". Rear fenders were designed for the new Dodge station wagons, and were designed to be bolted on to the cars, which made it fairly easy to install on the truck beds. Beds were narrowed slightly.
This particular truck came to my friend's body shop in a box. At least part of it, anyway. Only had a frame, bed, front and rear fenders....no cab, engine/trans/rearend/interior, etc. They bought a cab with a small rear window, and modified it for the large window. He's been piddlin with this thing for at least a year. All of the trim he has hand hammered, and had chromed. He also built the kewl tailgate lock/release...it's all hidden. It's really pretty neat, and the quality of the work is pretty dang good, too. :yes:

Finishing touches on the trans? :headscratch: 'Splain this.

Nice pic 'em up.

super sweet

Is that one with the push button automagic trans? Man I'd love to have an old beauty like that!

D'oh - missed it by 2 years! Neat truck! I wish rear quarter panels were still bolt-on...

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slabghost » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:07 am[/url]":1u0m8u45]
Is that one with the push button automagic trans?

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Yeppers! :clapping: Push-button Torqueflite 727, behind a "Poly" head 318 engine, a "Semi-Hemi". I'm s'posed to finish connecting the cables to the trans, and making all of it work. A "normal" 727 only has one cable for the trans if any, for the TV(throttle valve) linkage. The push-buttons have 3 cables..one for the shift mechanism, one for the TV, and one for "Park". He's had several cables made for the TV linkage, but they are all waaaay too short...so now I have it, and I'm waiting for the cable to be made that will actually reach the trans. Then I'll fabricate the bracketry to hold it on both ends, and get it all adjusted to work properly. The push-button shifter isn't working right, either, and the Park lever fell off the other day, so I gotta take all that crap out and see how he put it in, and then fix it up. :builder:

Those old push buttons are pretty neat.
Dad had a Dodge Dart with it.

I had a '63 Imperial with the push-button shifter - strangest car I ever owned! The automatic Corvairs had a lever on the dash for the shifter, looked like a heater control lever. Worked just fine.

Nice to see a piece of history getting the love it deserves :good:

Oh man missed it by that much.. I did get the model right.. knew it was post 55 by the windshield and based part of my guess on the style of taillights.. I don't remember seeing one up close though... we had a valiant with the push button shift.. in 1960... and ride to school with a friend whose mom drove a push button dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler car in

Actually, all the old Mopar automatics used a mechanical rod linkage for the throttle valve controls. cable throttle valve linkage didn't start showing up (on the V8s anyway) until sometime in the nineties. Cable shifted Torqueflites were essentially the same as the rod-shifted ones, just used a different method to operate the manual valve inside the case.

What a cool blast from the past! It looks as if the '50's were a lot of fun. I know I like the movies and music from that era.
Thanks for sharing.
JMM