1983 Dodge W350 Crew Cab 4x4- Floor Pan Puzzle

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Duddie's Adventure
Howdy there Guys and Gals,
I'm finally starting my Overland build!
It will be a long build from the ground up. I have several different parts and vehicles that I will slowly be putting together in hopes of building my Overlander / Adventure truck!
Here it is-
1983 Dodge W350 Crew Cab Prospector
Dana 60 Front
Dana 60 Rear
LA 318 V8- Motor
Torque Flite 727- 3 speed automatic
New Process 205- Married
With lots and lots of Rust!
I will be updating this post here and also you can follow along on Youtube at DuddiesAdventure to watch episodes of the build.

Duddies Adventure

Episode-26 1983 Dodge W350 Crew Cab Prospector!........ Graveyard?

Episode-27 Everything Wrong with the 1983 Dodge W350 Power Ram Crew Cab Prospector

Episode 29 The Plan For The Prospector!! Mud Truck ? Overlander ? Ramp Truck ? Big Block Hot Rod ?

If a old clapped out Dodge build from the ground interest you, follow along!

It should be a Adventure!
 

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Duddie's Adventure
The interior I'm starting with. I will have to replace the floor pans. lots of rust!
 

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Projectm880

Duddie's Adventure
I didn’t know they made those in crew cab.
Yup, They made this chassis of crew cab from 1972 - 1985. They made the short bed version in both 2wd and 4wd, The long bed version only came in 2wd. In the 70's I believe you could get them with a slant 6, 318, 360, 400, and 440. But in the 80's you could only get them with a 318 or 360.
 

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Duddie's Adventure
Continuing work on the frame.
I've already got the engine cross member for a 4wd.
the cross member for the 2wd Getrag transmission
and the cross member for the Divorced NP205.

Also I did a video of every thing Wrong and Right with my donor truck a 1990 Dodge D250 Cummins Turbo Diesel.

Episode 32 Everything Wrong with my D250
 

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Duddie's Adventure
Howdy there Guy's and Gal's,
On today's episode I continue fire wrenching frames to convert my 2wd frame to a 4wd frame!
 

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Duddie's Adventure
Howdy there Guys and Gals,
On today's episode I unbox the new parts I I will use to convert The Prospector Project from 2wd to 4wd, plus some added features!
 

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Duddie's Adventure
Got the Jungle hangers in the initial paint, mainly to prevent rusting before install.
Also Im working on a Template to transfer holes from 4wd frame to a 2wd frame.
Its slow going but I am making progress.
 

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