I believe this truck was introduced for 1972 a more than 20 year run unchanged beyond grills and a reshuffling of instruments, knobs and engines. I recall that for a period of time this and the equally ubiquitous and useful van were Mother Mopar’s only vehicles with coil springs in front with the pickup the only one on a frame.
It is easy to think of them all as dirty and tired because they lasted long enough to be very dirty and tired. But as with most Chrysler products of the era the powertrains were not fond of giving up, they kept going until something else, usually holes in the metal got in the way.
With a Ford, Chevy & Dodge of the same year, condition and equipment I’d take the Dodge. Howard is right, a Dodge truck wears a highly deserved badge of honor. They were Job Rated even if they no longer said so.
Danny Plotkin
