Junkyard Find: 1975 Dodge D100 Pickup

by Murilee Martin

November 21st, 2014 11:00 PM

Since many Dodge D-series pickup parts fit my ’66 A100 van I’m always on the lookout for members of the species while visiting the junkyard. Today’s D100, which I found in a Denver self-service wrecking yard a couple of weeks back, is a little too new to offer many bits for my Dodge, but it’s still interesting enough for this series.

Growing up in a Navy town, ex-Navy D100s of this vintage were common sights on the street. Most of them were still in their government-issue gray paint with the Navy serial numbers still visible, but some got rattle-can paint jobs like this one.

The sensible Slant-6-and-4-speed drivetrain was about right for a truck like this— you weren’t going to go fast, but you’d always get there.

I didn’t grab any parts, but I did get this magnet for my toolbox.

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Kkop on Nov 23, 2014

There's actually a surprising number of these (mostly W200) around in Europe, virtually all are ex-US Army vehicles.

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Gadsden on Dec 01, 2014

My dad had a Dark Brown '74 Plymouth Scamp with the Slant 6 that was the first car I ever changed plugs in, at around age 9. Doesn't get much more malaise-y but always wanted to own my own Slant 6.

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