I am new, I decided to be a rebel and do my intro and post my first question/request one post in this forum section.
My name is Eric, my background is mechanical engineering, and my hobbies include off-road racing, scuba diving, and chilling with my family. I have a wife and kids.
Growing up, my dad made next to nothing but he loved the outdoors. He purchased a first gen ram d-50 because that was all he could afford and he did everything with this little truck, taking my brothers and I along for the ride. We grew up in Wyoming and hunted pretty much everything with 4 legs (it was basically subsistence hunting) with the 2wd D50. Even though he eventually sold that truck about the time I left home, I have a lot of fun memories and a few crazy stories about that ram D50. About 7 years ago my dad passed away, it was far too soon as he was only in his early 60's. I miss him every day.
I don't have the time, the money, or the wife's permission yet, but the last few months I have been thinking of the D50 and I have gotten excited about finding one and restoring it. No mods because that was the last thing my old man would have spent money on. But just to have and drive around town on a night out with my wife. Or to teach my daughters how to drive a stick. Just to reminisce I suppose.
I asked my mom for any pictures, and this is all that she has been able to find so far. My guess is this is a 1980. But I really don't know if this is the actual year, what variations were available, how hard it is to find these pickups, how much they cost, how hard it is to work on them, etc.
Any help you might be able to provide would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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