Call me crazy, but I prefer the look of this 1989 Dodge Power Ram W350 diesel over any pickup Dodge has made since the redesign in mid-1993. The company has a history of making trucks look basically the same for decades, and the current pickups have looked basically the same for over three decades now. This beauty is listed here on eBay in Longmont, Colorado, and the current bid is $10,900, but, of course, the reserve hasn’t been met.
I can’t help noticing the driver’s door has been repainted in a hair darker red, which I believe is Garnet Red Pearl, but a 1990 Dodge truck brochure shows a Colorado Red, which would be cool since this truck is in Colorado. I couldn’t find a good link to a 1989 Dodge pickup brochure, sorry about that. I love the look and stance of this truck; it’s perfect, in my opinion, but I also wear the same clothes every day, and they’re two decades old. Don’t take any design or fashion advice from me. This truck was sold new at Larry H. Miller Dodge in Murray, Utah, which is still in business just south of Salt Lake City.
I’m tearing up here, just seeing those big, beautiful wheels and tires that are somehow inside the wheel wells! Doesn’t the seller know it’s 2026, they’re supposed to be big, fat tires with sharp-edged black wheels and should be at least three or four inches outside of the body lines! Jeez, get with the program. I shouldn’t have to say that I’m kidding about that last part, but someone might think I was serious and was giving the seller a bad time. They have provided such nice photos that this is going on my “best photos of 2026” list. Here’s inside the bed, looking as nice as the rest of the truck. This is a one-ton truck, so it looks great in this rural setting. It’s probably perfect for almost any hauling duties the next owner would need. A Dana 71 (3.07) rear axle and Dana 61 (3.07) front axle should be in place, along with standard ABS on the rear, which became standard in 1989 for 3/4 and 1-ton trucks.
Dodge did away with their Club Cab pickups by this time (it returned a year later in 1990), so there were only single-cab pickups available. This basic design has been around since the early 1970s, but I think it’s a successful piece of work. Again, my shirt is from 1998, so don’t take my advice. The dash pad is hopefully protecting a perfect dash, but we don’t know. The seller says this is (or was?) a one-owner truck out of Nevada and Utah, and as such, is as solid as you’d expect, with no body rust. There are a couple of dings, and the non-mentioned driver’s door paint, but it looks great to me. The underside looks solid, too.
The engine is a Cummins-sourced 5.9-liter CIB (cam-in-block) inline-six turbo diesel, which in this era had just 160 horsepower but 400 lb-ft of torque. This one doesn’t have a manual; it’s backed by a TorqueFlite/727 three-speed automatic and an NP-205 two-speed transfer case married to the transmission, sending power to all four wheels as needed. The seller added the new tires, a new brake master cylinder, and a fuel lifter pump recently, and they say it runs and drives great, but the ABS light came on after they changed the master cylinder, and the grid heater stopped working recently; it just blinks “wait to start” now. There is also a crack on the left side of the windshield. Any thoughts on this Dodge Power Ram?
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