This beautiful 1993 Dodge Ram short-box 4×4 is a true survivor. It is nearly 30 years old and only shows only 428 miles on the odometer. The truck was reportedly part of a dealership collection from new and the Carfax shows it has bounced between Colorado, Arizona, and Washington State and now resides in Spokane, Washington. It can be found here on Bring-a-Trailer.com. Let’s take a closer look at this great-looking truck and thanks to Mitchell G. for the tip on this one.
The 5.9-liter V8 translates to 360 cubic inches. As mentioned before, the odometer shows less than 500 miles, which is amazing. The only downside is seals, rubber, and plastic pieces can dry out and crack if they are not used regularly. Hopefully, this one won’t need much work if the buyer wants to make it a regular driver. The engine is backed by a four-speed automatic transmission hooked to a dual-range transfer case. The ad does mention that it had a recent oil change.
The interior features the typical tweed-type seat covering that was popular in the 1990s. Everything looks really nice and just like it did in 1993. The ad states, “Equipment includes a glovebox, manually-adjustable vent windows, a sliding rear window, power mirrors, and a digital AM/FM cassette stereo.”
The Banzai Blue Metallic paint is really handsome. Besides checking seals and hoses, the buyer will probably want to buy new tires. The ad says they are date-coded from pre-2000, so it wouldn’t be surprising if they need to be replaced. Overall, this is a great-looking truck and will probably be the pride of the new owner. What do you like most about this one?
Wow
What exactly is a dealership collection? Sounds fishy to me. I would bid accordingly, maybe 2 grand.
I won’t attempt to even hazzard a guess what kind of money this one will bring but as to bidding 2000 tops, unless it’s from a relative or close friend you can’t even touch a beat up but running one of these in most parts of our country.
Curt, sometimes a dealership owner happens to be a car guy (or girl) and decides to keep a few vehicles from his inventory. Might help if he is a little bit of a hoarder too, as there was/is a GM dealer who had a collection of 200 or more vehicles that I have read about. He sponsored a show occasionally. This is not the old dealership that was auctioned by VanderBrink a couple of years ago.
Opportunity to own a brand new 1993 Dodge. Should be an easy sell.
A good looking truck, and the last of the series, that came out in ’72. I had a new ’90 4×4, and found it to be a pretty tough truck. Mine was a W-150 long bed. Once, I had it fully loaded, with cut cherry wood logs. The chassis settled, maybe an inch, and I no problem moving it down the road. But this one, with a a port fuel injected 360, makes it even more special.
I seen this on bring a trailer over a week ago.
How much for it
Hit the link and you’ll figure it out.
Has a Wing Window.
This might be the same truck I saw at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction a few years ago.
Could you get something other than a grey interior in ’93? I bet not.
Outermost is not the best place to position the headrests. Surprised the feds didn’t catch that.
Chrome bumpers, grill & mirrors in ’93? I thought they were outlawed due to reflection. The windshield & wiper frames tho have been federalized.
Experts recommend an oil change every year regardless of mileage due to oil additive breakdown-acidity attacking engine bearings, etc.. What are the chances the dealer did 28 of them, much less oil filter changes?
I have a 93 D250 with a tan interior and a 91 D150 with red
I believe blue was offered too
We had late 80’s/early 90’s on the rental fleet with blue interiors.
Wtf are you talking about “federalized window trim and bumper reflection”?
In the 70’s, the feds banned reflective(chrome) rear view mirrors(BACKSIDE) & WIPER FRAMES & ARMS because they were concerned that sun reflection off of them could affect oncoming traffic negatively. Compare the wiper frames, arms & backside of the rear view mirror of a ’67 firebird & a ’77.
I theorize that law was applied to CAR door mirrors & chrome bumpers much later on, but apparently not certain trucks like the one above.
In the late 70’s GM & Ford tried painting over the metal windshield & back window frames with black flat paint with bad results in a few years – peeling paint.
Apparently Dodge did a better job on this ’93 truck.
You certainly won’t get any guff from me on this one, except the price, of course. Clearly the real deal for whatever reason. What I do think is comical, is with all the offerings in new pickups today, people are willing to spend $20g’s on a truck that has NONE of todays modern features. If that isn’t a giant middle finger to the present truck industry, I don’t know what is. Great find for sure.
Dodges, well Plymouths too, of this period were way overbuilt. Just great trucks, bullet -proof!. Mid 1970s to 1990s.
I have a 93 D250 with a tan interior and a 91 D150 with red
I believe blue was offered too
Amazingly beautiful truck. My 92 will e l e entirely look that clean 😎.
Still just a old low mileage 93 dodge truck. What’s a used 93 Dodge worth?
Seriously? You ARE kidding, right?
Have you priced or even relatively new used trucks at all?
Let me think about it. Should I spend $60K or $70K on a new truck or $20K on this one and keep the other $40K or $50K in my savings account? Decisions, decisions, decisions.
Orrrrrrrrrrr, you could keep what you already have and save 70 thousand. More and more choices! If you just have to have a truck and are handy at fixing things, this is a no brainer, but the bidding is going to be brutal, 20K is not what this is going for. Think A LOT more then that, then you really do have choices to make.
Chester, the smartest reply yet. I’ll keep my 96 Z71 Silverado that absolutely looks like new inside and out and enjoy it and my $70K. I do like that Dodge though.
21K and 3 days to go!
I know I am dreaming here but the Big 3 should still offer a basic model truck like these trucks used to be along side their current styled “passenger trucks” that feature quad cabs and every creature comfort. Take it as far as it being a completely different styled truck than their current offerings. In short, make it simply a cab, a bed, a frame, a drive train, and wheels. In other words…a truck. By all means I get it that we are now in the era where the average truck buyer wants their truck as a daily driver commuter family hauler vehicle and so they will drop $50k +/- on a new truck that they lease for a few years or finance their purchase for 72-84 months. But for those of us who want a truck as a weekend or occasional driver or for companies or tradesmen who need a truck as a fleet/work vehicle, then offer a simple truck with a simple price point that reflects its “lack” of everything their “passenger truck” offerings provide. Again, I know I am dreaming here…but why can’t we live in a world where both types of trucks exist?
Because the companies are greedy. If they sell a truck for less then half of what todays average truck costs, people will soon realize that there is little difference in those trucks and be mad that they are dumb enough to pay what the market will bear. They will do nothing to stop the gravy train. What we really need are small four cylinder trucks like once were available for the price of a Corolla. Come on Toyota, show some integrity.
Facts are: There are 5 times as much competition, with all Foreign Brands heavily subsidized by tgheir governments. The lowwer cost cars were subsidized by foreign companies’ govts. to gain US market share. At the same time THOSE car countries’ refused to let more than a handful of US cars to be sold, and then only after ridiculous made up regulations. Forward 45 years and only profits to be had are with trucks and SUVs which despite dozen competitors are best made by USA /Big/Detroit “3”.Other markets are still choking out competition, though not as much, but Southern/Foreign/Anti Labor car makers are using anti-trust laws . Rather, Anti-Trust Laws are NOT being enforced on Foreign banking, car making,momoliths. Short take, there would be 2 million more unemployed if people didn’t want US trucks. Big 3 can barely turn a profit on strippers due to built in regulatory costs. That’s a sad fact. Thank goodness foreign car companies don’t have a clue on how to make a real truck, rust bucket Nissans, Toyotas included. Honda REALLY has no clue with Ridgeline.
Hi Erik, BF’s is made up of dreamers. I too wonder why a truck like this isn’t offered, and like Curt sez, it’s all about money. When this truck was new, there were still viable car choices, and a truck was a truck. Today, due to cost and lack of choices, pickups were made into these cars with boxes to cover all bases in one vehicle. There just isn’t enough of us that want a truck like this to make it profitable. Think of all the industries that profit from a new truck that weren’t even heard of when this truck was new. We’re in too deep, and it will never go back. Like I say, shows some people want a 30 year old truck with 50 year old technology over a fancy new one.
You have to understand something that the truck makers of today DO NOT UNDERSTAND: Not everyone wants a BIG FOUR-DOOR BEHEMOTH that sticks out to the next COUNTY has 23 Radio Speakers and puts $25.000.00 in their BANK ACCOUNT for each one that rolls off the end of the FINAL LINE at a rate of one every 52 Seconds 24 Hours a day SIX Days a WEEK and sometimes 7 days a week. What some of us Truck Buyers want is a RELIABLE and AFFORDABLE TRUCK that can be driven and parked easily in the local WALMART Parking Lot. The other thing you have to understand is the BIG SHOTS do not purchase their truck they might LEASE it or if they are HIGH ENOUGH UP THE FOOD CHAIN they drive the truck for FREE.
Love this truck, the color, the 4×4,all of it,I’m a dodge man as well,good trucks are hard to find that are not rusty, or priced to the moon,will become too rich for my blood, since it’s a time capsule!
I think you will all be surprised what the final price will be for this truck. Recently a 1,000 mile 1978 Ford pickup sold for more than $95K. Bring a Wallet is know to have a following of wealthy bidders who like to spend money.
$24,000 with 2 days left. It’s still a bargain!