- Seller: Jake B (Contact)
- Location: McAllister, Montana
- Mileage: 42,000 Shown
- Chassis #: W24BE65309202
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 318 cui V8
- Transmission: Automatic
Most old pickups have one working life behind them. This Dodge has already had at least two. The seller says it began its career with the U.S. military before serving a fire department in northern Washington, and it still wears red paint, a department crest, and the number 64 on its front fenders. It is now offered exclusively on Barn Finds for $8,000 and is located in McAllister, Montana, with a clean title.
The military data plate helps substantiate that history. It identifies the truck as a U.S. Property Cargo 4×4/M882, lists the Dodge model as a W200, and records a May 1976 delivery date and an 8,000-pound gross weight rating. The long fender-side bed was likely installed after the truck left military service, possibly as part of its fire-department conversion. It has a weathered wood floor and a straight Dodge tailgate, giving the truck a look more like a working rig than a restored showpiece.
Power comes from a 318-cubic-inch V8 paired with an automatic transmission and four-wheel drive. The seller says the truck runs and drives, but also notes a front-end noise that may be a bearing and a valvetrain noise from the engine. It lacks power steering and a radio, and the fuel gauge is currently inoperative because of a broken wire. Those issues deserve attention before any long trip, but the seller’s candid description gives the next owner a useful starting point.
The seller reports that the body is rust-free, with only a couple of small dents in the rear fenders. The supplied photos show presentable red paint with the scars and patina expected from an old service vehicle, plus a tidy black bench seat and a wonderfully basic cab. The five-digit odometer reads 43,738 miles in the photo, although the seller believes the actual total is higher. The tires are described as good and show substantial tread in the close-up images.
This W200 could be cosmetically restored, returned toward its military configuration, or simply preserved as a tangible record of two very different forms of public service. I would be inclined to repair the mechanical faults and leave the fire-department markings intact. Would you preserve its working history or restore it fully?
It’s almost perfect.
Just add Vintage Air and send it. 👍
If your wanting 8 grand for a worn out truck at least fix the broken wire to the gas gauge if that’s all it is.🙄
I love this truck!!! All I’d do is address whatever minor mechanical needs it has and just preserve it and enjoy it on my days off. Well….. Maybe a coat of careful polish. What a fair price too!!! Very nice truck truck, hope it goes to a great new home. Thanks Josh, great write up too.
I had an 884 assigned to me when I served at Bragg, one thing I must point out, it can’t be a W200 if it’s an 882 can it? I mean that’s supposed to be a 1 1/4 ton truck, 200 stands for 3/4 ton.
I had a blast reaming my old Dodge, all they had to say was “Mission Essential” and youve got free reign to do anything needed to complete the mission, so running over saplings and fording creeks/rivers is okie dokie. My truck had more traction than power, I could barely get it to spin in anything other than mud. they run the same front and rears as an 80’s on up Diesel Trucks, Dana 60 fronts and 70 rears so they have the beef.
AWESOME! I’d wash it, maybe put powersteering on it and drive it til the end of time.
Good looking truck and comparing price of a problematic new one this one is a good deal for someone who needs a truck
Go there. Get it. Bring it back. Enjoy it. Probably few left. Enuf’ said.
Front and rear tires don’t match. So how many miles driven in 4X4 and wonder why the drive train noise!? Good looking truck with possibly serious mechanical issues. And this is one of the years where the brand was known as the 150,000 mile drivetrain and the 10,000 mile body. I would pass.
Ideal firewood 🪵 🪓 truck
Truck SOLD and going to Colorado