The last year of the “classic” Dodge pickups, before they went to the big-rig-looking redesign for the 1994 model year, this beautiful 1993 Dodge Ram 250 Club Cab diesel is posted here on craigslist in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The seller is asking $18,500, but we’re not sure if that’s Canadian or U.S. funds. $18,500 Canadian is $13,100 U.S., just for the record. Here is the original listing, and thanks to Curvette for the tip!
A Club Cab long bed pickup is hard to beat for folks who need an actual eight-foot-long bed for hauling duties, but still want some extra secure interior space for goodies that they want to keep out of the elements, and out of view from those who would rather take your stuff than buy their own. This truck looks outstanding, but one reason could be that it is said to have been repainted two years ago.
By this time, Dodge’s “D” for rear-wheel drive and “W” for 4WD nomenclature had given way to “Ram” for rear-wheel drive trucks and “Power Ram” for 4WD trucks. You can see how nice this last-year D-series, I mean, Ram pickup looks in the many photos the seller has provided. There are really only a couple of things missing that I noticed: there’s no mention of rust, or if there is or was any before it was repainted, and there are no underside photos.
The other thing is that there isn’t one photo showing the “custom” rear bench seat in back that they mention in the listing. That’s pretty disappointing, since a few of the exterior photos are exactly the same, or so similar to each other, and it would have been really nice to see other photos. The front of the cab looks just about perfect, though, from what they do show of it. There is no manual transmission in this rig; it has the optional four-speed automatic with a column shifter.
The big thing here, literally, is the first-gen Cummins diesel, a 5.9-liter cam-in-block inline-six diesel, which was rated at 160 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque when new. It sends great-sounding power through the automatic to the rear wheels, and the seller says it runs and drives great and is in “near mint” condition. Some of these engines had what is known as KDP, or the infamous “killer dowel pin” in the timing gear housing, which can work itself loose and cause catastrophic damage. Many think of the 5.9 Cummins as an extremely reliable engine, so hopefully, that issue has never come up with any of you on your Dodge diesel pickups. Any thoughts on this Ram 250 diesel truck?
Can’t recall if it’s these or the Ford diesels, maybe both… but you’d often see a sticker somewhere that said Banks power pack. I recognized Banks from the marine industry, assumed it was the same thing but never ever actually looked into the package, as I’m not a huge fan of smaller diesel trucks.
Banks supplied a lot of turbo kits for light diesels. We installed a lot of them through the years. The last IDI 7.3 powered trucks built by Ford had their turbo systems supplied by Banks. They worked just fine as long as you didn’t rock the boat; some people thought that if a little was good, lot was better…
Thanks geo 🤝
As it’s in Canada,the speedometer with be in kilometers per hour.
If it had 4wd I would put on my je t’dore poutine toque, and head north.
As always, if the ad is in Canada then it is in Canadian dollars. If the price is in American dollars it would be specified in the ad. We deal in Canadian dollars up here, otherwise it would say US or USD…
Thanks, Mike! That makes total sense. My apologies for assuming it was U.S. bucks. (killer profile pic, by the way!)
Yessir SG that’s a sweet looking guitar 🎸
No worries, Scotty and thanks! That’s me playing my 60th Anniversary Fender Precision bass at a gig
My friend bought this exact truck color and all, except in 4WD. He took it and his kids across country pulling a pop up camper. Ran that thing forever and then sold it and the new buyer kept running it. The body was getting so rusty it was practically losing pieces as it ran down the road.
Very little wrong with these. Trucks were fairly well made; engines were almost indestructible. Yes, I saw the results of that “wayward dowel” when it lost its way and looked for another way out. These engines would last forever but the injection pump itself was its weakest link.
I’ve set them up as high as 200 hp but continuous maximum loading at that setting turned the cam rollers and pins blue inside. I’ve had one person on this page who insists that he’s getting 400 hp out of a VE pump. I would sure like to know the shop that’s turning them out. Throughout the Association of Diesel Specialists I talked to shops all over and where some pushed them as far as 235 hp, but they all say that the pump life was extremely short.
Anyways, if you’re satisfied with setting one of these to 180 you’ll have yourself a good unit…
400 hp with a VE pump Graice?