Patina and regular use as a farm, or ranch, truck have turned this 1977 Dodge D200 Custom into a great-looking, honest survivor. Built in Warren, Michigan and now located in one of the greatest cities in America, Cincinnati, Ohio, this truck is wearing its age well; better than I am for sure. The seller has it listed here on eBay, there is no reserve, and the current bid price is $2,750.
I wish the passenger side looked as good as the driver’s side does, but there are a few dents on this side for some reason. Maybe that’s just how they loaded the back, or maybe horses or cows pushed up against the side of the bed, or who knows what. Speaking of horses, you probably noticed the horse head on the doors – here’s a close-up of that artwork on the doors that the seller provided. They have included photos of just about everything other than underside photos. It would be nice to see under this truck, as there is some visible rust on the body. Hagerty is at $6,700 for a #4 fair-condition truck, as a general reference. This is a steal at the current bid price. A couple of weekends of cleaning it up, painting the wheels, and adding new tires, and you’d be set. $13,500 is the #3 good value.
Michelle Rand is our resident horse expert, maybe she’ll chime in about Morgan horses. Or if one of you knows anything about them, please fill us in. I think the only thing I would do with this truck is redo the wheels and maybe try to find some correct hub caps/wheel covers, and redo the rear bumper. Otherwise, I think I’d leave the exterior the way it is. The bed looks solid inside, so that’s good news. The seller calls the color Jade Green and gives the reference number 7835. Brochures refer to this color as plain ol’ Light Green Metallic, but this chart shows 7835 Jade Green and the seller must be referencing a data plate.
A 3/4-ton truck, which Dodge’s D200 is, would probably be needed on a farm or ranch for hauling and pulling a horse trailer. This looks like a rugged truck and you this is another one that I literally have dreams about as far as cleaning and detailing it to within an inch of its life, just to see how nice it could look all clean and shiny. The interior would clean up pretty nicely, and the seat would have been all vinyl with a cool, vertical-pattern insert, but we don’t get to see under those blanket seat covers. There’s a crack on the passenger side of the dash, and that panel appears a bit discolored anyway, so if you wanted to, here’s one on eBay that could be painted to match the driver’s side.
The engine is listed as a 400-cu.in. OHV V8 and that’s how it decodes. It looks pretty clean under the hood, surprisingly so. It would have had around 185 horsepower, give or take, and 305 lb-ft of torque. This truck has factory air-conditioning, although it needs to be gone through as it isn’t blowing cold. Power goes through a three-speed automatic to the rear wheels, and I would love to have this one. A great look, a 400 V8, power steering, power brakes, factory AC; what’s not to like? MPG maybe, but it’s not like this would be a daily driver anyway.
This looks like yet another honest solid old truck that Scottys written up!!! I didn’t know you could get the 400 in them. Im sure on a farm they definitely bought it to work. Maybe even pull a horse trailer. I dont know of I’d go nuts with body work and all that, just do whats needed to keep it running and keep it local.
I would make a great truck to fix up with that big block & a/c sort of big dog express!
Looks to me like this had been a dept. of Army truck and someone stuck those silly stickers on the doors later on. Only the government would order a pick up with a 400 big block in it only to be driven around some base somewhere.
Had 3 of these all 4×4 Power wagons, 318 and 360, could not kill then, only rust could, never knew a 400 was put in these.
Auction update: this one ended “because it is no longer available.” Does that mean that it wasn’t even remotely close to bringing the kind of money the seller wanted, so they ended it, or someone made an offer? We’ll probably never know. I’m guessing the former.
I don’t understand why anyone would accept an offer before the auction ends unless it’s an ultimatum, like “I’ll give you $5,000 right now and you have five minutes to accept or you’ll have to take your chances on the other bidders…”
Thoughts?
Most likely it was advertised locally and they took a good offer.