The seller says that this 1965 Dodge A100 Pickup is from Arizona so rust is at a minimum, that’s always good to hear about an old vehicle. This one is listed on Hemmings with a not inexpensive $11,000 asking price and it’s located in Cambridge, New York.
It’s unfair that I wasn’t born as the Sultan of Brunei, or Jay Leno – one of the two. I like (love, is more like it) so many vehicles and I want so many that it’s painful to see so many that I will probably never own in my lifetime. An A100 pickup is one of those vehicles, especially not at $11,000.
The seller says that after “a long search for a rust free A 100 we found this one in a used car lot in North Carolina . We towed it home in April of 1995.” They go on to say that it “has a few rust spots and the bed has surface rust. It was an Arizona truck so the rust is minimal.” I’m taking that to mean that they’ve owned it for 23 years and even though it was rust-free in 1995 when they got it, it now has some rust? I’d want to check it out very carefully, those rockers are calling my name, and calling my magnet. It does look good, though.
There are rarely engine photos for an A-series Dodge sales ad because of not having a hood. A shot with the inside engine cover opened a bit would always be welcome, it rarely happens, though. This one has Dodge’s famous workhouse engine, the 225 cubic-inch slant-six which would have had around 140 hp. “It is a driver and has been driven many miles”, says the seller. The interior looks pretty good but I can’t quite tell what’s going on with the floor? NADA is at $16,500 for an average value so maybe $11,000 isn’t that far off? Although, Hagerty is at $8,100 for a #3 good condition 1965 A100 pickup. Any thoughts on this baby blue A100 pickup?
I just typed in Dodge A100 into the So. Cal craigslist. There are a few in there as well as a restomod A100 for $25,000. The restomod version is worth looking at.
This is my dream vehicle. I own a 71 Charger 500 but I think I’d enjoy an A100 more. Guess I can’t have them all.
’74 Dart hubcaps. Cool truck, awesome color.
Way cooler then the Ford and chev counter parts, and rarer too. I’ll bet that working on that slant six is no picnic though. Id be willing to bet that most work would have to be from the bottom up.
Yeah, but when do you ever have to actually *work* on a slant six?
Cockroaches, Harbor Freight catalogs and running /6s – those will all be the only things left after the apocalypse
That’s true, however, the “achilles heal” of the slant 6 was replacing the points, and on this, you may be better off coming up from the bottom. Electronic ignition would solve that. ( in case you youngun’s don’t know what points are, it was a regular part of a tuneup, at least twice a year and mattered greatly how it ran)
Canadian Mark…Normally the slant six does not require much if any mechanical work. They seem to run for ever.
Yeah, as long as you can keep the distributor gear intact!
wrong! the side covers come off with a dozen bolts as well the seats are held in with 4 bolts and then its a piece of cake! but slant 6s are great engines, give clean air ,fuel and oil and she will run forever! Ihave had 2 of these with slant 6s loved them except for rust!
I will never look at one of these without seeing Tom McMullen’s chopped, flamed, rear-engine A-100 from the cover of Street Rodder in my mind. What, 40 years ago?
https://www.mecum.com/lots/DA0914-193797/1970-dodge-mcmullen-a100-pickup/
I can say from experience, if you think this truck is cool, and it is, but you’ve obviously never spent any “seat time” in an A-100 anything. Miserable, challenging vehicles to drive, especially with the manual, as the linkage wears, it’s a “find and grind” deal, if it doesn’t lockup altogether ( the shift rods are 3 feet long) With no power steering, ( and worn king pins) very hard to steer, the van was hard to work on, but this, I’d imagine is even worse.
This is just an unbelievable example of this truck, and it is cool in the unusual sense, and never seen in this condition, but I guarantee, a couple hours in this, and you’ll feel like punching something. I suppose you could always wow the crowd with “stoppies”.
and add the heat of the engine through the “box” …
Makes me think of the corvair ones on thing they at least had that side gate
Don’t know if any exist, but I’d like to see an offset frontal crash test clip of one of these or it’s Chevy and Ford counterparts. I’ve always liked them but watching the more recent test of the 59 Impala and the Malibu brings me back to reality. Nice truck. GLWTS.
Hey Mark, how about an offset crash test video of this truck and an Econoline? Epic, as the kids would say.
My tired eyes see a thin piece of carpet on that floor. If true, a bad color choice. Love the truck, if it was mine I’d keep the gas tank full just for the weight!
‘stoppies’
on another dodge (the Forward Control Heep p/u) were performed in the 60s in our town by a late teen/twenty something friend. He did his on a hill so that the windshield almost hit the pavement as the rear bumper pointed skyward, the truck at a 30* angle opposite of a ‘wheelie’.
Was it a “170” model? He didn’t have the long wb model but he did have an alu beer keg mounted to the external driver’s side of the bed 4 a gas tank!
I like the swb 1st gen vans. My chebby was a home & a business. Great to wrk on the 3rd seat (engine cover) any time needed – no weather conditions to contend with.
BTW: Points can last years if engine tune/components R at the optimal. Ask me how I know…
I had one of these A100’s, “back in the day”. Rusted out on both sides where bed met the sidewalls. The Slant 6 was pretty anemic, especially with a load, and the 3/tree got a good workout if the shifter arms held together.
My friend had a similar vehicle but with a 318 and automatic…now THAT was a cool truck. Burn do-nuts all day long!