Hemi Hauler gets a ramp body

[Jeff Peterson]

After a 9 month wait, we were finally given the green flag to send it to Hodges for its new ramp body!

 

[davek]

Hope you post some pics,cool looking truck.

 

[Cliff Ramsdell]

Jeff,
That’s a beautiful truck. More pictures and information? Build thread?

Cliff Ramsdell

 

[Jeff Peterson]

There will be more to pics as progress starts, it just arrived this morning.
It will be a pretty involved project due to the fact the frame has to be stretched before they even start on the body.

 

[Just Send It]

Absolutely love this.

Very few things are more exciting than seeing a a ramp truck with a MOPAR on the back of it in the wild. You'll get mobbed everywhere.

 

[Cranky]

A Mopar ramp truck with a Mopar on the ramp!! Brings back lots of memories.

 

[ckessel]

Jeff,
That’s a beautiful truck. More pictures and information? Build thread?

Cliff Ramsdell

Ditto!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Happy Thanksgiving Jeff!
That is s Cool!
Cant wait to see it finished!

 

[eldubb440]

totally bad ***!

 

[Lefty71]

That’s a beautiful truck. More pictures and information? Build thread?

Agreed...it's a bulldog for sure. Tell us about the fenders and flares.

 

[F4R/T]

So cool! Drooling ... gas burner power under the hood?

 

[Jeff Peterson]

We got the truck a year ago already done, the cab sits on a mid nineties International Harvester chassis with a 250 dt466 diesel, I added the “ez fender flares” and put air conditioning in.

 

[F4R/T]

I would assume air brake unit chassis? That would make it more serviceable for sure.. as long as it’s not a Maxx Force!

 

[Jeff Peterson]

Nope, juice brakes, disk all corners

 

[F4R/T]

Easy to work on and drive for sure, nice truck, also easier to stretch with a modern frame rail.

 

[Cliff Ramsdell]

Jeff,
Looking at the truck looks like a D700, maybe 67 with an early hood.

The fenders and such change at D300 & D400 and then again at D500 and bigger if I remember correctly but it’s been many years since I have had some of mine.

Cliff Ramsdell

 

[Jeff Peterson]

When it gets home the Eaton direct 6 speed is getting replaced with an OD unit with 6th being .78

 

[Jeff Peterson]

It’s titled as a ‘68 d600
I’ve found many pictures on the web of old hood, newer grill, maybe it was just a heavy truck thing, here’s sox and Martin’s with the same combo

 

[Fm3 Dart]

My buddy built this truck. I have driven it. Ironic that you are lengthening it, because it used to be a longer wheelbase, and he shortened it.

 

[1967coronet]

I love it, Dove tail deck going on ?
We used a Winne chassis for our 1950 COE. Had to add 74 " and a carrier bearing in the drive shaft.
We farmed out the drive shaft build.
I love these old trucks, waiting for pics when you get it home.