Back in January I came upon a Stepside for sale in Stockton, CA. Id been looking for quite some time given that Dodge short bed trucks in the Phoenix area are highly sought after. Anyway, came upon thos on CL. 74 Dodge stepside, 318 with a 4 speed conversion, 9 1/4 rear, 15x6 Steelies, bench seat etc. Anyway, started making changes and updates.

Overall the truck is mechanically sound. Brakes are good, engine runs good, has headers that need gaskets etc.

Scored a Little Red bucket seat setup which I had done. I’ve stripped the intake, fuel pump, water pump, alternator off with new parts ready to go on. Plan is to upgrade the cooling, install a Performer intake and a carter 9636, Carter fuel pump and a Powermaster 95 amp alternator. Already installed a Crackbacked HL relay setup.

The clutch appears to be pretty good however the Trans is a bit hard to downshift. It’s a 4 speedOD. As far as cosmetics, those can wait. I did score some aluminum slots which I think look good on these trucks. The front of the cab roof has some issues which I’ll address later.

Here’s a couple of pics so far