I know this is a little different than most, but I've always wanted one. Picked a little a-100 up last August and have been slowly getting it fixed up. Needed some rust repair and 7 layers of paint removed! Had a small block in it, but wasn't done. Was a stock slanty truck. I have a 471 I'm putting together for it. 727 with a tci streetfighter.I just finished building and installing a Dana with ladder bars 4.10 gears. Getting ready to start on the roll bar. I think it should be kinda fun! See if the picture works.
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Looks nice... get her done so you can play

I took a highway blast in one of those that ran like 12.70s. I have been in vehicles much faster and they were far less scary lol. Watching him stop wrestling that big steering wheel long enough to click the stock shifter up a gear was interesting.

Now that is flat out cool!! I love it.

Yes would love to have one, good on you.

That'll be a cool ride Jim, should be pretty fast, they make excellent a bracket car since the driver can judge the finish line perfectly. Wish I could see it run.

Those look so cool with fat tires and pizza cutters...

That there is crazy cool.
With some good grunt, that thing should move the mail. Perhaps adding weight to the rear portion may be considered at one point if the traction is sketchy.

My brother had one of those A-100s.. was a cool
ride but it needed king pins bad(front end was
shot)

Those are bad azz in my mind and make a great UNIQUE hot rod..........

Yes sir, cool hot rod.

I like it! VERY COOL!

Thanks everybody! It's gonna be kinda weird sitting over the front axle as far as steering input😳😳😳.but she's all nice and tight and I've added disk brakes to the front. The trans was in my 76 1/2 ton that I was racing. nice thing I just left it in drive 1-2 shift was at 5800 and 2-3 was at 6000 so I'm ok with using the stock dash shifter. funny stuff I've found they have cast weights already bolted to the very rear of the bed underneath. Also this little truck was owned by a towing co. here in Idaho and was used as a push truck at the local short track back in the day.

sounds like a very FUN toy ! if you don't mind, what did you for discs ? have any pics of the conversion ? TIA

Very cool indeed!

Looks cool! I would also be interested in your disc conversion.

I finally joined the board today and lo and behold this posting comes up! Nice to see other A's being seriously hot rodded. That will be one fast A-100 for sure, and a major attention getter. Just had my 67 410 stroker A100 van at the 1/8 for its first runs, still have dialing in to do and perfecting the launch technique, weidest thing really on the track is staging being your on top of the wheels. Seems like excessive deep staging. Good luck with the build, look forward to following along towards its first run!

That takes cool to a new level!

Looks like a fun and different project!

Seriously bad ass 👍. Street fighter converter is extremely tight. I couldn’t even get mine to flash to 3k behind a 408 stroker. Ran 11.00s with a 1.65 60ft.

I have seen one of those at Woodburn racing in Sportman, I'm told it has a 440 motor in it and runs in the 12.s I believe
A friend of mine has a 1966 that he is working on for a street rod, leaning tower of power with a three on the tree originally, he is planning using a 360 with a 904 or 727, what ever he can get and use easily
Did Dodge make the pickup version in both 98 and 108 wheelbases?

Here is the only picture, if it works! of the brakes, you basically get the brackets and a parts list, it's a Scarebird kit. They make kits for the early d series pickups too. The converter would stall 3800 behind a mild 451 I had in the truck. Cab, I've seen that A-100, he has had it over here at Firebird, not a very talkative guy??? I'm hoping the thing will at least run as fast as my old pickup! Or I'll be putting in a roll bar for nothing!!! [img]https://image.ibb.co/erfe0H/image.jpg[img]

Just reposting them so they are easier to see....

We have a few of those in these parts and they definitely look cool hotrodded up.

Nice looking pickup,nice to see some more A-100's! Are the springs moved in to fit those tires? What block is the 471 motor based on? I have a '67 A-100 panel van,ex Vermont fire truck 318,3-speed manual, 3.91.The body is 90% done but in storage. I was piecing together a 5.7 Hemi for my Durango but bought a new crate motor for that.I'm thinking carbed 5.7 with a 4-speed for the van now!
RT

The rear is on ladder bars. 28x14.50x15 on a 12” wheel with 3.5” back spacing. the engine used a 400 block, I had it together about 12 yrs ago with a offset ground rb crank, but the converter ballooned and took out the thrust on the crank. I saved the rods, Manley 6.76 .990- 2.20 and the pistons,ross 4.375. bought a molnar 3.90 crank and had a block machined. Topping it with a set of tf 270’s and a victor intake that I’m welding up to fit the intake port on the head. Going to be using a FI tech fuel injection on e-85. Hoping it well get out of its own way! Cab, this truck measure’s a little over 90” for the wheel base.

Cool,that will fly!

A local boneyard owner put a 383 in the back of one in my home town back in the 60s. He skipped the driveshaft, and bolted the front yoke right to the rear end! I didn't see it run much. I suspect the lack of a driveahaft created an issue or two!

This one has been for sale in Nor Cal since the untimely passing of its owner.

I talked with him at mopars at the strip, I'm thinking 2005, 2006??? Clean lil truck! It was for sale on here for a while after he passed. I hadn't seen the add anymore, so I'd thought it sold? Small block stroker, ran in the 10's!

I second that!

Put the engine in the bed to even have more fun...

Just a update for those that wonder. Poor thing still hasn't seen the street or strip yet..... My son is doing the body work and paint. with him having a family of his own, it get worked on when he can. He's put a lot of hours into it getting it ready for paint and it's close.... Best part is, I know what's under the paint! A few pictures

That is really cool. And to make it a street/strip car is even cooler. Have fun with it and keep us posted. Ron

Glorious... looking really good!

I like it!

You've made good progress on it in a short time. I'm looking forward to seeing done.

Sweet for the street.
That thing is going to swing some serious weight transfer to those rear sneakers.

Looking great.

I know few guys with a'z,,,,,,you might need some sissy sticks! LMOL!! Fast street/strip is quite a balancing act as you know !

That's cool. I like it.

X2!!

So...... I had my boy do a little something different.... too much???

I like it but hope you put something on top of the primer other than clear-coat.

- EM

lol! The rest of the truck is going to be Arctic white, other than the bed liner is battleship gray........

The more I look at it the better I like it, but wasnt crazy about it at first. Its a really cool truck whatever the paint. Going to be a hell of a street/strip

Very clever... I like it!

Love the wood grain!

Nice Job! Those are great bracket class trucks. You are sitting over the front wheel so you see everything.

[quote=Cab_Burge]I have seen one of those at Woodburn racing in Sportman, I'm told it has a 440 motor in it and runs in the 12.s I believe


That be one Derrick Jackson, many-time Woodburn track champion who's made multiple trips to the Bracket Finals at Pomona representing Division 6.

I’m doing the same disc brake conversion.

Well, my carpenter showed up today and hammered out the other side. I'm digging it the more he gets done, other than vandals already marked up a plank!

Nice touch!

Well got a little color on it... wiring and plumbing now.....

Looks really sharp Jim

You gonna put the engine in the back? Makes it one hell of a ride lol

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Will you be using a stock wiring harness or something else?

. I had a Ron Francis wiring kit that was with the truck, I’m using that. Stock harness was kinda ugly........

I have a friend who started on a 1966 short wheel base A100 and now wants to sell it, he had all the sheet metal work done and ready for paint
PM me on here if your interested and I will give you his contact info

Nice Work! They are neat and very light little trucks, tried selling this one for a friend years back, think it still might be in his barn were I left it.

Is it a van Cab?

No, it is like the one picture on here, short wheel base pick up body
It has a lot more room in the drivers department than the Ford Econoline vans or early Chevy vans had, I had to drive both in the late 1960 working for a telephone company in SO CA.
Our Engineering Dept. had one Dodge A100 long wheel base passenger van with a lot of windows, but I never rode or drove it.
The Econoline vans had 170 C.I. sick six cylinders in them, they had a hard time maintaining 65 MPH down hill wit a tail wind

A108

Your correct, thanks for the help

Was that truck in Lodi back in the late 90's? I vaguely remembering seeing it out at Sac raceway and a shop in Lodi around that time.

Well, kinda been slow going, as a converter and trans change in our Charger needed done. plus a friend brought over his 63 fury tube car to get some things done. Did get my motor about done though. Hoping to hit it harder now....

great looking engine !
what temperature gauge did you use on the water pump housing ? is it oil filled ? TIA !

The gauge was a extra one I had from a quad project. It was in a manifold that was inline on a coolant hose. Yep, oil filled. has a short sensor en. fit nicely in the housing.

thank you for the reply sir !
i did a little digging on the bag and found a couple like yours.
thanks again !

All the oil filled gauges I've seen are influence by the heated oil when they get hot due to the oil expanding and influencing the needles

i've thought of that as well cab, but i thought that really applied to very low pressure reading gauges like a fuel pressure unit.
i considered this type of coolant temperature gauge as a quick underhood check used with solid mounts.
i guess a guy could check the inaccuracy with a temperature gun to see how far off it could be, and use a mental note. [provided i could remember what that "note" was. ]

Oil filled gauges were designed for LAB style use.. not on cars but people think they are better
because it cost more.. everything has a place

I can only speak to the accuracy of this one. It seems to be spot on with the mechanical auto meter, the last Time I used it....

Well, I squeezed the motor in thru the passengers door opening.....the word tight is a understatement........

I feel your pain. Looks awesome!

moparlulu- I have been following your progress- Sweet project and nice work. I really, really like the engine color- what color did you spray it?? I am typically a factory color guy.

It’s a vht brand paint, titanium silver blue, Really close to a Pontiac Blue...... something different I guess........

Well.... after all this time I’ve finally got to play with the ol girl. Still have some issues to deal with but she’s coming around....

Awesome! Thanks for the update. What a cool project!

Congrats!

Really cool!

Fast too!

That has to be fun!

You should try bracket racing it, looks like you sit right over the spindles, should be easy to play the stripe lol.

That is cool!