Looks great! Does your dog get hungry when it stares at those rear hub caps?

Ha....Spare water bowls

that turned out fantastic!

Wow, awesome restoration! I miss my old Illinois State Police RamCharger. Same as yours, LE, but basic everything. HD cooler though.



Ryan

I just got home from a fly and drive trip, I bought a 1993 NHP Ramcharger with a 5.9/518 combo in Reno, flew out late Wednesday night with my wife and daughter. The seller met me at the airport and I was a bit worried at first as it was running on 7 cylinders, he had mentioned a rough idle, but it was much worse than expected. I said the hell with it pressed on Thursday AM after buying some
Oil and antifreeze for the trip. The engine smoothed out at about 65 MPH on the highway so it seemed ok for the trip. Eventually Ininched it up to 80 MPH and made it to SLC Ut Thursday night. Friday we moved on to a detour in Ft Collins and during a gas stop After running 85-90 MPH across Wyoming she was running great, smooth idle and excellent power, woo hoo it fixed itself! Ran it up to 100 MPH and all was good in the world, unfortunately by the time I got to Ft Collins the miss had returned, but it was still smooth at 80 MPH so after partying for St Patty’s day we left late in the afternoon and ran to Council Bluffs Is, once again alternating running smooth or on 7 cylinders on various stops. Made it home this afternoon with no other issues besides the misfire. Averaged 13.5 MPG over the near 2000 miles and didn’t burn a drop of oil. (Rules out a bad plenum gasket, which is what I thought the problem might be.) Going to change the plugs tomorrow to see if it’s something that simple.

that is sweet!

Am I the only one who's first thought on this was Lone Wolf McQuade?

All of you have great looking Ramchargers!

The NHP Ramcharger looks fantastic!!! You did a great job restoring the truck!!! Congratulations and way to follow through!

TUMBLON: Couple of things; The Tahoes you love were probably later years that were Fuel Injected and the earlier Ramchargers quite possibly two barrel 318's. Have to compare apples and apples. I would bet the RC was a heck of a lot more reliable!! And I don't think anyone would expect a 5200 pound 4wd truck to handle well.

As far as the Diplomats; depending on the year, many were optioned with 318-2 and 2.2 rear gears so acceleration was not good but top end was very respectable and some years lead the way excluding the Camaro and Mustang. And like the Ramcharger, super durable.

my brother worked for pima co SO in arizona----did a 3 year stint as a range deputy----had a blazer to begin with---he said he broke the frame in 6 places before the command would agree it was done---then he got a dodge ramcharger----he beat on it the same and it didnt break---said he liked the 4 speed without the granny gear over the blazer with a granny(you always have low range)----he was so remote he would run for 3 days and sleep out along the way----home for 4 days...