Well, after months of searching, 6 days of driving and a fellow Moparts member, I found my next race car hauler. It's a 76 D300, 440 auto, 4:10 Dana equipped beast. Needs disassembly for paint and some finishing details but I plan on having it finished by next spring and ready for race season...its exterior will match it's interior...forrest green...lol

Cool!!

Looks like a great starting point. Hope you don't find too many surprises under that primer.

Yeah, initially I was worried about that also but I've spent the last two days crawling all over it with a magnet, flashlight and mirror and I've found no surprises. I've been mulling over whether I should paint it myself or get an estimate on someone else doing it...gawd I hate painting vehicles...obviously I don't have a paint booth so that means prepping the floors, covering up all your stuff, making a mess, cleaning up the mess....blah blah blah....LOL, I'll probably end up painting it

Heard that decision coming.

This is the one mid project from NY? 1st pass looks pretty solid and a starter kit for that Red one that just went thru calisle. Needs a rocker, will assume some more floor work, cab roof looks nice, will assume finish level reflected in price. Don't do body color to match existing interior - it's way too easy to change the interior color for that. How's it run and how much did ya cough up?

Yeah, my cousin and brother both have trucks that need painted so they are both gung ho to help me "engineer" a paint booth , yes, this is the mid project from New York (originally from California), and I have found no rust, it runs well and most of the bolt on parts are only attached by a couple of fasteners that held it together just well enough for the trip home so it'll be easy to disassemble. I know, I know...about the interior color but the interior is in pretty nice shape and I will guiltily admit...I just don't feel like taking it apart...so looks like Green exterior will be the color of choice. As far as price goes I feel I gave a reasonable "project" price... , I believe both the buyer and seller were happy with the deal.

Looks like a great hauler!

Thanks, I haven't been this stoked about a build in awhile, I'm temporarily on hold waiting on the new shop to get finished and it's driving me nuts...I'm ready to get started.

That's the cleanest shop floor I've ever seen. Cleanest shop period:

That First Gen Turd doesn't deserve to be in it.

I now have to clean coffee off my key board Yes, the shop is clean, it's only about 3 weeks old, electrical is supposed to be finished today then I can start building shelves, setting up storage racks, cleaning out storage buildings and moving all of my stuff out of my cousins shop before he disowns me

Has a 77 grille, are you leaving it or going to put a 76 grille on it?

If you go back to '76, I have a set of parking lights I'll sell CHEAP if you need a set.

Yeah, that's the one that came with it ànd the front valance is a 77 also and since they are both in nice shape that's what I'll probably roll with unless I find a 76 that's in as good of shape as this one when I get ready for reassembly.

Nice. there're days i wish i had my '80 back.

If I had bought this project instead of the finished one in red, I'd paint this one red and change the interior color. Just did one black to tan and it worked great. Your mileage may vary and lets see some green color samples. Did I say nice find?

Thanks!, I spent the weekend inventoring parts, removed the bed and assessing brake and fuel system things that need finished, order Ed parts from Inline tube and Vans Auto this morning....and actually I think I've decided I like the green

Nice hauler!
Don't forget to replace those wiper arm bushings.
JMHO.

Absolutely, this is the perfect time to do it, I did them on my 74 1/2 ton about 3 years ago and it currently has one broken as we speak

Love the truck. Would love it more as a crew though. Looks like some roof work was already done on it. Shop looks awesome.

Yeah my "pit crew" ( hangeroners) are gonna love the absolutely perfect jump seats