Any of you knowledgeable Mopar nuts live in or near Bradenton, Florida? I found a nice 1974 Dodge D100 (short bed. lowered with 5.7 Hemi and 5 speed automatic) at Skyway Classics in Bradenton on Ebay and received over 75 pictures of the truck from the dealer. Anyone near there willing to check truck out for me and advise of any things I can't see in Virginia. I can't make a 925 miles one way trip to come back empty handed. If anyone can assist me in getting solid info about this truck, please message me. Thanks in advance.

D100 LINKY

Just posting the info about the truck. Price doesn't seem too out of line......

Doc lives OuT tHat waY.

What have you got against 71SCAMP?

Understood but, can you afford to pay out $35k plus transportation, etc., only for this truck to arrive and be disappointed with it?

A pre-purchase inspection is fine but, at the end of the day, you personally need to look at, and drive, the truck to make sure it's what you want.

Mike.

They are claiming this to be a frame off restoration, but the undercarriage looks like [censored]. They couldn't even be bothered to spray bomb the frame behind the rear axle, trans pan, or front undercarriage. Looks like it might be a nice driver provided the bugs are worked out, but the obvious lack of attention to detail makes me wonder what other short cuts were taken. Don't think the 8.25 would be the choice of rear for a higher hp truck either. Nice looking truck on the outside from pics, but definitely would want to put my eyes on it myself before dropping that kind of money.

I will be down that way on Monday and coming back with an empty trailer...

Lots of corners cut. Typical dealer junk. And a Florida dealer no less.

Instead of fixing stock dash they cut a price of plastic and out aftermarket gauges. I bet the under dash harness is hacked to do that.

The dash pad has a sewn up cover. Seats look like a modern pull-out from a wrecked truck. Door panels are sprayed grey over chalk (look close).

What’s the deal with the grille? Seems like they just ran steel wool over the aluminum or just sprayed grey.

Has anyone else looked at the rest of their Mopar inventory? Clown cars seem to be their specialty. The Chargers just need to be taken out back and burned.............ESPECIALLY the '73.

Aren’t those swaps pretty easy now with a kit from Holley?

I think this is a weak offering for the money. That white and green truck for like 18 we talked about on here a few weeks ago seems much better by comparison.

Guys covered this one well, but I’ll add that for a top shelf ask, I want name brand tires and battery. What I see gives a cheap vibe and I don’t pay up for such. Those are glaring things, imagine what you’d see in person?

Not that it matters, but...
I'm pretty sure one of our members here owns/owned that truck. If I remember correctly he bought it with the HEMI already installed, but it came with a bunch of problems as well.
He was working through them as I recall, but that was multiple years ago.

I appreciate the responses to my questions about the 1974 D100 in Florida. Interesting that the "dealer" knows nothing or will tell nothing about the truck, wants $35,000 for it, has advertised on Ebay numerous times with the high bid slightly above $22,000. The video test drive of the truck is very interesting, but I can't buy what I can't put my hands and eyes on. Interesting that one of you talked about the green and white D100 in Virginia that was listed at $18,500. I saw that truck in person and while it sounded great, the owner knew nothing specific about the motor. When he got the truck it sat on at least a 6" lift with 35" tires. Yes a 2wd truck. He dropped it down and redid the interior, but truck needed paint and trim work as well. Got to look close at every part of a vehicle. Thanks for the help!

I don't know anything about trucks, but it looks nice from the pics. But dealers know how to put on the lipstick.
After swapping a 5.7 into my Challenger, I do know someone put at least $15k into that power train upgrade
I might give it a look next month when I'm visiting my mom in St Pete.

Not saying it's a bad rig, but some of what I see raises some questions.