1990 Cummins Build,, yep finally moving up!!

[redthies]

Old iron is so much more interesting. Especially old Dodges.

Looks like you should pop next door to Nebraska and see pulltilbroke. He seems to be the 1st gen cummins parts and improvement wizard.

X100. I would leave the stock bumper on and rework the other one first. It looks too bulky in the first pics. Some red paint would go a long way too. I would love to have that beast in my drive way! Nice score.

[Wyo-M880]

Well rick, glad my old truck has a good home, she treated me good, hope the same for you, as for that bumper made a world of difference with it off better mpg,handling and cooling..Good luck on your build!!

[rikinwyoming]

well the stock bumper is off, have to return that one to Chuck... so the monster is back on for now but it will be either reworked or I may start from scratch and make an aluminum one for weight savings... knocking out some odds and ends, new floorpan for the drivers side is on the way,, and some radical reworking of the flatbed is in the engineering stages as we speak!!

[pulltilbroke]

Looks like a decent project. Just one thing i think that truck has been pieced together as in 90 you couldn't get an ext cab if you checked off the diesel option, I'm thinkin it may have been a std cab truck that had the bed removed and an ext cab installed. Whats the wheel base? Can you take a pic or 2 of the frame?

Like BC said I know my way around these old trucks pretty good so if you got any questions just ask.

Heres a pic of my old 90

[rikinwyoming]

sure, you very well may be right,,, tell me where you want the pics taken of the frame and such and I will do that!

[redthies]

Andrew... You may have to give Rik back his brush guard! I think you guys will figure that you are 100% right on the cab switcheroo. Not only have I never seen or heard of a club cab on anything diesel pre 91, I know they didn't do a club cab short box until the mid 90s.

[Wyo-M880]

I was the owner of that not the builder of it, they told me it was t-boned regular cab, frame bares a dent where the cab mount was originally, they had said they found another cab a 79 off another wrecked truck ((the 79 dodge which bears an etched murial of a western seen on the drivers club cab window on was that me and my dad bought at an auction in riverton 12 years ago, was a 79 club cab with a 360 auto short bed, the guy we sold it to was *** ended and the box and rear frame was total loss, i guess some one picked it up for the sweet front clip or something and shelled the rest, then the owners of the yard built this creation)) was a great runner, just misses wanted a 94-99 ext cab dodge, she hated the 90, i loved it but i already had too may projects, 1973 Dodge w100 Short bed w/ 383 built for sled pulling, 1986 suzuki samurai, Ricks old 96 1500 and a 86 chevy k20 pickup that i just recently traded for a 97 2wd ram 3500 Cummins, so i know rick was looking for a cummins and i had one so i think it was good all around*here is a pic of what it was when i got it5N15W25Kc3G83L73J5c4f2214fb8e6fa01313.jpg

[Rot Box]

Welcome to the forum Wyo-M880 Thats good to hear it sounds like everyone won in that deal

I was going to say to my knowledge the short bed/extended cab option wasn't available either--I figured someone put that cab on a long bed/reg cab frame at some point. If you don't 'need' the long bed the wheelbase you have now would be great for off roading.

[pulltilbroke]

Negatory on the Grille guard, that thing save the front of my 90 this weekend after a deer strike.

When the cab was installed did they use the 81-3 dash or did they just leave the old 79 dash in?

FWIW the ecsb was available on 1/2 tons from the introduction of the ex cab in 76 but why they didn't offer an ex cab on a Diesel til 92 is anyones guess.

When I say pieced together i don't mean it in a bad way at all. I think a good amount of the older rigs on this forum have been put together, both of mine included. Shoot my 90 sports parts from the early 80s all the way up till about 05.

[Wyo-M880]

they used the 90 cab interior, iirc, they change the steering column in 91.5 to the wider which made new changes to the fire wall and inter cab dash parts, so it looks like complete bolt in except for seat, it was a 79 spilt like the ramcharger (not console) and it was ratty, i found a 93 seat for 20 bucks out of a scrap yard and worked for it