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Hi Hanno, hi all,
just yesterday I bought a Dodge project that might be a T212, I need your help to understand if this will be the 4th known D8A survivor in the world or just something else. This truck was found widely modified (it was transformed in a wrecker, moving the steering wheel from right to left). The cargo body is missing. The previous owner decided to "americanize" it painting the whole thing of OD and inverting in the cab the instrument panel from right to left, but the project was abandoned and I bought it. The advert was describing this vehicle as a WC40, but I was immediately attracted by the yellow (desert stone) paint on the frame. Despite of the left hand drive, I noticed that on the frame there were all the holes on the right part to install the steering gearbox. The frame is marked 916662, this seems the part number more than the frame number but I am not sure. The axles seem to be Canadian but the installed hubs are not (this vehicle was found equiped with 900x16 tires and US rims, coming from a 3/4 ton Dodge). Unfortunately I don't own any of the T212 manuals and up to now I was unable to find a copy somewhere. To be short, these are the reasons why I think this could be a T212: 1) yellow paint on the frame: as far as I know only Canadian vehicles were factory painted desert stone, and this can not be a Dodge D15. 2) frame number prefix 91 3) floorboards of the same size and appearance as T212 4) rear fenders, modified to fit on the truck but seem original and yellow 5) cab: out of discussion the cab could be a D8A or D15 cab (they should be identical) 6) wheelbase as of T212 Despite of this, due to the lack of available information, I am unable to clearly state if this is a D8A or not: any suggestion or support is welcome! Thank you in advance for your comments. Gustavo IMG-20201227-WA0117.jpg MLU2.jpg MLU3.jpg MLU4.jpg MLU5.jpg |
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