The Little D100 That Could, With Angry Slant Six Power - Dead Dodge Garage

Today on Dead Dodge Garage, it’s a customer’s 1976 Dodge D100 short bed pickup truck. This D100 was the smallest truck Dodge made in this series - other than the step side of similar length - and it should, in theory, be fun to bomb around town. Unfortunately this truck has a bad attitude. But it’s got character, and it’s just cool.

[@addadahlke1658]

That’s my Annie!! Still running and actually, gives me no problem whatsoever as long as it isn’t cold outside 🥰

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Great to hear! Hope she keeps going - but if you need me, I’ll be around.

[@addadahlke1658]

@@DeadDodgeGarage thank you, I was going to ask you about that😻😻

[@maddhatter3564]

they do fine in the cold if you have a manual choke

[@maddhatter3564]

BTW great old truck

[@pablochavez9087]

Gorgeous truck. I have a 95 Ram with a 5.9 V8. Regular cab, short bed like this. Soon enough I will own a D 100. Love the channel

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Awesome! we’ve got a 97 regular cab short bed 4x4 with 5.9. It’s a great little truck.

[@dessimarie6]

My brother had a 78 d100 and man we had fun in it. That thing had a surprising amount of power and handled pretty well for what it was. He let it run out of oil and she threw a rod. Rip slant 6. Miss that little thing. Nightmare in the winter!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Wow. Everyone always says oil is optional on a slant. I’ve sent a rod through the side of one, but that was due to using like half a can of ether to start it… lesson learned.

[@maddhatter3564]

thats the ONLY way to kill a slant

[@maddhatter3564]

@@DeadDodgeGarage slant will run longer than most with low/no oil but physics is still physics

[@kellismith4329]

That is a cool old truck with the slant 6, too bad it didn’t have a 4 spd clutch

[@bigwrenchtech]

I love that old school look

[@michaelcousins2526]

Back in the day (dont all these stories start out that way? lol) I had a '72 Dart Swinger that's final iteration was a 225 Super Six with a 2bbl, 904 auto (rebuilt twice ... ) and a 8-3/4 3.91 Sure grip rear diff. Not sure how my mechanic got that one to fit but I was sure happy he did! Had more fun with that set up but alas, Northeast winters finally caught up with the body and underside important bits to the point where it no longer would pass inspection so it had to be sent off to the scrap heap. It did however circle the odometer twice (I bought it with 110k on the ticker and rolled it over once myself plus 56k and change! There are times where I miss that POS! lol

[@xBruceLee88x]

I miss mine soo much, it was an 81 that had a neat pop up roof window. Might be able to get a bit more pep out of it by advancing the timing a little, and give it a nice 2 barrel carb. That and sort out the fuel delivery issue

[@maddhatter3564]

actually, funny thing bout a slant. sometimes they make better power/run smoother with less advance. it has something to do with the small piston/long stroke thing. and in 75 it should already have a 2 bbl carb

[@xBruceLee88x]

@@maddhatter3564 mine had a holly 1945 or something

[@maddhatter3564]

@@xBruceLee88x sounds like the 1 bbl. I'd assumed by mid 70s the D100 wouldve been 2bbl like the cars were

[@xBruceLee88x]

@@maddhatter3564 it was an 81,technically a 150 but i dunno why it was only a 1bl. Maybe a fuel economy thing

[@maddhatter3564]

biggest/worst issue ive seen with the 70s d100 is the frame often breaks right in front of the cab on drivers side.always check the frame, both sides in this location. some steel scrap does well to re-enforce this area.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Interesting. I’ve never seen that yet.

[@maddhatter3564]

@@DeadDodgeGarage i had to repair 4 in a row in the 90s, unless all the drivers were doing the same stupid thing, a possibility i suppose

[@calvincrews3885]

I’m enjoying the 225 slant six cylinder engine all it needs is some new parts for the engine

[@WebNstyne]

I had a 78 diesel powerwagon in the same color! miss it like crazy!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh dang! An SD33 I’m assuming? I have big plans of eventually Cummins swapping my ‘73 crew cab power wagon… but it’s rough and needs a lot. My currently run around truck is a ‘74 extended cab, long bad, 318 stick shift W100 Power Wagon. I love all of those trucks.

[@WebNstyne]

@@DeadDodgeGarage 6DR5 Mitsubishi. i freakin love the Nissan SD33T though!. man that truck was slow, but man did it bring a grin on my face. due to unfortunate circumstances, i had to let it go for a song of what it was worth😒

[@Legacy_Lou]

Fuel line above exhaust manifold, yay 🥳😜😎

[@wftyler9680]

What could *possibly* go wrong……😂

[@bluzeblast]

My Grandpa had a small farm that he would drive his dodge slant 6 to. Manual 3 speed! Dang we would load that thing down with hay bales like you wouldn't believe. 7 high, sometimes 8 if my uncle came along to help. That dodge didn't miss a beat. I miss that man...

[@iilagz]

Man those slant six’s is powerful for what they are my dad had a first gen with a 4 speed slant six straight piped it everybody asked if it was a v8 they couldn’t tell n man it would pull a house down

[@bluzeblast]

@@iilagz I was told that Dodge got a hold of a mold the army used to make their v12's for the TANKS! Dodge just used that half of the mold and created the "Slant 6". Don't know how much truth there is in that but a friend said all the oil had drained out on him once and he had drove it for several miles before he realized it. Stopped, filled, and went on like nothing happened!

[@iilagz]

@@bluzeblast Ouu that’s interesting imma have to do some research and I believe those slant six’s was stout motors me and my dad still talk bout the truck till this day we both miss it so much we actually trying to find another one short wheel base 4 speed! We have one but it’s a long bed auto

[@jimkinner]

Among all its other problems, the motor looks to be mighty low on oil pressure. That's if that gauge still works. Maybe its time to go buy a new Warlock.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

We absolutely don’t trust the gauge. If it didn’t have oil pressure, well… we would know by now. Haha. But no one involved has any delusions about the engine’s state of health. It’s still truckin’ for now.

[@maddhatter3564]

depends on idle rpm. those old slants could idle at 200-300 rpm. that causes low charge/low oil pressure

[@frankpeletz1818]

I have an 83 d150 that I intercepted on the way to the bone yard. Basket case doesn't EVEN come close to describing it. Guess what? I really love that old girl and right now putting the finishing touches on the new engine, the old was down to a quart in 200 miles-at best and was a rolls can hardly. The replacement is .040 over, .060 off the head and .010 off the deck. Aussie Hurricane intake with a 500 cfm 2300 Holey, Dutra duals with 2 1/4 inch pipes to a magna flow 2 in 1 out and 3 inch out the side with a custom ground cam . Fighting weird problems like finding the right throw out bearing and a fusible link that was barely holding on. and a transmission mount that is made right. .

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Sounds like an awesome build! I haven’t done a hotrod slant yet. I’d definitely like to.

[@frankpeletz1818]

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[@dennisyoung4631]

The one I had was a 1965 (I think.) It was *frumpy!* (in an awesome way.)

[@lanemendenhall7664]

I have a 1976 w100 power wagon with a 318 that im in the process of getting running again

[@joshjesch6000]

No...the only thing cooler is the green one you have now. Lol.

[@urielgarcia4567]

Do all the electric windows on the older dodges (rams) roll down and up faster than fast?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

No… some of them are about glacier speed. Luckily I don’t see them often on these older trucks at least.

[@richardbates2367]

My second gen dodge ram laramie slt 2000 dodge ram quad cab Dr door always rolls down quickly but hardly ever wants to go back up, the passenger side door window is quick up and down the doors were changed out for lower trim level and the wrong doors for the quad cab dodge truck they are from either a older club cab or a regular cab rounded lower rear corner door truck the quad cab is squared off doors because they are part of the door jamb for the front doors. And the speakers are a two prong wires plug very similar to gm lol and say audio Latina by chrysler on the back of them,so they hacked the 6 wire plug harness from the factory doors plugs the tweeters don't work but I have a plan for them. They said they changed the doors the passenger side door was rusty and dented to a crease point in the door and they bought the set of matching red doors so they swapped out the Dr door too they are ok but not perfect, but I will have to put door hinge bushings and pins in the doors since the previous owners just used the factory hardware for the 2000 ram truck the door were being installed on they figured it was the best.

[@AOD-tr7nd]

I have an 86

[@grousedog88]

I want.

[@PassivePortfolios]

These 6 cyl. trucks drive better with a 4 speed manual transmission with overdrive. There are a few cheap tweaks you can do to the engine for a little more power.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh, I’m well aware. A somewhat high performance slant build is coming.

[@PassivePortfolios]

@@DeadDodgeGarage the engine is designed for economy and low end torque so factory 2 bbl carb. and 3" exhaust will get you the most bang for the buck.

[@bladedtundra3786]

Do you know if there is any way to make the slant 6 sound mean and not like a race car?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Well, I can tell you removing the muffler with a hacksaw makes a slant 6 sound like a broken tractor, so I don’t recommend that… you might be thinking of a nice sports car type exhaust sound. Unfortunately the slant doesn’t’t really live an RPM range where it will sing like that. You could try a glass pack but I don’t know if it’s going to give the effect you want. A cam and headers will probably be too far toward the race car end of things, and start to rob torque and street manners. Whatever you do, stick with a single exhaust pipe and don’t go too big. Maybe some kind of fancy performance muffler exists that can give you the sound you’re after, but I couldn’t say what it is.

[@maddhatter3564]

@@DeadDodgeGarage rusted out glass packs sound awesome on a slant. even open header these aren't the loudest engines ive heard. and if that's not enough, try cutting off an old glasspack to make an echo chamber

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

@@maddhatter3564 funny enough, I fired up the '67 Barracuda to show my friend yesterday, and after revving it a couple times, I popped the hood and showed him the complete lack of exhaust system. His answer to that was "that's all the noise it makes? Huh."

[@maddhatter3564]

@@DeadDodgeGarage exactly, when i was 17 i had a 65 van with the 170. with the muffler you had to touch it to know if it was running. without the muffler it sounded like an old glasspack. part of the reason you couldnt blow them up, the exhaust ports were so restrictive coupled with the restrictive 1bbl carb.

[@BigPubez69]

Equal length headers with 6-to-1 collector for ALL the scavenging

[@maddhatter3564]

And NEVER.NEVER put a 904 behind a 318 in a truck. All trucks 6 or 8 should have the 727

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Definitely. It would be way too much work to put a 904 in a truck. Although - later trucks with a V6 can actually have the lighter duty unit. Having said that, I’ve run a 904 behind a 360 in a car and it surprisingly lived a long and happy life.

[@maddhatter3564]

@@DeadDodgeGarage car ok trucks ususally had the 727 even behind a slant

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

@@geraldwegener8376 I've killed a few of them 😁 I suppose I have also killed a 727 (probably not my fault) and I did once explode the rear drum and sprag assembly in a 47RE behind a Cummins. That's just like a 727, but slightly beefier. This may be one of my special talents.

[@arikohrn8010]

You’re probably supposed to blur license plates…. Just fyi

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I usually try to keep them out of direct shots. The thing is, a plate number is public. Everyone on the road can see it. Every security camera or dash camera pointed right records it. I see people in car groups blurring their plates or covering them with towels and such and it just seems silly. I’m not going to worry about it too much.