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1982 Dodge Ram D150

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This (or at least what's left of it) is what I would call a time machine. This Ram hearkens back to a time when trucks were used for one purpose and one purpose only - to work.  When this truck hit the road back in 1982, it was pretty inconceivable to think that a truck would have such "frilly" things like leather seats, power windows or cost more than a well equipped Cadillac.  A truck like this always brings me back to my adolescence, a time when I go visit to the neighbors down some back road bouncing around on a bench seat as big as our back 40, listening to the local country station on a crackly AM radio,  It was a simpler time and to be frank a much more honest time, and trucks like these reflected that - what you see is what you got. This particular Ram was a basic Custom trim level that had (according to the history report) a 3.7 liter slat 6 engine and 2 wheel drive .  As basic as basic can be.  This truck was based o...