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Car Of The Day: September 27, 2010; Greenlight '66 Dodge D100
Topic Started: Sep 27 2010, 01:04 AM (2,806 Views)
NoirGuru
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Today's car of the day is Greenlight's 1966 Dodge D100.

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The D Series was a line of pickup trucks sold by the Dodge division of American automaker Chrysler from 1961-1980. After 1980, the trucks were renamed the Dodge Ram and the same basic design was retained until the 1994 introduction of a completely redesigned Ram. The D Series shared its AD platform with the Dodge Ramcharger/Plymouth Trailduster twins.

The body offered the then-traditional step-side bed, with distinct fenders as an option. As default, it introduced the first Virgil Exner-inspired "Swept-Line" bed where the bed was the width of the vehicle and the fenders were inboard, as can be seen in virtually all modern pickup trucks.

The D Series used the familiar Chrysler Slant 6 engine in displacements of 170 cu in, 198 cu in and 225 cu in as the base models, depending on the year. (The 198 was relatively rare, available as the base engine only from 1969–1973). All of Chrysler's larger engines, with the notable exception of the Chrysler Hemi engine were available as factory options.

Another innovation was the introduction of an alternator rather than a generator for electrical power. A three-speed automatic transmission was a major advance — the truck used a two-speed automatic less than a decade earlier.

Yet another innovation, a "Crew Cab" (four-door) body style was introduced in 1963, a first for a factory pickup. Prior crew cabs were custom conversion jobs. A "Club Cab" was also available for 1973, providing transverse seating for either a single third passenger or two small third and fourth passengers (most often, the Club Cab was used as extra cargo space).

In Argentina, was manufactured the first generation of the D-series. They was rebagded with the Dodge and Fargo brands, as Dodge D-100 and Fargo De Soto. They trucks was produced by the argentinian susidiarie Chrysler-Fevre Argentina S.A.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_D_Series

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A great one received from Craftymore, one of three of my very first Greenlight diecast. I wish they'd sell these in regular stores in Canada!

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The D Series was redesigned for 1965. Big news was a wider tailgate and the replacement of the A series engines with the updated LA series. In 1967, the D Series trucks received big-block 383 2-barrel engines as a standard option.

From 1965 until the early 80's, the D series were assembled by the Automotive Equipment Group (מכשירי תנועה בע"מ) in Israel at a new factory located at Nazareth-I'llit (תעשיות רכב נצרת-עלית), using straight 4&6 gasoline engines with manual tranmission. This factory also produced the Jeep-Wagoneer SUV for the Israeli army,and Ford UK Escort&Transit vehicles for the civilian market. The D Series were made both for the civilian market and for the Israeli army. The models were D100&D200 light trucks,D500 big truck,and the D600 big truck with the straight 6 engine and having on-demand 4 wheel drive.


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Sak
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I have four different GreenLight Dodge trucks- the Black one, the yellow County, and the blue and red longbeds (the one displayed). I absolutely love them!
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
Excellent casting! :thumbup: It's hard to pick a favorite GreenLight- every time they come out with a new casting it raises the bar.
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GREAT PHOTOS!!!!!!
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
You see very few of these on the streets and in people's garages. Maybe some at car shows. I guess there just wasn't as much TLC given to the old Dodges as there was for the Fords and Chevies.
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

This is in the top 5 GL castings as far as I'm concerned. It's one I'm trying to collect all normal versions of.

The blue one that George mentioned.
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Black Bandit
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Everything looks great on this casting except for the jumbo sized tires . . . they're not scale correct but that can be overlooked. Great pic Jermaine.
Edited by craftymore, Sep 27 2010, 05:27 PM.
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minicup
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:drool: :drool: all I can say, I LOVE the red version. and I love the casting its self, gonna be a long shot to be my vote t other then this!
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I can tell you one thing they were not the most comfortable trucks to ride in. My Dad inherited his fathers truck and it was in pretty decent shape for its age but if you had any neck and back problems I wouldn't get in one. They do mod out pretty good.
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Support your local demo derby.

These are the five versions I've found so far. Think the long bed version in blue is my favorite.

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Check out GLCollector.com for the other 4 versions done thus far.
http://glcollector.com/032.html
Thanks Wyatt for GLCollector.com

This is one mega cool casting to collect. :thumbup:
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James
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I like the red one and the black bandit

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THECHEVYGUY
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the chevy guy
sweet find this is why greenlite is one of my all time faves
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