I’m not a person who names my vehicles, but if I were and I owned this 1968 Dodge D200, it might be named Big Red. That isn’t too creative, but it seems to fit for a 3/4-ton pickup with a full-length bed and upgraded 400 V8 engine. The seller has it listed here on eBay in Thousand Oaks, California, and the current bid price is $2,999. If you can’t wait, just click on the $6,559 buy-it-now price.
Big Red is pretty faded, and I’d want a shiny version of this rig if I owned it. I like patina if it’s evenly worn down by life, work, the sun, the wind, the weather, and whatever else. Sometimes, I just want a vehicle to look like new again and this is one of those cases. The second-generation D-Series Dodge pickups were made from 1965 through 1971 and I love the two-headlight grille on this generation.
Here’s where the patina goes off the rails for me. Still, overall, it looks like a solid truck despite the unusual white showing on the driver’s side of the Sweptline bed. The eight-lug wheels show this truck means business. I bet it would be a great hauler or puller, much more than a lot of us would ever need, but not overly harsh like a one-ton D300 might be. I’d want to restore this truck back to its original spec, other than keeping the 400 V8 transplant. It comes with extra wheels and chrome rims, but these would be staying on it if it were mine. I’m not a chrome wheel guy, I love the look of these factory steel rims.
The interior looks good from what we can see, and there’s no clutch pedal here, so this one has an automatic. The seller refers to it as a 727, which is a TorqueFlite A727 three-speed. We don’t know what year the drivetrain is from, and I don’t know if the seller does, as they say it was done under previous ownership. They say they bought this truck to do a Hellcat swap, which seems unusual to me for a 3/4-ton truck, but what do I know? (nothing, basically, just ask my wife)
The engine is said to be a 400-cu.in. OHV V8 but we don’t know the year. It would have had between 185 and 250 horsepower and 305 and 410 lb-ft of torque. It has a rebuilt carb and upgraded intake, some additional power steering parts, new gauges, and more. Hagerty is at $7,500 for a #4 fair-condition truck with a 383 so this could be a bargain, depending on how it runs and what the underside and rust issues are, if any. Any thoughts on this D200?
