Project 6 Pack

Project 6 Pack
1980 Dodge D50 Pickup

Mini-truckers are comparable to one big dysfunctional family. When this 1980 D-50, a former cover vehicle in Minitruckin’ magazine, was found wasting away…nothing but a six pack and mad mini-trucker love would rescue it. And so Project Six Pack was born.

During the extensive rebuild, the frame was replaced from the doors forward with Mustang II control arms and brakes, with an S-10 gas door in the dash for checking the master cylinder. Project Six Pack steers from the right side with a rack and pinion setup.

The rear suspension sports a triangulated 8 link setup with four sleeve bags, filled by four Air Zenith compressors, fill the pockets that were created in the frame for clearance. Project Six Pack’s rear-end was rebuilt as well, now housing 3:11 gears.

A carbureted 1996 LT1 motor gave Project Six Pack new life, with a rebuilt turbo 350 that sees to the shifting of the old Dodge. The motor has been blacked out, including all hoses and wiring. The engine is accessorized by a Caddy air cleaner and Oldsmobile Rocket valve covers.

A Toyota Nissan hybrid bumper from Grant Kustoms serves as the D-50’s front bumper. A combo tailgate skin from Grant was used on the rear. The roof of Project Six Pack was removed, to let the light shine in. The doors, the hood, cowl, firewall, dash and tailgate were all shaved. A 31” LED light bar was cut into the tailgate along with a license plate lifter.

The bed of the Dodge holds enough Kicker equipment to produce a concert, and any extra space is filled by the four Air Zenith compressors and an 8 foot Dyno Roadster bicycle sporting 26” wheels of its own.

Project Six Pack, now complete, has earned, for the second time, a seat at the head of the mini-truck family reunion table. The D-50 proves that cover trucks don’t die…they just need some love from the family and a six pack – or two.

Sponsors:
Air Zenith Air Compressors
Gauge Magazine.com
Gauge-Store.com
Kicker Car Audio
Vitek Performance Products
BASF Automotive Finishes
Dakota Digital
Kinetik Batteries
Hankook Tires
Trents Trick Upholstery
Wheel Pros

Owner: Jonn Farr
Project and Sponsor Coordinator: Donnie Babb

Representing SEMA manufacture:
AZ Air Compressors Booth #46072
Truck on Display outside vehicle

Body mods:
Shaved, hood, doors, door handles, door tops, dashboard and defroster vents, interior door panels, back cab wall, cowl, firewall, fender marker lights, bed seams, tailgate, taillights and rear marker lights. Molded S-10 gas cap door to dashboard for access to master cylinder, custom made round brake pedal and gas pedal, sectioned and lengthened Toyota Nissan hybrid front bumper, hood cut to match caddy air cleaner radiuses with ½ round tube. Rolled trans tunnel with new floors that are body dropped 3 inches and new firewall and cowl. New bed floor with round tube bike mounts for 8 foot long beach cruiser and a license plate lifter is frenched into the tailgate with a 31”LED.

Frame and Suspension:
Front halved with 2X4 box tubing that was Z’d and a 1 inch stock floor was done behind the firewall to factory frame rails. Front end is built using tubular mustang II upper and lower A-Arms, frame pocketed for bag clearance, cross member pie cut for oil pan clearance, right hand drive rack with cross member notched for clearance and milled delron inserts for steering support, rigid motor mounts. Rear double notched and plated triangulated 8 link with 4 bags and 4 shocks. Air tank, valves and plumbing are in between the axles and 2 inch round tube was fabbed into the cross members to be used for the wiring. All plumbing is braided stainless secured with O’Dell’s and all the wiring is sleeved.

Interior:
One off beer keg seats, digital dash gauges, digital Air Zenith pressure gauges, fiberglass console with Kicker components and Kicker amps molded into each door, Truck bed houses 4 8inch Kicker subs, 4 component sets and 3 amplifiers 4 Air Zenith OB2 compressors.

For additional information and sponsor opportunities please contact :
Donnie Babb
Gauge Media Group Inc.
7995 W. 21st Street
Suite E
Indianapolis, IN 46214
email: donnie@gaugemedia.com
SKYPE ID: donnieatgauge
317-856-1810 phone
317-856-1818 fax
www.gaugemedia.com