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Don’t let sagging doors make people think your Dodge won’t last. It’s easy to just replace the lower hinges. So which hinges do you need to buy? What does it take to replace lower door hinges on a 1972-1993 Dodge Ram?

With smoke stacks poking through the cargo bed of the truck, it became rather important to add a heat shield. Why spend the money having a sheet metal shop build it when you can do it yourself?

This is what it took to get Smoke Stacks onto the `92 Dodge Ram Dually Crew Cab D-350 …

The first shakedown run after the build that turned into a real adventure – and the truck made it back home safely, no major problems at all! Click here to read more…

The truck was finally ready to take to the driveline shop…

I was able to take some photos while I cut holes in the firewall, moved the `93 D-250 donor truck out of the shop and finished assembling everything under the hood…

A brief overview of what it took to clean up and repaint the fenderwells and inner hood surfaces…

The original rubber based insulation material over my HVAC unit on the firewall was shot. Here’s how I replaced it…

I went ahead and installed the Killer Dowel Pin Kit, just to be safe. Was it necessary? Click to find out…

After the engine and tranny were installed, I worked from back to front. The next items that got done were…