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Yep! I had a 69 D-200 Camper Special that I put a clutch in, on my back, in my driveway. It was nice that the trans. tunnel would un-bolt & gave me plenty of access from the top, but it was not easy from underneath. Crossmember removal, rusted fasteners (truck over 50, me, well over 50, living in the rust belt) the N.P. 245 trans weighed A LOT, but I got it done & worked great. I should have kept that one, it was in pretty nice shape too. I think you could probably do a pretty nice job doing your own paint work, just practice first. Do you still have a paint gun & related items? I haven't painted anything in years either, but I plan on doing my own on the 1986 when I'm ready. It's not going to be a show truck but I'm sure I can do a pretty good paint job to match the cab close enough. Heres a couple pics of the 69 I had a couple years ago. 318 4speed, M/S, Power drum brakes. Even with manual steering & those fatter than stock tires, (It had rims from a Ford F-250 on it) it wasn't bad steering at very low speeds at all. This is right where I installed the clutch too!

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Yep! I had a 69 D-200 Camper Special that I put a clutch in, on my back, in my driveway. It was nice that the trans. tunnel would un-bolt & gave me plenty of access from the top, but it was not easy from underneath. Crossmember removal, rusted fasteners (truck over 50, me, well over 50, living in the rust belt) the N.P. 245 trans weighed A LOT, but I got it done & worked great. I should have kept that one, it was in pretty nice shape too. I think you could probably do a pretty nice job doing your own paint work, just practice first. Do you still have a paint gun & related items? I haven't painted anything in years either, but I plan on doing my own on the 1986 when I'm ready. It's not going to be a show truck but I'm sure I can do a pretty good paint job to match the cab close enough. Heres a couple pics of the 69 I had a couple years ago. 318 4speed, M/S, Power drum brakes. Even with manual steering & those fatter than stock tires, (It had rims from a Ford F-250 on it) it wasn't bad steering at very low speeds at all. This is right where I installed the clutch too!

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Had a 69 too.....was my first pickup in 73. 318 auto with around 90k miles and in bad need of valve stem seals. IIRC, got it for 200 bucks and had better things to do than install new ones so I fed it 3 cans of STP until it quit creating a cloud of smoke every time it had to stop for a traffic light.
 
I suppose I could, I wish I could find a factory bolt in one from a 72-76 truck
I did cut it plenty wide out of the junkyard donor. The junkyard donor had pretty solid floors and what was left , were springy/ floppy after I cut the tunnel out of it.
I'm gonna lap the old/ new a bit instead of butt welding.
I ordered a set of Cleco's to hold it in place while I weld in the bigger tunnel. Doing so might actually add some strength to the floor pan as I have a set of front (leather) buckets from a Durango and an extra set of ramcharger seat pedestals, I might actually put buckets in this thing. And I have a miller mig of my own that's collected more dust lately than usual besides...
 
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I've heard of that. I used to have a nice set of minivan seats the right color, even but I sold them like 10 years ago. I have a set out of a 98 Durango here, the driver side bottom is smooshed and clapped out but the covers are still nice that I may try to adapt to the ramcharger seat bases. I don't have a seat for this truck right now, the bench seat coming out of my 85 is real nice, (originally out of an 87) but it's the wrong color. Maroon with the rest of a tan interior wont look very nice
Worst case I can head back to the junkyard and see what they have that might work. Whether out of some Mopar or not.
I also have a single nice drivers bucket out of an RC in the attic but don't have a mate for it.
I might sell/trade these for something a better match... Not sure if I want buckets or a bench in here. After this weekend I will have a tan/butterscotch RC center console that could go in if I do decide on the buckets.
I have another pair of maroon RC buckets and console for my other (85 1/2 ton) Truck already.
 
well the frame is at the blaster, and were headed north on Sunday to bring home another parts truck...parts for both this truck and my son's RC.... a beat up, rotten 92 RC..... hopefully I can make some $$ back and get my parts basically for free.... don't know what all is left of this truck quite yet.
 
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