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New guy from England

Postby Mitch68 » Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:31 am

Hi I'm new on here. The names Mitch and I'm from england.
I've got a 1st generation Ram 50, which is quite a rare thing over here.....In fact it's the only one in england!
Mine's got a bit of an unusual history to it. It was shipped over from new and used on an American Air Force base over here. It never left the base so it never got registered! Until in 1987 when my friend found it there. It had been in a wreck and was looking very sorry for itself.
So my friend dragged it back home and started playing with it.
First thing to go was the engine, which was replaced with a V6 engine from a ford Capri. The car was an ex track car and the output was said to be approx 230hp judging by the way it goes even now I'd say thats about right.
Over the next couple of years the truck had major work done to it to make it handle better and look good.
I then bought it off my friend and used it for a while but when my first son came along it had to go.
It went through a few owners and I tracked it down a few months ago on e bay looking a bad mess.
Its back home now and I've nearly got it as i want it.
I'll add some more pictures when i take some.
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Re: New guy from England

Postby TotallyBalistic » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:26 pm

WELCOME TO THE SITE!!! glad to see another person from across the pond...dont be afraid to share all the info and pics you can get
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Re: New guy from England

Postby LethalEthan » Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:28 pm

Welcome! Very interesting backstory. Can't wait to see some more pics.
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Re: New guy from England

Postby 83L200 » Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:40 pm

welcome, it seems we come from all over, im from New Zealand and own a gen 1 also wit a 4g63t, look fwd to hearing from ya
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Re: New guy from England

Postby DarthWookie » Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:26 am

Omg thats a sexxxy looking first gen you got there, and kudos to you on trackin it back down and giving it new life. Welcome to the site, kick your shoes off and relax a bit, and by the by, is that the kid who you sold the truck over in the first place? Just curious......
where the hell are my PANTS!?!?!?!?
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Re: New guy from England

Postby Mitch68 » Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:30 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.
Yeah, that kid is the reason why it went the first time. He loves it now!
I will be after some parts soon so hope you guys can help out.
Also, we dont drive on the wrong side but you always put the steering wheel on the wrong side!
I'll be fitting an alarm at the weekend so will put some more pictures on then. Other plans are a solid cover for the rear so i can buy some nitrous and hide it underneath. Still need to be able to use it every day for work though!
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Re: New guy from England

Postby 83L200 » Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:01 pm

hahaha i hear wot your saying i think mines the only 1 on here wit the steering wheel on the right side, i wanted to make a hard lid but never got around to it and nitrous would be cool, look fwd to some pics of the lid and nitrous.
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Re: New guy from England

Postby Mitch68 » Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:00 am

I'm going to make the bed cover myself. I make signs for a living so will be making it out of the lightweight sign panels we use. Hopefully this will keep the weight down (and the cost) as I'm hoping to make it motorised to go up and down but will probably give up on that part as its probably more complicated than I think its going to be!
Going to make a canvas cover too not so showy but more for daily use.
Really want nitrous but got to make it grip a bit more before I do.
was going to do central locking and alarm today but Its raining at the moment so we'll see what happens.
Also need to fit big speakers behind the seats as I cant hear the music over the engine at the moment!
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Re: New guy from England

Postby TotallyBalistic » Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:39 am

i was thinking about going to the highway department and tryin to get an old sign from then so i could make me a bed cover out of it. as for motorized i doubt it but i might try some air actuators. traction will probably be a big issue with a v6 and nitrous. a few people know ive got plans for building a pretty wild 4.3 v6 for my extended cab ram-50 and i plan on adding a leaf to the rearend and building custom traction bars. if i ever get around to it ill probably give a step by step on the custom traction bars. the last set i build for a swb chevy i had did excellent and they were just built out of scrap steel. anyways love your truck man give us tons of pictures
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Re: New guy from England

Postby mikewarme » Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:38 pm

Nice truck man! I take it you can't find parts in England for it. We still have a few here........
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