I've had this truck for 3 years and have been fixing it when I can.
It's a 1980 Chrysler L200 Express commercial model, which means it has 4g32b motor, 4 speed column shift manual, 4.89:1 rear diff, a 1000kg load capacity, bench seat, and suspension geometry is an inch higher than the square headlight 1st gens.
It's about to do its second lap of the 100,000km odometer, and had a rebuilt motor installed in 1996 when it had almost completed its first odometer lap.
Here's the condition I bought it in:
I've also acquired and modified a flat tray:
and drove 600+km to buy this stylish canopy:
Other than lots of maintenance, I've fitted a torsen LSD, dealt with almost all surface rust, and put in a better dash from a parts ute I have (bent yellow '86 L200 with seized 4G63 and narrow 5spd). I have an italian weber 36/32 rebuilt to escort gt 1600 specs and L300 4g32b extractors that will need a a few inches off the end and a pair of 90degree bends welded on to clear the chassis rail.
There was a minor overheating incident earlier in the year when a heater hose failed, so right now it's got chemiweld holding pressure in cylinder 4. I have a waterpump, timing belt kit etc for a major birthday soon, it just has to get through the Australian summer first, because it's a work truck.
Even after a rebuild the mikuni floods when hot, so I might start a thread to ask for help on that as I don't have all the bits ready for the weber swap yet and don't have time to pull off the tub and lay out electric pump etc. Plus I want to change out all old fuel hose when that happens.
Great to see an active forum for these little trucks in an age when so much useful internet content has been lost to facebook.
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