1993 CTD Extended Crew Cab

[TAchterberg]

Stumbled on this one for sale during an internet search... ... ... ... ... Man I like it Oo.

 

[TAchterberg]

Also found a Dana 71 w/3. 08's for $400, supposedly in working order, is it worth it?

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

WELL, you could sure mount a train air horn on that rig - it would qualify!

 

[jgillott]

I'm fairly sure I've driven busses shorter than that thing. Oo.

 

[rMetzger]

Love that. If I keep "Tiny" for another 20-30 years, I might eventually have the cab stretched and have seats for 6-9, depending on configuration. I wonder if the A/C fan is strong enough to cool the back passengers?

 

[JHumphries]

I've been dreaming of doing that for about 4 years.
Now that I've owned a mega cab for about 2 years, I'm not so sure.
Backing small trailers around corners can be difficult. As long as you don't move the trailer more than about 15°, you can normally still straighten the trailer out. More than that, and you have to pull forward.
I was planning on putting Kodiak axles on the truck in my dreams because they have a 60° pivot angle! That might help with turning a bit.

 

[RSchwarzli]

Oh sweet! Nice to see those as complete side shots!

I am not 100% sure I like it proportionately though. The crew cab is more balanced in cab to box. Hmmm

 

[TAchterberg]

All it needs then is another 2' in the box and it will be proportionate By then it should be about ..... 24 feet long. The same length as the Freightliner Cascadia Mid-Roof Sleeper trucks I work on :-laf

 

[Simplysmn]

Love crewcab's but that is Just way too Long sorry extended cab behind crew is useless

 

[Bob Beauchaine]

It looks good but I don't want my truck in 2 different time zones while I'm driving it.



Bob

 

[jgillott]

If you were real skinny, you could limo tint those extended cab windows and put a bunk back there to make a sleeper.

 

[Shadrach]

I LIKE IT, especially in white. Needs tinted glass and a 400 HP P pumped engine to move it around. :-laf That's 181" wheel base. Shad

 

[mfurrh55]

about the same as an extended mega cab

 

[HHhuntitall]

I can't believe what I am hearing... . NO use for the extended cab portion!?!?!??! Obviously, no one who says that is a packrat like me!!!!

 

[Simplysmn]

But that thing is Long enough as a Crewcab why mess it up and add more length too it ? YUK

 

[HHhuntitall]

Oh, I don't know... . It's still a LOT shorter than my KW... . It's like the factory Dodge rep (who now hides in the bathroom if I show up... ), when I gave him a hard time about the new Dodge in '02, and how it was only an extended cab with doors, he said, "Who could drive something that long??!" I told him he as an idiot, and it couldn't turn as bad as a 301" KW, which I drove all the time..... Finally, Dodge got it right in 2010, and built a long bed with REAL rear doors and a seat, like they should have done, and promised they would do in 1994!!! I just wish they had done it with the 12v engine, and I'd have the perfect truck... . IMO, anyway...



I do like the extended cab behind the seat. I think it'd be great for my saddles, tools, rifles, and anything else I didn't want to get wet when it rains and I'm traveling between ranches. That'd be awesome!! Like it is, whatever horses are in the back get their saddles soaked in my half-top..... Now, if only the truck were 4wheel drive... ... :-laf

 

[BSeyler]

Oh, I don't know... . It's still a LOT shorter than my KW... . It's like the factory Dodge rep (who now hides in the bathroom if I show up... ), when I gave him a hard time about the new Dodge in '02, and how it was only an extended cab with doors, he said, "Who could drive something that long??!" I told him he as an idiot, and it couldn't turn as bad as a 301" KW, which I drove all the time..... Finally, Dodge got it right in 2010, and built a long bed with REAL rear doors and a seat, like they should have done, and promised they would do in 1994!!! I just wish they had done it with the 12v engine, and I'd have the perfect truck... . IMO, anyway...

I do like the extended cab behind the seat. I think it'd be great for my saddles, tools, rifles, and anything else I didn't want to get wet when it rains and I'm traveling between ranches. That'd be awesome!! Like it is, whatever horses are in the back get their saddles soaked in my half-top..... Now, if only the truck were 4wheel drive... ... :-laf

I agree, that cab is awesome! I wish Dodge would offer that as an option.

 

[JHumphries]

Throw a pair of Kodiak axles under it. The driven front axle has a pivot range of 60°! That would make the truck turn.

 

[Grizzly]

It may not fit in my 32' deep garage.

 

[HHhuntitall]

It may not fit in my 32' deep garage.

Naw, but she's made to drive, not sit under a roof!! Just look at that photo... . it's like a fully restored Hemi 'Cuda sitting behind a glass wall..... It just looks ashamed and depressed..... It was made to drive!!! (in my world, anyway..... )