Restoration of 1967 Dodge D100 pickup 121412

1967 Dodge D100

Welcome to my blog.  I've started this "web-log" to document the refurbishment of my truck, a '67 Dodge D100 short bed that I bought from the family (read - son-in-law) of the original owner.  The truck hails from Waldron, Arkansas where it was purchased new from Denton Motor Company of Waldron on October 16, 1967.  The truck remained with the original owner who passed it down to his son-in-law. 

 

Waldron is a rural town of about 3,600 in western Arkansas in the Ouachita Mountains and is situated in some of the prettiest wooded, rolling hill country this side of anywhere. Back when the truck was new, Waldron had a population of about 2,000, but lacked the wide smooth highways that today give ready access to the Fort Smith area to the north.  Back in those days, (pre-Walmart) folks did their "trading" locally.  This philosophy extended to the merchants as well as the consumers.  It was no doubt this spirit that led to this purchase on that autumn day in 1967.

 

Byron Denton had the Dodge dealership in Waldron in the '60s while Ivan Plummer owned and operated the Plummer Grocery Store in town.  When Mr. Plummer decided he needed a pickup to assist in making grocery deliveries (yes, stores did that back then), he naturally turned to a local fellow businessman to make his purchase. 

 

Enter - one Dodge Truck White over Mojave Yellow D100 pickup to tote the groceries.  The son-in-law (whom I bought the truck from in September, 2011) actually took delivery of the truck for Mr. Plummer and logged the first few miles on its odometer.  In the ensuing 44 years, the truck accumulated a total of 55, 800 miles - fewer than 1,300 a year on average.  The truck never went very far from home.  When I bought it and drove it home (about 50 miles) it was probably the longest trip the truck had made in maybe forever. 

 

Stay tuned to this blog for frequent updates on the truck that I've begun to call, "Old Yeller".