Great old Dodge, I’m not sure if anyone else remembers how radical of a design this truck’s looks were when it hit the road . Seeing one on the road was like seeing a space ship. Beautiful old gal!!!
@@WW-wf8tu not what its designed for. Its for towing lol They weigh too much and since it's a diesel it won't have as much clearance. Something u do with a jeep, Tacoma or 4runner
@@danielfish101 Forst of all dodge rams if they aren’t duallys and have some decent tyres on em are good off-roaders. Perhaps not as good as a jeep but still capable. You don’t need a fancy jeep to do off-roading all u need is a pair of balls and a good attitude.
I don’t know. I’d love to have this truck, but if someone converted a Eddie Bauer Bronco with a 5.9, nv4500 5 speed, 4x4 with some 35’s, I’d marry them for the truck.
Kase is a unique young person. He's kind of an old soul...with a young feel. This was a great video, and it gets you motivated to take on a resto project.
the Truly impressive thing about this truck is the lack of rust on the underbody and how sanitary the interior is! I'd argue how insanely hard it is to not have at least the driver's seat edge worn through and the dash not rattling like crazy. That underbody...jesus... was this truck in climate-controlled storage for 25 of it's 26 years?!?
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Growing up with a father who worked on diesels for a living, I think there's nothing better than the smell of unfiltered diesel exhaust... It's bad for your lungs and will kill polar bears, but it smells great.
@@mangravy2000 the smell isn't much of an issue unless stuck in traffic, in which case it doesn't matter who is burning the diesel. French fries smell great, but a truck smelling of French fries will encourage too frequent snack break. 😀
*Look! A truck that was made when this guy was an infant / toddler or didn't even exist yet!* These truck were The BOMB that beat up Phord & Shivvy when they came out in late 1993 as the 1994 model replacing the boxy, rakish old-man D/W series trucks from 1972...I know as I wanted _The NEW 2nd Generation RAM_ when I was about to ship off to the military when I was 21 y.o. + BTW~nice 12v Cummins RAM there, Kase!
Love the truck Kase , you really have done a great job fixing it up. I especially like your attention to deTails like headlights and taillights, trim etc. Your truck is my favorite truck on TFL. No doubt the best sounding trucks ever made. Love hearing that beast run. Keep up the great work.
A friend of mine has one of those, a white Cummins from the same era and literally has 600K miles. His truck looks fantastic as yours does. He is a little older, and at one time was on the board at Pennzoil. You’re in good company.
Great job! It looks fantastic! That 12v is one of the best engines Cummins ever made and from what I have heard and read they love to be built. Please, please dyno it now before and after mods and maybe take it on a few trips on a couple of your local trails before and after to do comparisons of the changes and to give us more content of the truck. Please!!!!!!!
Nice job, Kace. That’s a beautiful truck updated just right to where you can drive it daily and not panic over things like scratching an expensive paint job.
Hey TFL this is a great video. Love to see more builds like this. The first parts store I worked in, all of us on the counter had project cars and trucks. We spent all of our money on them. I had an 93 F150. There was 3 Cummins trucks that owners worked at the store too. We all helped each other build our projects. This kid has his head on straight and he works on his own stuff, knows his parts too! He's also good on camera. Keep this guy around.
I second that, it’s so nice having a guy like Kase on the channel , who knows something about how a vehicle works. Andre is good too, Kase is rapidly becoming my Favorite TFL reporter.
Kases truck looks great, I am a huge fan of the "Classics" myself. I have a 1994 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 4x4 that I plan on doing a budget restoration on myself, the truck has been in the family since 1997 so she has a special place in my heart. Keep up the good work!
You did a great job bud, I've been restoring my 1981 Chevy Silverado long bed going on almost 4 years. I've done all the work myself. Getting closer to finishing it and I'm so ready to get behind the wheel again
Great video Kase, that's a sweet rruck, and the stock look is definitely the way to go, would've been nice to see some of the work in progress, I hope you include more of that when you get into the power mods with it
Clean. I have a 2001. Installed the BD track bar many years ago, my bracket fits the same. No issues. Upgrade the steering to the later model "T" style from 03-08.
Man!!! You really know what a real truck is all about. Real men own and drive trucks with a manual transmission and not automatic. I like that you said : you only need AC , heater and a good working radio in your truck. You do not need all the fancy crap that car companies push on people. I own older trucks with a manual transmission. I hope to see more videos of your cool truck, keep up the good work!
I made little slide show and idle video of my 94 dodge 6bt12vcummins. Awesome work, nice to see another 94 6 in a row and ready to tow... I think carli and synergy make some of the best suspension/steering geometry components for our trucks. I dont use mine as my daily, its more my tow rig when i need it. Its funny how i just got done restoring my 94 body/frame like 4 weeks ago with new suspension, brakes system, steering linkage, bumpers, grill, and all the lights. My interior needs attention. I know a guy who has a 55 stepside body i been wanting to swap on my 94 frame some day down the road.
Leave the stock body on it Kasey. This truck was a milestone and a trendsetter for the full size truck market for years to come. In fact this generation Dodge Ram set design trends that we’re still seeing today in 2021! The fact that yours is almost a time capsule makes it that much better as so many of these were bought to be work trucks and beat to death. And a wise Auto Mechanic teacher in high school once told me “ don’t mess with your daily driver”. Leave your daily driver as original as possible so that it’s as reliable as possible. And when you do need parts they don’t have to be custom made.
I love seeing second-gen dodge trucks in good condition like this. You see so many Ram 1500, 2500, 3500, and Dodge Dakota (“baby ram”) trucks that are beat like red-headed step children. I’ve got an second gen Dakota with 211k miles on it, and it’s in pretty much the same shape as this here 2500, and it started my love for 90s and 2000s dodge trucks. ❤️
Fun video, excellent job Kase but you could have shared that video of the work getting done also. Nice easy to hear good camera work no loud music, just a nice video. I hope you get your truck dreams sooner than later and we get to watch you do the work, would be fun to watch! Stay safe and have fun with the big girl she looks great.
Thanks, Kase, good review. Nice restoration and not modification. Who remembers when Dodge began putting Cummins diesel in their pickups? Fords and Chevys had their own. Every review said the Cummins diesel (good for 500k miles) would outlive the body by 300k.
I’m restoring my work truck little by little as well. It’s a 99 ram 1500 with the 360 V-8 and 294,000 miles, about 50k on the transmission. I’ve already went back to the original front bumper, headlights and grille, as well as painted and installed a new tailgate, quieter exhaust, and so much other stuff. I had always wanted one of these trucks but never found one quite good enough to fix up. Most were already too far gone.
Thats a really nice truck. Im glad to see some interest in factory like restore. Custom has been so over done, it just makes me sick. Im working on a very similar truck. Mine is a 2001 3/4 ton dodge. 4x4. Making slow but steady progress.
Oh please video the full body change and other upgrades, I think its going to be very cool and unique. Its a really nice truck for sure! Great job on it getting it to this point. Since I have a white '19 Ram also on 35's we should do a new vs old.
The stock Tonka-truck look just oozes class and is way more handsome than your typical bro truck with wide wheels and tasteless aftermarket. Awesome job!!
I have a near showroom condition 94' 2500 4X4 in my shop I am in the middle of an engine swap. The truck was my aunts and is near perfect Laramie. Dropping in a 12 V into a V10 truck. Nice truck you have there. I like you are mindful of old school tech. Hope to see more videos of future progress on your truck.
This is along the lines of what I want to do with my 03 ram 1500 offroad as far as making it like new, though a new engine and a 6 speed swap (because I hate its and automatic and it has 210k) are a big part of the list
Awesome work, the truck turned out great!! The urge to go crazy with the horsepower is strong once you add a little, but I personally recommend stay around 500-600hp (which it sounds like you are) on a street driven 12-valve. A clean quick spooling snappy 500-600hp is WAY more fun on the street than a smoky laggy 1000hp pig. Also, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for not diesel broing this thing out with awful 24x14 wheels, rubber band tires, and a 4th gen bumper swap. Seriously, thank you. If you want to take your suspension to the next level look into a Carli suspension system- they are amazing.
600hp is the plan once I can afford compound turbos (and Carli eventually too). Street drivability is a must, and thanks I also hate trucks that have no sidewall and no functionality
When you said the truck had 240,000 miles it nearly blew my socks off. With as clean as that sucker looks, I wouldn't have guessed much more over 100,000 if even.
More videos with kase plz, hes doing his job really well
Agreed
i have a 96 with 450k miles ill be looking forward to ur progress!
Great old Dodge, I’m not sure if anyone else remembers how radical of a design this truck’s looks were when it hit the road . Seeing one on the road was like seeing a space ship. Beautiful old gal!!!
I remember when they came out. They were so much bigger looking than the more square Chevy and fords
They were comparing it to the new Kenworth class 8 semi.
Aerodynamics.
It was a dramatic change aftee coming of the 1972-1993 Dodge D seires truck line
The first time I saw one, I was like oh look, a mini semi-truck.
They rust worse than 70s chevy squarebodies
We need to see more of this truck on TFL Off Road
Well its not exactly a truck you'd want to take off roading 😂😂
@@WW-wf8tu not what its designed for. Its for towing lol They weigh too much and since it's a diesel it won't have as much clearance. Something u do with a jeep, Tacoma or 4runner
@@danielfish101 Forst of all dodge rams if they aren’t duallys and have some decent tyres on em are good off-roaders. Perhaps not as good as a jeep but still capable. You don’t need a fancy jeep to do off-roading all u need is a pair of balls and a good attitude.
yeah buddy! powerful cummins without the "Bro" look
This is a truck V-belt & Sons would be proud of!
I was thinking the same thing
I would have to agree.
Idk about anyone else, but this is basically my dream truck, second gen 5.9 Cummins, 5speed manual, 4wd
I don’t know. I’d love to have this truck, but if someone converted a Eddie Bauer Bronco with a 5.9, nv4500 5 speed, 4x4 with some 35’s, I’d marry them for the truck.
Kase is a unique young person. He's kind of an old soul...with a young feel. This was a great video, and it gets you motivated to take on a resto project.
This is so true.
Does Roman know you took his cassette tapes?
the Truly impressive thing about this truck is the lack of rust on the underbody and how sanitary the interior is! I'd argue how insanely hard it is to not have at least the driver's seat edge worn through and the dash not rattling like crazy.
That underbody...jesus... was this truck in climate-controlled storage for 25 of it's 26 years?!?
Could be south of the rust belt?
great truck, it's nice that the radio is classic and that someone else is listening to such music on cassettes, greetings from Poland 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 Jeep Wrangler TJ Poland
Poland is everywhere
Growing up with a father who worked on diesels for a living, I think there's nothing better than the smell of unfiltered diesel exhaust... It's bad for your lungs and will kill polar bears, but it smells great.
Def bad for the lungs, but it puts them hairs on the chests.
Ugh... The exhaust smoke and smell are the only cons of a Diesel. Else nothing comes close to the not so silent aura of these torque monsters.
@@abhinandanb To you. To those with testis, the smell is a drug.
@@abhinandanb If you don't like the smell run biodiesel it smells like french fries and who doesn't like fries.
@@mangravy2000 the smell isn't much of an issue unless stuck in traffic, in which case it doesn't matter who is burning the diesel. French fries smell great, but a truck smelling of French fries will encourage too frequent snack break. 😀
I love these good old Dodges 😍 such good work horses!
Living my passion for trucks through some kid in Colorado. Good work Kase.
*Look! A truck that was made when this guy was an infant / toddler or didn't even exist yet!*
These truck were The BOMB that beat up Phord & Shivvy when they came out in late 1993 as the 1994 model replacing the boxy, rakish old-man D/W series trucks from 1972...I know as I wanted _The NEW 2nd Generation RAM_ when I was about to ship off to the military when I was 21 y.o. + BTW~nice 12v Cummins RAM there, Kase!
Love the truck Kase , you really have done a great job fixing it up.
I especially like your attention to deTails like headlights and taillights, trim etc.
Your truck is my favorite truck on TFL.
No doubt the best sounding trucks ever made. Love hearing that beast run.
Keep up the great work.
A friend of mine has one of those, a white Cummins from the same era and literally has 600K miles. His truck looks fantastic as yours does. He is a little older, and at one time was on the board at Pennzoil. You’re in good company.
Great truck, bonus points for listening to Pink Floyd! You're the man!
Love what you did man. Bravo for keeping the chrome and making it look period correct (but better).
It looks good, but the paint should be wet sanded, and buffed out to help get rid of the Orange peel. It would look great.
Then you would really notice the imperfections in the body and as was said,it would add extensive time to the job.
Great video, Kase! I'm gonna love watching you build this. The interior took me back. I owned a '96 Dodge Ram 1500 SWB 4x4 in white.
Great job! It looks fantastic! That 12v is one of the best engines Cummins ever made and from what I have heard and read they love to be built.
Please, please dyno it now before and after mods and maybe take it on a few trips on a couple of your local trails before and after to do comparisons of the changes and to give us more content of the truck. Please!!!!!!!
The mechanical and body work is outdone only by the classic rock cassette tape collection!
Nice job, Kace. That’s a beautiful truck updated just right to where you can drive it daily and not panic over things like scratching an expensive paint job.
THIS is the kind of videos i love!
I wanna see way more stuff like this pleeeease!!!
It's awesome, can't wait to see future modifications
Great series to watch the changes and plans! Had a '95 and loved it; road so much better than my '92!
Hey TFL this is a great video. Love to see more builds like this.
The first parts store I worked in, all of us on the counter had project cars and trucks. We spent all of our money on them. I had an 93 F150. There was 3 Cummins trucks that owners worked at the store too. We all helped each other build our projects.
This kid has his head on straight and he works on his own stuff, knows his parts too! He's also good on camera. Keep this guy around.
I second that, it’s so nice having a guy like Kase on the channel , who knows something about how a vehicle works.
Andre is good too, Kase is rapidly becoming my Favorite TFL reporter.
Perfect level of "restoration" for this everyday driver, nice job
Nice truck man, good job on those updates!! Great series!
What a cool project truck, Kase! Great job!
Super happy to see someone building on what they love. Rock on
Awesome video! Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing.
Man beautiful job, total dream truck. Single cab, cummins with a manual and 4x4. Hoping to find one of those one day!!
Excellent job on your truck! I'd like to see more of this kind of stuff.
Nice work Case. Thank you for sharing.
Kases truck looks great, I am a huge fan of the "Classics" myself. I have a 1994 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 4x4 that I plan on doing a budget restoration on myself, the truck has been in the family since 1997 so she has a special place in my heart. Keep up the good work!
Very nice truck! Good job and thanks for sharing!
I'm in love with this truck, congratulations on the restoration
You did a great job bud, I've been restoring my 1981 Chevy Silverado long bed going on almost 4 years. I've done all the work myself. Getting closer to finishing it and I'm so ready to get behind the wheel again
Nice job, Kase. I'm looking forward to more updates.
WOW! Great job! That looks fantastic!
Oh man I love this truck! We don't have cool stuff like that here in the UK 😒
Move here then, wayy cheaper too
@@danielfish101 I wish it were that easy!!
@@johnbertram right 😂 covid doesn't help either
Great video Kase, that's a sweet rruck, and the stock look is definitely the way to go, would've been nice to see some of the work in progress, I hope you include more of that when you get into the power mods with it
Great video! I had a super clean 1997 F350 std. cab 5spd with
the truck is looking great. that is an ambitious project to put that old body on the dodge frame. i think you can definitely handle it. good luck
Great restoration! Truck looks extremely clean.
Nice restoration! Would love to hear more about how that OEM looking radio head unit had Bluetooth added in like that.
I miss my Gen 1 Ram 150, wish I never sold it. Your Gen 2 is looking great, keep us updated on your progress with this.
Great truck keep up the good work it is looking amazing.
Love the 2nd gen Dodges!
Kase was such a good addition to the team! Love the old second gen videos!
Clean. I have a 2001. Installed the BD track bar many years ago, my bracket fits the same. No issues. Upgrade the steering to the later model "T" style from 03-08.
Wow you did a great job fixing up this truck. It looks really good!
What an awesome truck congrats on a great job!! Looking forward to more videos
Looks Great man awesome job! Love 2nd Generation Rams
My dream truck! Great job on fixing it up!
Man!!! You really know what a real truck is all about. Real men own and drive trucks with a manual transmission and not automatic. I like that you said : you only need AC , heater and a good working radio in your truck. You do not need all the fancy crap that car companies push on people. I own older trucks with a manual transmission. I hope to see more videos of your cool truck, keep up the good work!
I made little slide show and idle video of my 94 dodge 6bt12vcummins. Awesome work, nice to see another 94 6 in a row and ready to tow... I think carli and synergy make some of the best suspension/steering geometry components for our trucks. I dont use mine as my daily, its more my tow rig when i need it. Its funny how i just got done restoring my 94 body/frame like 4 weeks ago with new suspension, brakes system, steering linkage, bumpers, grill, and all the lights. My interior needs attention. I know a guy who has a 55 stepside body i been wanting to swap on my 94 frame some day down the road.
Bad ass Truck young man ! Great job
Great video Kase, can’t wait to see the power wagon body on that chassis.
Very nice. Always liked these trucks.
This is beautiful, you guys are putting out some seriously interesting content, between the f150 and this clean cummins, I'm staying subbed
Love this video and the truck looks pretty darn good
Leave the stock body on it Kasey. This truck was a milestone and a trendsetter for the full size truck market for years to come. In fact this generation Dodge Ram set design trends that we’re still seeing today in 2021! The fact that yours is almost a time capsule makes it that much better as so many of these were bought to be work trucks and beat to death. And a wise Auto Mechanic teacher in high school once told me “ don’t mess with your daily driver”. Leave your daily driver as original as possible so that it’s as reliable as possible. And when you do need parts they don’t have to be custom made.
I love seeing second-gen dodge trucks in good condition like this. You see so many Ram 1500, 2500, 3500, and Dodge Dakota (“baby ram”) trucks that are beat like red-headed step children. I’ve got an second gen Dakota with 211k miles on it, and it’s in pretty much the same shape as this here 2500, and it started my love for 90s and 2000s dodge trucks. ❤️
Keep up the good work, looking forward to the rest!
You have done grate job. Out come is really good, thumbs up :)
Awesome mix. Nice
Turned out really nice. Great job.
Get some tints on it, and it’ll be perfect. In the north east, that thing would be worth like 15k all day
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe tinting your front A-pillar windows is illegal in Colorado.
@@LukeEdward tint is illegal everywhere but I don’t think cops really care to pull you over for it
But if it was in the northeast it would be a rusty shtbox
@@gingerstudios5221 especially in Idaho, nobody cares lol
@@gingerstudios5221 sides and back are usually fine up to a certain percentage
Fun video, excellent job Kase but you could have shared that video of the work getting done also. Nice easy to hear good camera work no loud music, just a nice video. I hope you get your truck dreams sooner than later and we get to watch you do the work, would be fun to watch! Stay safe and have fun with the big girl she looks great.
Awesome truck, great job Kase 👍
Looks good Kase keep up the good work 👍
Need an update on this Case. Your truck has been my favorite one to follow on this channel to date
Great truck I rode in a quad cab version that was a 1500 dodge ram
Thanks, Kase, good review. Nice restoration and not modification. Who remembers when Dodge began putting Cummins diesel in their pickups? Fords and Chevys had their own. Every review said the Cummins diesel (good for 500k miles) would outlive the body by 300k.
Nice job, especially on a budget. Looks like new.
Well done Kase,...with help from Connor ( did I get his name correct?) That's a nice job.
Looks and sounds awesome!
Could paint the old gray bumper to match, nice truck.
I'm out here in Colorado as well. Great classic build! I have a 98 gasser
I’m restoring my work truck little by little as well. It’s a 99 ram 1500 with the 360 V-8 and 294,000 miles, about 50k on the transmission. I’ve already went back to the original front bumper, headlights and grille, as well as painted and installed a new tailgate, quieter exhaust, and so much other stuff. I had always wanted one of these trucks but never found one quite good enough to fix up. Most were already too far gone.
Thats a really nice truck. Im glad to see some interest in factory like restore. Custom has been so over done, it just makes me sick. Im working on a very similar truck. Mine is a 2001 3/4 ton dodge. 4x4. Making slow but steady progress.
Nice work ⚡️⚡️🔥🔥👍
Looks great!
Awesome informative Video experience Y'alls God Bless Ya Prayers 🙏
I'd Love to see a video on your Bluetooth conversion
Cool truck and mods!
Oh please video the full body change and other upgrades, I think its going to be very cool and unique. Its a really nice truck for sure! Great job on it getting it to this point. Since I have a white '19 Ram also on 35's we should do a new vs old.
Nice work dude
The stock Tonka-truck look just oozes class and is way more handsome than your typical bro truck with wide wheels and tasteless aftermarket. Awesome job!!
Case man, I love that truck and what you did with it. I hope I can come down to Colorado from Ontario Canada and see it in person some time!
I have a near showroom condition 94' 2500 4X4 in my shop I am in the middle of an engine swap. The truck was my aunts and is near perfect Laramie. Dropping in a 12 V into a V10 truck. Nice truck you have there. I like you are mindful of old school tech. Hope to see more videos of future progress on your truck.
This is along the lines of what I want to do with my 03 ram 1500 offroad as far as making it like new, though a new engine and a 6 speed swap (because I hate its and automatic and it has 210k) are a big part of the list
Awesome work, the truck turned out great!! The urge to go crazy with the horsepower is strong once you add a little, but I personally recommend stay around 500-600hp (which it sounds like you are) on a street driven 12-valve. A clean quick spooling snappy 500-600hp is WAY more fun on the street than a smoky laggy 1000hp pig.
Also, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for not diesel broing this thing out with awful 24x14 wheels, rubber band tires, and a 4th gen bumper swap. Seriously, thank you. If you want to take your suspension to the next level look into a Carli suspension system- they are amazing.
600hp is the plan once I can afford compound turbos (and Carli eventually too). Street drivability is a must, and thanks I also hate trucks that have no sidewall and no functionality
Beautiful machine my man 💪🏻👌🏻
That's a great looking truck!!
When you said the truck had 240,000 miles it nearly blew my socks off. With as clean as that sucker looks, I wouldn't have guessed much more over 100,000 if even.
It’s cool your keeping it classic. Good choice.
Awesome selection of cassette tunes, dude.