I am using an 84 Dodge D 50 for a donor car. Does anyone know what the wheel bolt size is? 5 or 6 bolt and is it 4 3/4 or ?
Bolt pattern should be 6 bolts, same bolt circle as the Chevy 1/2 ton pickups and full size Blazers. Least the 82 I had was cause I used a set of wheels off a full size Blazer on mine. Gene
Nobody has a chart or something to know for sure? I found a set of wheels I like but not sure they will fit those axles on the 84 Dodge?
They are a six lug for sure, but I don't know the lug spacing. A buddy of mine modified a D-50 chassis to fit under a Henry J and ended up swapping out the rear axle for a 9" Ford and running a Mustang II set-up in the front! By the time he was done, he really didn't use much more than some of the frame rails from the D-50 chassis!
6 bolt are all the same, but the center hole varies. I put slots on my old 92 Nissan and had to take a little out of the center hole to fit. But I have another set of ugly mags that came off my friend's 54 Chevy that seem to fit fine. So, Mitsu-Dodge-Plymouth, Nissan, Toyota 4x4, and Chevy, are all 6 lug trucks.
Is the motor any good? The head alone may help you recoop some cash. I've rebuilt one and worked on several of those 2.6 Mitsubishi 4 cylinders. Some Mitsu Starion/Conquest TSI guy might by the motor.
"Alex, I'll take 'Things You Would Not Expect To See On The HAMB for a hundred, please" Okay, fatboy, here is your question "What mini pick-up would be used as a donor?" "That would be the 1984 Dodge D-50, Alex" "You didn't form the answer as a question, YOU LOSE - Good by" I had a 84 D-50, ran I-75 to college in that thing for years and then used it as a work truck in the sign business. Girlfriend got pissed off and kicked in the fender, I rolled it on its lid on the highway, blew the clutch in nomans land. Lots of great memories. It has a 6 lug chevy pattern, the carb is an O-ring nightmare, more vacumn lines than a spagetti bowl. I miss mine.
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