Loved my long wheel based trooper. Unfortunately lost it to frame rust the boxed in frames trap a ton of sediment . The short wheelbase is so sweet. Mitsubishi/ Dodge did same with the Raider. Long and short wheelbase

Such a cool Lil truck.

I love that little truck ! I have a buddy that put a Chrysler 360 in one years ago .

3m window weld works amazing for carrier bearing did it on my 70 Riviera to get by untill my new one came in and it's been 3 years over 7k miles haha

Saw you pull out on the highway today 7/3 truck looked good man! Keep up the good work!

It's a huge production

"chingadera" Tell me you're from so cal without telling me you're from so cal.

After watching you on VGG, I'm glad I found your channel

Never have i ever seen someone weld on a shock. Ive thought about it, but i was in a junkyard and watched a guy cutting an axle off of of a ford truck. Was about to have it cut off the truck, as the oil came out under pressure,it atomized while lighting on fire from the molten metal, 8 ft napalm flamethrower, tried to put it out and it re- lit like one of those horrible candles that wont go out. Coated the truck next to him with flaming oil, and almost set the entire junkyard on fire. So yeah, i wasnt really ever motivated to weld on shocks......

Keep up the great videos. question on the 4 link bar lengths? You made the upper and lower bars almost the same length. With a street vehicle and very little movement that is ok? On the off road stuff I thing they are supposed to be 80% top to bottom. Thanks

If watching your channel has taught me anything, it is that I need more friends like yours!!!

Reeses-D

I love the talk of "if I airbag it" because we're all still following along waiting for the Hard body to be finished! lol never change Dave!

Thunder bolt tree slapper.

D 50 cent

I had an 88 trooper as my first 4x4 - I loved it till the block cracked. RIP

It’s a bummer that Dirt Everyday was cancelled, I just discovered it last month and have watched every episode. Best of luck to you Dave, I’m looking forward to watching your videos. Most KZfaq channels are better when creators control them.

I have a childhood memory of this truck and it's my dad's he had the yellow one and apparently he had too much of a lead foot so they literally like to throw timing chains apparently so you might want to make sure that's in good shape

Gene Winfield chopped the top of 1 of these and painted it Gold. It's called the Machete. It was an ISCA rear-engine truck that someone had built. The bed has a 600hp, twin-turbo Olds V8 w/ Tornado axle..

Are you going to be able to smooth out or replace that driver's side quarter panel?

Don't know where that truck lived it's life, but the fact that it still had original exhaust and rockers on it is incredible. My 85' D50 during the 15 years I had it went through 2 sets of rockers and two full exhausts... that's Pennsylvania weather and salty winter roads for you.

hey Dave...I've had a few older Mopars...it's interesting that Mitsubishi chose to run the front stabilizer-lower control arm rods that were prominent in Dodges D-100 chassis'....perhaps there was some corporate influences eh speaking of ... how do they look?...the dry rot makes for shite handling...the exhaust looks good man...sounds good

One day im going to wheel with dave so mark it down

I had a Pup with a seized front caliper that ended up being a collapsed brake hose. Looking back i wish i still had that thing. Or could find another one. But I haven't seen one for sale in ages. Haven't seen one period, really.

Now im scrounging market place for a ram 50 or mighty max. Gee... thanks Dave

Reese's piecer

Love it, great truck…

Thanks Dave for the MTB videos! Like what you are doing with the channel. Keep up the great work!

Please keep these Truly AMAZING vehicles ALIVE!!!

Imagine this with a gen 3 srt hemi in it. Be pretty awsome imo

I like the truck, but I have never been a lowrider fan. Must be my advanced age. Are you going to add hydraulics and make it bounce like a bunny?

Dirty deeds

Dave, windshield urethane works wonders for a cheap fix for engine mounts and carrier bearings. Just make sure it sets up for 24 hrs before you decide to drive.

Just recently started watching you on here. Heard you was a mini trucker and use to have a nice Isuzu rodeo or amigo. Love your work man and your fabrication skill level is insane. You make everything sound so easy when you explain it!

Do yourself a favor and take the restrictor out of the nozzle on the spray can

Dude you're making content quicker than I can watch it! happy you went independent your channel rocks!!

I just watched your episode on sent and bent, and yes all of dirt every day is on discovery, I still watch them occasionally.

Why is your mom's rock crawler called spaghetti?

The idea of "fans" is hubristic.

The Fif-Dee😬

I've attempted solo car work and filming and editing its so, so hard. You have to interrupt your normal garage workflow to eff around with cameras and mics and whatever. Your solo videos are awesome; keep it up!

I saw this truck on Main Street in Bozeman two weeks ago.

stupid music

Did you get the dealer to give you the floor mats? Can't leave us hanging!!!

In the process of cutting springs. “I’m not going to change the belts, that’s just going to be a pain.” Lol. Love it.

Ok next step is to make it ride and handle better that factory; but on a budget.

Hammer and dolly that fender and call it done. Cool build 🤘💯🏁

well, Mr. David, I would have it just the way it is right now, but, then again, I am just an old fart... it will be interesting for me to see what else you come up with for "ol Louis Viten

This truck brings back so many memories of my dads 79 D50. That little Japanese truck did stand a chance in Michigan winters though.

Awesome job! Dave you are great and a great big thank you for helping Derek!