The day Debby picked up Big Jon Debby Conner Debby Conner’s love affair with her 1975 Dodge Pickup is over two decades long. “I’ve owned this beauty for 24 years now. I was on a farm up north and needed a farm vehicle. He was perfect. “I was down in Petone going for a warrant of fitness and saw him for sale. I just loved him the first time I saw him. “In the last 10 years I finally took him off the farm and spent money on him. His name is BigJon which is his number plate.” According to Wikipedia “The D/W series was a line of pickup trucks that was sold by Dodge from 1960 to 1993. “The same basic design was retained until the October 1993 introduction of a completely redesigned Ram. “A redesign of the D series for the 1972 model year introduced a more rounded look. This redesign, which lasted until 1980 with minor changes, included new features
“I was down in Petone going for a warrant of fitness and saw him for sale. I just loved him the first time I saw him.” such as an independent front suspension and pocketed tail-lights to avoid damage in loading docks and confined spaces. “Styling cues, such as the scalloped hood and rounded fenderwells, were similar to the rounded, smooth look of the 1971 Plymouth Satellite.
“These trucks were built with a considerable amount of galvanized steel to resist rust and corrosion, making them very durable.”
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