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The core supports on these seem to be common problems. Don't get me started on Mopar's rust proofing strategy (or complete lack there of). The core support has an outer reinforcement layer that sandwiches the thinner metal of the actual support on the bottom. I had to repair the replacement...

I'm in White Lake. I bought a fender from another member who's also local, and he mentioned that there are somewhat regular get-togethers somewhere, but I can't remember where.... Perhaps he will chime in? Or maybe the info is in the regional forum...

I grabbed the driver's side a couple of weeks ago. I will get to that shortly, I have to patch the end of the inner fender before I stick that new fender on...

I've been able to get a few things taken care of. For the steering I wound up going the Borgeson shaft route, and used a rag joint/ coupler on the box. I had found the box and pump locally off of a 79 not knowing that the steering column splines were different: I found that the cab mounts were...

Interesting History I am disassembling the front end of my truck prepping for the core support replacement and came across this. Not sure if this was someone in the past or if this was from the factory, driver's side of the core support, between the radiator and battery:

Thanks for the welcomes. I had been sort of looking for an older truck to handle various tasks, how could I resist something as cool as an old military truck? It's an M882 according to the tag on the dash. My plans are to get PS on it, and fix little things and just use and abuse it. First up...

Hello, just picked up a well-used M880 so will be asking dumb questions about converting to power steering and Dodge rust issues. Seems like a lot of good information here! -Matt