Ken Fisher Repair

Promote Your Page Too

Tony's 1964 D-100 Truck Project

For those of you who do not know the history of this truck, it was Tony's father Kenny who started the creation of "Super Truck" in the late 1970's.   Ken Fisher set out to to build a hotrod 1964 Dodge truck. The truck came into the family in the early 70's as a long bed 3/4 ton work horse.  Furthermore the truck is a special limited production Custom Sport Special, which was one of the first "Image" trucks Dodge released.  He had found a short wide bed from a wrecking yard in South Corvallis, but when he went to pick up the truck bed,  it had already been sold.  He settled for a  Chevy step side bed for the time being for his hot rod truck.  The Fisher family knew the truck as "Super Truck".  For Tony, his first ride down the Woodburn Dragstrip was inside the cab of Super Truck with his father Ken, at the age of 12.  For Ma Fisher, she remembers driving her brothers Johnny & Del in Super Truck to the market  while they were in Corvallis visiting from California.

None the less, the truck has sat for the past twelve years.  Tony managed to get it engine running again in May of 1999, but since the passing of Kenny the truck has been in storage ever since.

In the summer of  2008, Tony set out to complete what his father had started back in 1979-80.  He was able to locate a short wide Dodge truck bed to start the restoration of Super Truck.  For those of you who know Tony, you know he has two cherished Plymouth Barracudas, the 1971 yellow Cuda which was completed in 2004 and the 1973 purple Cuda which was completed in 2006.  The word "completed" is used liberally, because we all know that every hot rod can be improved and enhanced to run a faster 1/4 mile time.

Tony is designing Super Truck to be an "every day" driver hot rod.  440 cu in engine, 727 automatic, narrowed Dana 60 rear end, with Mickie Thompson Sportsman Radial Tires 29x18.5 and 15x15 wheels in the rear, and last but not least power steering so Ma Fisher can run customers to and from their appointments.

Here are some photos of the Super Truck throughout its restoration process.  Don't hesitate to stop by and check out Super Truck for yourself at Ken Fisher Repair.  Tony or Diana (Ma Fisher) will be happy to share their stories and history of Super Truck!

The Original 1964  Super Truck after coming out of storage for 12 years.	1971 D100 truck Tony found in Roseburg, OR to help complete Ken's '64 project.
Tony & Terry Fisher at the age of five.  Super Truck's original color was green and came with the original long bed.	Terry and Tony Fisher, Holding the broken driveline after an interesting pass down the quarter mile! circa 1982
Woodburn Dragstrip. Equipped with a 400 big block it ran high 14 second quarter mile times on street tires.	The original Super Truck. First trip home from the shop. 1981. With Keystone magnesium wheels!
Ma Fisher helping supervise Tony removing the engine & cab of Super Truck, September 2008.	I guess what they say is true, if you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life.
Tony & son, Tucker (age 7 here) spend an evening in the shop looking at the newest of  Tony's projects.	Tucker spends as much time as he can in the shop asking questions and wanting to help his dad, Tony.  Just as Tony and his twin brother Terry did while their father Ken was working in the shop.
Removal of the '71 cab, engine, & front end.	Dodge '64 cab stripped of front end, hood, engine, and everything that follows. Specially fabricated wheel stand holds cab in the shop.
Rear view of the bed that will be used.	Front section of frame. Stripped of paint and boxed in for strength.
Completed frame including custom fabricated 2x3 frame rails for use with ladder-bar suspension.	Front view of  modified frame. Smoothed, filled and fully boxed in.
Shown here with wheels and tires , rear end and suspension. Its nice to finally have it rolling!	Frame with 440 engine and trans in place.
Custom  made transmission crossmember.	Once the floor pan is cut out the cab is in place.
View of the Dana 60 rear axle and big Mickey Thompson tires.	Now with bed bolted down.
Sheetmetal temporarily  installed, time to start building the floors	Side view, 8 inches lower than I started with. Lots of work ahead ,but the results are looking good!
Start of refinishing the bed. Making room for a new floor and paint stripping.	Flaming River stainless tilt column in place.
Stainless steering linkage by Uni-steer.	Wheel tubs mocked in position.
Aluminum bed cover and tailgate in place.a	New cab floor in primer.
Sectioning the 1964 door skin onto the 71 donor door.	The door latch also need to be changed. Easy right?
Finally bolted together to get the cab and bed aligned.	This is more like it!
Chrome bumper and grill back in place.	Pro-Charger D1-SC, on top of what will soon be a 512 big block with aluminum heads and hydraulic roller cam.
Passenger side header with all spark plugs and header bolts readily accessible.	Drivers side with lots of room for steering linkage. Starter can be removed with out header removal.
Lots of new updates and photos to come!	More photos on our facebook page!
More photos to come. If you are tired of waiting for a web update, call or stop by to see the progress of "Super Truck".	last updated 4/5/13