Chrysler Canada RAM

[rob love]

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Looks like this one has been converted to a cummins diesel from the original 318 V8.

[Bob Carriere]

One was destroyed during testing.....

One is at the Plow Share museum near Ottawa...

One is somewhere North of Oshawa...... previously from Andre Moreau of Cantley PQ..........

One in Calgary.......

Strange the Calgary one seems slightly different....for example the tailgate is straight across..... the ex Cantley truck had a scooped out center section on the tailgate to allow a long shaft outboard motor to be fitted for faster water travel... cab layout also seems different.... again the Cantley one had a driver's seat and a long 3 passenger front seat.

Extremely maneuverable over rough terrain......scary since the driver's position is slightly ahead of the front axle........and floats in a scary nose down when swimming with out a load at the rear.

The oddity is that if you wanted to float you needed to manually make sure the drain ports underneath were bolted shut......... crossing a fast moving stream not deep enough to float..... you needed to open the ports and let the water inside the bilge compartment or risk being pushed sideways while crossing a stream with fast current. The original 318 engine had a waterproof ignition/carburetor similar to the Dodge M37. Then ex- Cantley model had water cooled jackets on each rear end and front end...... about 3 inches thick and held in place between the axle casting and the differential sheet metal cover.... it was plumbed to the radiator cooling system.... disc brakes mounted in board inside the bilge area.

Favorite trick after filling up the bilge ( which contained dead leaves, muck, oil and lubricant residue ) was to pull up ob shore and rush close to another 4x4 and turn on the bilge pump which would spray a steady 2 in. stream of dirty water at whom ever was standing or parked to close......

Can't remember who purchase it in the GTA area or whether it was ever restored.

Bob C.

[rob love]

The photos on the ad show a civilian bucket, and the military guages stowed in the back with a civilian dash installed in the cab.

I believe you mentioned a tan one years ago on this site. Possibly this is it? I think the data plate shows serial number 5.

[Robin Craig]

The one north of Oshawa as you say is in the ownership of Mr Jack Innes who is a friend

[Jack Innes]

The RAM that Robin mentioned is indeed mine & it is here, near Brooklin. It is unit #3 & was withdrawn from testing at 9,000 miles & therefore is in quite good condition. It is fully operational & legitimately licensed for the road. (the insurance ends at the water's edge) Fortunately it came with all of the parts stripped from the one tested to destruction as well as the spare parts on hand when the testing was finished. It appears that all of the trucks were a little different, each having variations offered by the designers to be evaluated during testing. It seems that the RAM was not chosen as a replacement for the M37 since it was too expensive & too hard to work on.

[rob love]

That is one gorgeous truck Jack. It has always been on my wish list. It is unfortunate the one in Calgary got the changes involved with an engine swap.