I'd buy one.

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the Icon D200 ($TBA) combines modern technology with the look of Dodge's landmark 1965 crew cab truck. Thanks to new Dodge 3500 chassis and mechanical systems, the D200 is ready to handle the raw brawn of the 5.9 L Cummins engine that provides it with an insane 975 lbs. of torque. Other features include a Six-Gun diesel tuner, a Monster Ram intake manifold, a dual exhaust, a Banks Brake exhaust braking system, a 4.5-inch Baja 1000 Chase lift kit with Fox shocks, custom audio, and an interior featuring free-range American Indian Reservation bison leather. Expect to see it at SEMA 2012, but no word on whether you'll ever be able to buy one.

I'm not as interested in the lift as I am the idea of a helluva hauler with modern comfort that looks cool.
 
that lift is a badass as much as the rest of it..tahts a proven baja 1k kit....i bet she is smooth enuf to suck up the uglys but still tow like a pro

the whole things a badass...but the v pillar between the doors will ALWAYS bug me
 
The lift is great, but not something I would ever need.
I would feel silly driving around town with that for no damned good reason.

I agree on the post. It's ugly. But that's part of the appeal, for me.
 
That thing is so huge, those don't even look like 37" tires...

I wouldn't worry about too much modern comfort... it's pretty basic on the inside. It's very 1965 right down to the steering wheel and window cranks, though I couldn't find a shot of the seats. Personally, I wouldn't mind that though. They did a nice job on the instrument cluster, which by necessity uses the factory gauges.

I've never been a huge fan of that V-shaped pillar either, but I think with tinted windows, a guy could paint all the metal between the drip rail and the bottoms of the windows gloss black and it would hide that fairly well. Besides, it would work with the blacked-out appearance of the front end as well.

I wouldn't expect any kind of production run. It would be an FMVSS nightmare to sell it as a "new" truck, and I'd love to see the loan officer's face when you tried to finance $80,000 or more for a 1965 Dodge pickup. :doh: :D I have to agree, though, if I had a lot of disposable cash lying around, I'd love to have one. Imagine the brick-shitting at the gas station or truck stop when you popped the hood to check the oil on it. :dance:
 
I think they molded the bezels into the header panel and painted them body color. They're probably LED headlamps and the Icon boys figured they'd never have to be changed. Still, I'd agree with you, and I think it would've looked better had they left them separate and painted them black. I'm not a huge fan of the turn signals or taillights, either.
 
guys ..thats a STOCK 64 nose even the hood, headlights turn signals and all...having seen these tail lights on some jeeps...they arnt half as bad as they look...and teh stock setup back there..SUCKED..as i recall on that grill..you remove the whole panel to change the headlights..even the aiming screws are behind said panel...thats the way they came
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intresting thought about tint and black out top half...cept we cant tint for shit up this way so it would never look right...always tought dodge shoulda squared off the doors using van parts

and heres shots that INCLUDE the seats
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/icon-d200-for-sema-2012/#photo-5389555/
 
Thanks for pointing that out about the front, 69.5. Since trucks aren't my interest I'm not that up on them. Was '65 the year they went to the "fish-eye" front with single headlamps?

Even legal tint with the black paint would help it a lot, I think. The rule in MI is pretty tight, too, but it really only applies to the front door glass and tinting the windshield to any degree is illegal other than factory tint. Here, though, the rears could be limo tint as could the backlight. That would make the front tint seem darker.

74DS, I think I would have to agree with you on that. I'd like the stock lighting better as well. But, you know, this is a SEMA truck and everything has to be latest-tech stuff. I think they should've stuck with sealed beams for the headlamps, and just installed LED "bulbs" in the factory turn signal/taillamp housings and lenses.
 
I'd LOVE that!!!


I'd fit right in with all the other pavement princesses around here, but I'd be the guy with a real motor not a DirtyMin or a PowerJoke! :D
 
The redneck in me says, "OH HELL YES!" but the city boy in me tells me I'd never really USE it. I still want one though! :D
 
Got it, still not thinking clearly and couldn't remember the correct terminology. Thank you :D
 
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Fishy said:
The redneck in me says, "OH HELL YES!" but the city boy in me tells me I'd never really USE it. I still want one though! :D
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I'm between Dallas and Fort Worth, and an hour minimum in any direction from where I could offroad (not that wheelin' a diesel is recommended, they sink like a stone in any soft dirt. I buried my Ford to the front axle in my back yard) but that has NO bearing on owning and driving the tires off on that monster!
 
You just need more aggressive tires and a worse attitude to wheel a diesel. Think "forward momentum". :dance:
 
I had A/T's on my Ford, and driving normally I literally sunk to the front axle. It had rained the day before and I was moving a 1/4 panel from a '67 Plymouth out front so the shipper could pick it up (full 1/4, intact with structure and frame rail so I was NOT carrying it by hand) I made it out back with little excitement, but with the required 4 block radius or 52 point turn required by that truck I sunk, deeply, the mud reached the rims. I eased it out in 4 low, slowly, and I had 8-9' deep ruts through the back yard, had I given it any gas I would've had one of those large by huge wreckers out front pulling me out. Trish shook her and walked back in the house :D

I finally filled them all in this summer, happened last fall.
 
Well, I'm sure 69 and I would be using it quite a bit for hauling loads/ trailers up to the shop since that '00 Ford F-350 PowerChoke isn't exactly trustable anymore. Aside from that, it'd see a lot of to work and back, running around town... that kinda stuff.
 
fishy knows me well..id break that truck or try pretty damned hard...imagine her out at diamond mill..or browns camp...oh yes id beat the snot out of her and keep her covered in mud

doc id have to dissagre on the headlights..gimmy an H4 conversion lamp over a sealed beam...at that point they could have used any of the "euro" versions of h4s that have the "running light" and used IT for the turn signal and done away with the 3rd hole on each side...yes i put some thought into it cause that setup is clean nice and LOOKS stock.(as well as comes in every shape/size of standard headlights)..as for the grill yeah they changed it in 65 to the same "hubcap" headlights used on the a-100/8's .....your right on the go faster in the mud..gotta try and float the nose!
 
71, you know I love you like the brother I never wanted but c'mon, man... A/Ts? I don't mean to be an ass, but I don't even play with trucks and I know that's a street tire for wanna-bes. They don't self-clean; they just leave enough siping exposed to buy themselves and the truck. Those things will clog and spin on wet gravel. I watched Stretch's truck bury itself to the axles with a similar-design tire and have to get pulled out by a loader.

I'm not suggesting you run cut Boggers on your truck, but that was totally the wrong tire for the job. You'd have had a lot less damage and a lot more progress with cheap recap snow tires. A/Ts on soft ground are about as effective as drag radials are in snow.
 
LOL i musta missed the AT comment..yeah..they slip on wet grass like bald tires on ice......truely a wannabe tire...there were a few years when the AT had a nice WIDE gap that they would clear out but that was way way way back when they were still trying to turn it into a street tire
 
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