Hey, great thread and some great people. I have a 1980 Cruise Air on a Dodge M500 Chassis with a 440-3 and a torqueflite 727 transmission. Some advantages of these rigs over the newer are that I just had the transmission rebuilt for $800.00. The trannie on my Dakota cost over $2000. Sure, she can't blow down the road at 80 mph, but only a fool would want to. A little slower on the steep hills but that is OK, I am on vacation anyway. I love this old rig. Been working on updateing and restoreing, just put in a new toilet (China bowl and everything). Next is to replace the paneling on the kitchen cabinets. OH yeh, I also hope to get the gen-set working sometime.
