A 318???!! Holy cow. Now that would be really cool.
I should clarify, it's not a real Dodge, but "made by Mitsubishi for Chrysler Corporation"....It's a 1981 Ram 50, one of the little 2.0 4 cyl. trucks.
117,000 miles, sold off by the original owner last year to another guy, bought by me a month or so ago. Primered front fenders, but I have less than $700 in the thing and that includes a full tune-up, new exhaust (including a new cat. convertor), new tires, and the totally cool Brown Saddle blanket bench seat cover...the receipt for that was in the pile of paperwork in the glovebox. The Owner's manual, warranty manual and warranty explanation form along with the receipt for his cash purchase price of a little more than $4000 were in there too. All lights work, wipers, heater, fan, locks, tailgate all work. No air, No power steering, no sir... just the basics, please. As a matter of fact, I know of nothing that doesn't work on the truck. After having an air-cooled 1600 short block roll over in the trunk of my beloved Golf while turning, dumping the remaining oil all over the carpet, It's a welcome addition to the driveway.
And a note to the skeptics: It passed the Emissions Test too.
That should make Mother Earth happy.
Yeah, the 318 would be a fun swap, though.
But then, the gas mileage would just go to Hell.