[dsfyu404ed]

>Friend and I are fairly obsessed with "older" Dodge diesel trucks.

So you hate getting a value for your money almost as much as the Toyota guys then?

How are those cute miniature ball joints holding up? Frame splice rusted out yet?

> They have tripled in value in the last decade.

I think you mean that the 1000lb dowel eating turd with a stupidly stupidly thin cylinder head casting that occupies the space under the hood has tripled in value in the last decade. The trucks themselves are sub par. The increase in value is because all the ones that don't have a Cummins have long since been scrapped so the ones remaining are kinda, sorta worth a couple bucks.

Regardless, Cummins 12v (and 24v) engines are so expensive that unless you can't read a wiring diagram or need weight up front for a pulling truck you're probably better served with a 6.0 LS

(Yes I'm being intentionally contrarian here but you know there's a grain of truth in what I'm saying)

[mywittyname]

Neither of you are wrong.