1958 Dodge D-100 Sweptside

Pickup

The Sweptside was a glamorous Dodge pickup with wild 'jet -age' styling. Introduced in 1957 and built in limited numbers through the 1959 model year, the Sweptside's, high-style appearance was achieved ingeniously and economically, by grafting 1957 Dodge station wagon quarter panels onto the sides of a standard pickup truck.

New-for-1958 'quad' headlamps gave the face -lifted Dodge trucks a more modern appearance, and the massive grille was especially impressive. Only 975 Dodge Sweptside pickups were built in 1958.

Our featured 1958 Sweptside is a ground-up restoration of a well-equipped California vehicle. Options include the large-window deluxe cab, 315 cubic-inch 'Power Giant' V8 engine, pushbutton Torque-Flite automatic transmission, power steering and roof -mounted radio. The current owner acquired the truck in 2000, after it had been stored for two decades in the decaying Detroit Packard Plant.

In mid-1957, Dodge introduced its Sweptside pickup to compete head-to-head with Ford's passenger car-based Ranchero and Chevrolet's Cameo Carrier. Dodge Trucks' Special Equipment Group wedded the finned rear quarters and rear bumper from the 1957 Dodge suburban two-door station wagon to the flanks of a standard Dodge half-ton pickup. Along with new styling, the truck was given an optional V-8 engine that Dodge the most powerful engine in the light truck field.

Sweptside pickups came standard with the custom cab, which added a glove box, two tone seat material covering foam rubber cushions, two sun visors, a wraparound rear window and 2-speed wipers. Custom cab exterior features additional chrome trim and embellishments. Dodge offered the Sweptside with two tone paint, wide white wall tires and full wheel covers.

All 1957 Dodge trucks received a bold new Forward Look front-end design with hooded headlights, a stylish new grille and a fully-opening, rear-hinged hood.

Many of the Dodge Sweptside Pickups featured a 315 cubic-inch Wideblock V8 engine, three-speed push-button LoadFlite transmission, power brakes, whitewall tires, and two-tone paint.

There were less than 3000 made over a three year period of time and approximately 900 were built in 1958.

by Dan Vaughan

Pickup

Dodge offered the Sweptside pickup from 1957 to 1959. Features included a unique 'finned' rear fender styling in a pick-up truck. This example is powered by a 315 cubic-inch Hemi V8 engine offering 204 horsepower and paired with a three-speed automatic push-button transmission. There is factory power steering and power brakes. The truck was introduced in 2014.

Pickup
Chassis number: l8d1l22039

This 1958 Dodge D100 Sweptside Pickup has been given a comprehensive restoration and is finished in a two-tone Red and Cream exterior with a matching interior. It was hand-built by the Special Equipment Group in a separate part of the Dodge truck plant, and it is believed that 1,260 examples were produced.

This D100 is powered by a 315 cubic-inch Power Dome V-8 engine and has chrome Dodge logo wheel covers, wide whitewall tires, hooded twin set headlights, and tail fin accented bedsides.

by Dan Vaughan