Mind, this was before the Dodge Ram pickup truck, which was only introduced about three years later in 1981. As with the first-gen Cummins engines, the Mitsubishi oil burner was noted for being ...

Sales of the diesel D-Series were abysmal, and it was fair to say that Dodge was firmly at the back of the pack. That all changed in a big way with the introduction of the first-gen 5.9L Cummins ...