1973 Dodge Big Horn semi truck - photos

[Frank S]

Big Horn? How can you tell, just a pic? But is a good looking tractor.

If it is Dodge and is a Semi tractor built between 1973 and 1975 then it is a big horn that was the badge that Chrysler put on the trucks.
The big horn was only produced a few years only between 250 and 262 were ever made. All had a big cam 400 hp Cummins and 13 speed from the factory.
If that tractor came from the factory with a sleeper it most likely had a Mercury sleeper the one shown was probably added much later.
One unique feature about the Dodge bighorns was the width of the hood at the time they boasted the largest radiator in a truck just like the Brockways they were built to be the toughest thing on the highway. Some say they could live up to their name. New Federal regulations more or less forced Chrysler to rethink their big and medium truck division so they sold the Big Horn line to Navistar's Paymaster division It is worth noting that the PayStar 5000 also has a huge radiator shell the same with what was called the Rolls Royse of trucks the Marmon which also had a large frontal area You can find this large frontal area on the Western Star trucks of today
Worth noting the Mack Superliner used the idea of the wide frontal grill and large radiator to cool the V8 diesel engine in those trucks when they came out. We now have 2 superliners with nearly enough parts to build a 3rd the parts are here and 1 of the trucks in a short few miles away the other one might be driven down from Illinois next month