Whats up guys, after a few months of waiting I went and picked up my new toy last weekend. Its in very rough shape and I'm doing what I can with what I got to get it back into a more presentable truck... That being said, I am enjoying being back in a little truck like I had in High School.
I will continue to update this as I get more work done to it
Update on the rebuild... went to run it over the weekend, and it puked precious life blood all over my garage floor... previous owner again neglected to tell me that he used the oil pan as a ram rod and punched the front of it... oh well 60 bucks to fix that, new bags for the rear on their way, got a bed that I'm looking at locally to put on it when i get the ass end fixed.
and I may end up getting a set of MMW control arms to replace this mess
wow. needs a little lovin. last owner really knew how to roll some fenders eh? nothings a little time cant fix. pretty shity about the pan tho. nice of him not to say anything about it.
yeah... but i found a bed thats already built for this truck... but it has 1 mod im not overly thrilled about and thats Caddy tails... its tub'd already, beautiful metal work on the bed. Just need to go to my dad's shop tomorrow and order the pan, and then borrow an engine hoist from a buddy and then get it right... then work on the ass end, get the "new" bed and get it looking better
since my last post I have changed the blown bag, and installed the OE style one piece heads... and moved... now hopefully I can start working on it again when my job allows me to have more than enough time off to eat and sleep... doing a 90's style build on it with the crazy paint colors and some Xterra wheels that will be customized to make me happy....
Shot of the rear suspsension
for those wandering what a bagged dakota rear looks like
and the poor fitting headlights....
but it does look better with these on it vs the "durango" style halo lights
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